Definitions by Pentozali

Ming gremlin 

The little gremlin that makes objects fall and break when you're not looking---like your expensive Ming Dynasty vase.

I see that the Ming gremlin was at work again. My whole CD collection is on the floor. Dammit!

Ming gremlin by pentozali April 13, 2006

plumbing 

Any brass wind instrument, because of the appearance of the tubing.

Listen to that great plumbing in the band! I haven't heard anything like that in a long time!

plumbing by pentozali April 13, 2006

stan 

Suffix used to intensify a word's meaning. Modeled after names of countries, e.g. Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, etc.

That store is Zilchistan. They only have cellular phones there. Forget about finding any good, old-fashioned phones!

stan by pentozali April 13, 2006

boondoggle

The colorful plastic lace one uses to make lanyards, key fobs, handcrafted wallets and purses, etc.

Is that counselor in some kind of a knotwork contest? Look at all those complicated knots in that boondoggle whistle lanyard he's wearing!

boondoggle by pentozali April 13, 2006

blit 

To kill; to exterminate or get rid of someone or something completely. From "oBLITerate".

Let's blit those rats! Get the rodenticide!

blit by pentozali April 13, 2006

zelliges 

The ornate mosaic tile work one finds in Moroccan restaurants and in Morocco itself.

Beautiful! It must have cost a fortune to put up those zelliges in this restaurant!

zelliges by pentozali April 13, 2006

di-di-dit 

An imitation of the "stuttering" hand motions and clattering sounds heard when one makes an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve a falling object.

Hey, di-di-dit! Look at that spaz over there trying to pick up that pen!

di-di-dit by pentozali April 12, 2006