Russell Clark's definitions

recycling of endearments

A common tactic of an Identity Deficit Disorder sufferer. Akin to the regifting practice made famous by Seinfeld, except not with Christmas presents for ones friends, but with endearing nicknames for ones lovers. The cynical practice of pimp daddies everywhere.

Back in High School, whenever I wasn't dating anyone, my best friend Marcus would sometimes kindly invite me out with him on his dates. I started begging off though after a few such get togethers and not just for the obvious reason that this was a kind of weird social practice, but actually mostly because I got sick of seeing how Marcus shamelessly practiced the recycling of endearments like "sweetums", "loviekins" and "babydoll". Of course the girl of the moment was none the wiser to all this.

by Russell Clark December 6, 2006

Dimbulbian

An inhabitant or native of Dimbulbia.

In the land of Dimbulbia, intellectual illumination is ever in short supply.

by Russell Clark November 2, 2003

Facer

Someone who's always on Facebook. A Facebook addict.

Jody is finishing dinner and logging to play WoW. Laters, facers!

Hey, just because I leave FB open on my BB all the time doesn't mean I'm a Facer!

by Russell Clark February 22, 2009

stragedy

An ill-advised and single-mindedly pursued strategy, which inevitably or predictably brings about failure of the strategist's project.

The US stragedy of favoring the Shiite factions merely led to intensification of Civil War in Iraq and ultimately to the formation of a Shiite Islamic Superstate in the region.

It might be argued the attempt to import Western-style democracy to a very different and dynamic culture without first understanding the culture's historical development or its religious and philosphical underpinnings constitutes the fundamental US stragedy for Iraq.

by Russell Clark November 26, 2006

scioness

The female counterpart to a scion. A female descendant or child of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family. An heiress to a financial empire.

Sporting a diamond-encrusted Tiara, Miss Erica Rose, unabashed debutante and scioness of the Franklin-Cindi empire, is the most promisingly treacherous of contestants vying to star on this year's Roman rehash of "The Bachelor", which shall showcase 25 ambitious young thangs dueling to wed the Prince Lorenzo Borcheezy, who it is reputed holds a number of lapsed ducal titles to small tracts of property in the Southern United States, among them the little fleabite of a (or flea-bitten) town of Collyel, Louisiana in Livingston Parish.

by Russell Clark December 6, 2006

syrup head

A chronic recreational user or addict of the anti-tussive drug, Dextromethorphan (DXM) that is commonly found in many over-the-counter cough and cold remedies.

Syrup heads typically exhibit the following adverse reactions: impaired judgment and mental efficacy, paranoid ideation, dysphoria, blurred vision, headache, dizziness, syncope, slurred speech, ruddiness of complexion, muscular twitching, extremity numbness and tremors, nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting, decreased thermoregulation, hypertension, liver damage and irregular heartbeat. A good round of repeated and violent vomiting is sometimes the only thing separating a syrup head from a horrid long night in the ER.

by Russell Clark December 12, 2006

check my spam

Checking one's email though certain one has received no important communication. Compulsively and frequently checking one's email when one is not expecting an important message.

Between friends in a cybercafe: "Hey could you hurry up so I can get on and check my email?" "Who are you kidding, little bro, you know all your email buddies have dropped you like a brick!" "Yeah, I gotta check my spam. . . vamoose!"

by Russell Clark December 6, 2006