Definitions by Pentozali
spidometr
Semi-jocularly, Russian university students' slang for an AIDS test. The word puns on "SPID", pronounced "speed", the Russian acronym for AIDS, and English "speedometer".
My nuzhen spidometr. (Translation: We need the "SPIDometer".)
laser lock
Occurs when you have your eye on something you want or need and you're competing with one or more people for the same thing, like a seat on the train or a much-coveted book. It's as if you had shone an imaginary laser pointer at the seat or book, in order to claim your right to have it.
(To passenger on bus): Excuse me, but I saw that seat first. In case you didn't notice,I have two sick kids.
Sorry, laser lock! (Passenger, mumbling): Ayyyy, que la tiznada!
Sorry, laser lock! (Passenger, mumbling): Ayyyy, que la tiznada!
laser lock by pentozali November 4, 2007
TETS
An extremely poisonous pesticide that should never have been made at all. TETS is short for tetramethylenedisulfotetramine,which has a peculiar "cage" chemical structure similar to some compounds found in camphor. TETS is odorless and tasteless and causes violent convulsions in all animals and humans. The pesticide is found in the People's Republic of China and has caused several cases of poisoning there, and sometimes finds its way here in the US, sold illegally by street vendors, where it has caused one fatal case of poisoning. One of the most insidious things about TETS is that it accumulates in the tissues of animals exposed to it and remains unchanged in the enviroment for years.
Runasimi
The campesino name for Quechua, the language of the direct descendents of the Inca in Andean countries (Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia). In Ecuador, the language is called Runashimi. Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia have the highest amount of diversion in the dialects of Quechua. The name "runasimi" comes from "runa"=people and "simi"=language (or tongue), literally "language of the people". Runasimi is an agglutinative language, functioning somewhat like Turkic languages, and is a very beautiful, melodious language, well suited to music and poetry.
campesino
One of the names preferred by people in the Andean countries who speak Runasimi or Aymara. The name "cholo" is also used but seems to cause some confusion if it is directed at a speaker of Aymara. One of the other names, "indio", is a derogatory epithet and should NEVER be used when speaking to a Quechua- or Aymara-speaking person.