Definitions by Pentozali
Nauru string figures
The string figures of Nauru are among the most complex patterns produced on string in the world. The island nation of Nauru is the home of an anthropologically fascinating ethnic group whose customs are very similar to those on Polynesian islands.
Some of those Nauru string figures are really beautiful! I have a book that shows how to make them, but they're so tricky, I think I'll have to learn from a a pro like ISFA's Joe D'Antoni!
Nauru string figures by pentozali May 28, 2006
chorbadji
Turkish and Macedonian word for a person who's very rich. Pronounced "CHOR=bah-jee", this word comes from Turkish and refers to "chorba", a kind of thick soup or stew that supposedly only the rich can afford to eat.
Atanas, look at that chorbadji over there reading that Forbes magazine. He probably sits in a cushy office while we have you have to work in that rat-infested place in Newark, New Jersey!
phone serialism
The phenomenon of two or more telephones in an office or at home ringing at, or nearly at, the same time with irritatingly dissonant musical intervals such as seconds and augmented fourths. The term "serialism" is a musical term meaning the technique whereby pitches from a tonal series, or row, are used to form a work, usually atonal, emphasizing said series.
Oh, man, it's really getting busy in the office right now. There's phone serialism going on now---the phones are ringing off the hook!
phone serialism by pentozali May 23, 2006
telefungus
The "creeping crud" one tries to avoid while speaking on a public telephone. Usually found on the mouthpiece but may also be found on the handle of the phone or the buttons on the phone panel or left on bottles and snotrags near rhe phone panel.
telefungus by pentozali May 17, 2006
fat-fingering
Pressing the keys on a cell phone, radio, or computer keyboard and getting improper results because your fingers have hit more than one key at a time. A common problem for those of us with pudgy fingers.
I can't use that cell phone. I keep on fat-fingering the buttons, and I keep on getting wrong numbers!
fat-fingering by pentozali May 13, 2006