Rhodoferax's definitions

japan

A skateboarding trick in which the skater bends his/her legs and body to one side and grabs the bottom of the board.

So called because from the front or back, the skater's pose is a similar shape to the country or Japan.

Jack did an ollie off the half-pipe and followed up with a japan, then a 360 before landing.

by Rhodoferax November 5, 2008

zebra

In medicine, a common disease presenting with unusual symptoms. Also applies to a patient with symptoms common to several diseases in which the first diagnosis is of a rare or obscure disease, when the truth is a more mundane disorder.

The term was popularised by Scrubs.

Derived from the axiom "When you hear hoofbeats, think 'horses', not 'zebras'.

If a patient presents with vomiting, dairrhoea, and fever, West Nile Virus is a zebra; they're more likely to have enteropathogenic E. coli infection.

by Rhodoferax October 24, 2008

I'm not racist but

A phrase which racists use to alert the listener that they're about to say something racist.

I'm not racist but I sure do hate niggers.

I'm not racist but we should definitely gas the kikes.

I'm not racist but I wholeheartedly agree with the White Australia policy.

I'm not racist but all crackers should be rounded up and shot.

I'm not racist but I don't see what's so bad about being separate but equal.

I'm not racist but the American and Canadian governments were perfectly justified in their treatment of indiginous people

I'm not racist but Japan's actions in China were justified.

I'm not racist but it was a good thing when Britain ruled over India.

I'm not racist but Arabs have no place in Indian society.

I'm not racist but Hitler made some very good point.

I'm not racist but I'm a member of the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Brotherhood, and the American Nazi Party.

I'm not racist but I am 100% racist.

by Rhodoferax October 8, 2021

heterosexual lesbian

A woman who is only romantically interested in men and whose emotional interest in women does not go beyond friendship, but who kisses and has sex with other women for fun and enjoyment.

Kevin, I have bad news! I just saw Jessica cheating on you!

What? With who?

Lucy.

Oh, that's OK. Jessica's a heterosexual lesbian, and we've agreed it's OK for her to sleep with other girls. Sometimes she lets me join in.

by Rhodoferax October 4, 2013