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old school(sixties and seventies)shades that have flat, not wraparound, lenses; popularized by musicians such as Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, and Billy Joel.
by Slick Willy October 24, 2004
Get the wayfarers mug.Example of a tautology: Bad people take drugs; therefore, people who take drugs are bad.
The other definition appearing here, "Unnecessary repetition of a word", is a crudification and wrong - such pointless reiterative repetition is a redundancy, and one who makes such a definition is called a "redundunce". Consult Fowler.
The other definition appearing here, "Unnecessary repetition of a word", is a crudification and wrong - such pointless reiterative repetition is a redundancy, and one who makes such a definition is called a "redundunce". Consult Fowler.
by Slick Willy March 16, 2005
Get the tautology mug.Convenient one word term for the otherwise clumsy "take out of context". Obviously derived from context and extricate (latter meaning to elaborately and deviously withdraw from a precarious situation). This is new coinage - you heard it on Urban Dictionary first.
The attorney contextricated his client's ex-wife tennis lessons on summer afternoons to give them the appearance of a tawdry romance ostensibly culminating in a tryst.
by Slick Willy March 16, 2005
Get the contextricate mug.to stress and distract; usually used in passive voice: to be frazzled = to be distracted and stressed; usually to the point of annoyance, anger, depression; opposite of focused, serene, and productive.
The shortened form, fraz, is a silicon age shortening meaning bombarded with email, instant messages, cell phone calls, etc. to the point of distration.
Thought to be an amalgam of frustrated, fried, and hassled.
The shortened form, fraz, is a silicon age shortening meaning bombarded with email, instant messages, cell phone calls, etc. to the point of distration.
Thought to be an amalgam of frustrated, fried, and hassled.
The reception was frazzled as part of her daily routine of answering phone calls and directing visitors to the correct offices.
The cell phone and blackberry frazzed poor Matt 24/7.
The cell phone and blackberry frazzed poor Matt 24/7.
by Slick Willy January 28, 2006
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Get the CO mug.The opposite of outsource; meaning this is one job you can't find someone else foolish enough to do, or you can't find someone competent enough to do it with the kind of money and credibility you have available so you're just going to have to do it yourself.
Revenues were down, investors were jittery, so the dotcom startup had to insource its janitorial services.
The profligate wife had gained a few pounds and so was compelled to insource her ways and means of satisfaction.
The profligate wife had gained a few pounds and so was compelled to insource her ways and means of satisfaction.
by Slick Willy December 29, 2004
Get the insource mug.damper, crimp, nix, veto, scotch, debunkification or discouraging word. Origins quite the mystery; no substantiation of the obvious contender, Polish sausage (kielbasa). WC Fields should have invented the term, but he did not. As of 2006, >99% of use is in the form "put the kiebash on".
by slick willy January 19, 2006
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