Definitions by Rhodoferax

oik 

A mildly derisory term, generally used by college students, for one who is still in school. More specifically, one who still has to wear a school uniform.

I was on my way to see my homies when this oik comes up and asks me to buy him some booze.

oik by Rhodoferax May 4, 2010

pseudo-famous 

Somebody famous for being famous.

Paris Hilton is pseudo-famous.

pseudo-famous by Rhodoferax March 1, 2009

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.

japan 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.

zebra by Rhodoferax October 24, 2008