Spirit Bear's definitions

scroller

A bit of code that makes words travel accross the screen, usually found in a demo or intro.

I put particle scroller in my invitro for Assembly '02.

by Spirit Bear January 28, 2004

plastics

Banker jargon for credit or debit cards. Usually used in the plural form even when referring to a single card.

Also used as a derogatory term for small-balance credit card holders by those who work in customer care for banks.

The more plastics we put in the hands of consumers the more revenue we generate.

The customer requested new plastics after having cut up their existing ones.

Hold on, I've got a plastic on the phone.

by Spirit Bear July 26, 2007

Apticap

Inability to install or use apps that add additional functionality.

Some Facebook users have an apticap that prevents them from using apps because their confirmation email keeps getting sent to " ".

John's phone is apticapped because its memory is locked by the manufacturer.

The iPhone is apticapped, allowing only apps approved by Apple, but Jailbreak is the cure.

by Spirit Bear November 29, 2009

vaginal wrench

The vagina used as a tool to force actions one would not normally volunteer for.

My boyfriend refused to take out the trash so I used the vaginal wrench: No sex for three days.

Tanya uses the vaginal wrench at her job to get promoted. She's sucked every cock on the sales team.

by Spirit Bear February 8, 2014

lifer

Someone who makes a career out of working in a particular call center. There will usually be one or two people in a call center that have been there for eight years or so (maybe longer) who have somehow escaped the regular fire-hire process that call centers go through. They usually have a tired, burnt-out look to them and can be seen hunching over their workstation in a hazy daze.

Rob wanted to be a lifer but he kept getting canned because of his metrics.

by Spirit Bear October 28, 2004

Verizon Pause

An awkward pause that follows a question you know the answer to but don't have the stones to answer truthfully.

Smith: We made a decision to change our pricing model, and what we've done is we've allowed people to share data among a number of devices regardless of how many people are on the plan, it's a device model. And we're charging on the megabytes of data that they use.

Moe: Why?

(Verizon Pause)

Smith: People have changed the usage of how they're using their devices. They're moving to using more data, and to ensure the speed and reliability and the access to the network, people are paying for the amount of data that they use.

by Spirit Bear December 17, 2012

Hippy Tax

1. An amount of money paid in addition to the usual amount with the assumption that some of the proceeds will benefit a popular charity or other cause.

2. Extra money paid for a product which may or not include additional features, products or services aimed at the hippy market.

3. Money paid by those who are predisposed to paying extra for products and services that help them to pretend the 60s never ended.

Cheech paid the hippy tax for his organic milk and soy burger. He spent $25 for lunch, I spent $4.50 on my fast food.

The New beetle is nothing like the old VW Beetle; it's essentially a rounded Golf with a hippy tax added.

The Toyota Prius levies a heavy hippy tax on green consumers who have no concept of total cost of ownership.

by Spirit Bear September 21, 2007