Definitions by Pentozali
Andrew Zimmern
The gastronaut of The Travel Channel who gives us the TV program "Bizarre Foods". He travels all over the world to tell us about delicacies like hakarl (Icelandic rotten shark meat) and Taiwanese fried tea leaves.
With all the strange foods that Andrew Zimmern eats, it's a wonder you don't hear about him prying at the porcelain throne!
Andrew Zimmern by pentozali November 4, 2008
Tatik yev Papik
Popular name in Armenian ("Grandma and Grandpa") for the "Menk Yenk Mer Sareru" ("We Are Our Mountains") monument, built during the Soviet era, in Artsakh (the Armenian name for Nagorno-Karabakh). The monument, built in stone, depicts a senior woman and senior man, with the woman in native Armenian headgear. The monument is a symbol of the courage and strength of the Armenians of Artsakh, and somewhat resembles the moai (statues) found in Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
Tatik yev Papik by pentozali October 30, 2008
screp throat
Any misdiagnosed medical condition, not necessarily involving a sore throat. Punning on "screp" and "strep throat".
screp throat by pentozali October 30, 2008
sikus
Andean panpipes (wooden graduated tubes played by blowing over the top of each tube). Also spelled "sicus". There are two basic types: normal sikus and tabla sikus, the latter being graduated from the INSIDE of each tube, so giving the appearance of equally-sized tubes. Sikus come in varying sizes,from the smallest (chuli) to the largest (toyo and jach'a). Sikus are never curved as in the nai (Romanian panpipes), but are sraight up and down and usually found played in pairs or in "hocket" style, with the set of tubes played by one person complementing the other person's. A tropa, or group of musicians, playing only sikus is called "sikuri" or "sicuri".