gage

Yet another synonym for marijuana. Also spelled 'gauge'. Probably from Sanskrit _ganja_. The term was most popular in the 1950s.

'Got to get some of that gage' said the old, indigent beatnik.
'Smokin and tokin, gage is my rage.'

by StarryGordon October 15, 2020

gray

A species of extraterrestrial alien.

The grays have been observed arriving from the mother ship.

by StarryGordon June 13, 2016

presente

Spanish for "present"; when the name of a fallen or deceased hero of the Revolución or other sacred cause is mentioned, one is supposed to shout "¡Presente!" to indicate that she or he is still present in spirit.

"Dolores Ibárruri -- ¡Presente! (Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez (Spanish: isiˈðoɾa ðoˈloɾes iˈβaruɾi ˈɣomeθ; 9 December 1895 – 12 November 1989), also known as la Pasionaria (English: "the Passionflower"), was a Spanish Republican leader of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939.

by StarryGordon March 03, 2023

Pepe

A tiresome, outworn metameme filling the consciousness of the vacuous. As it is unsatisfactory, it keeps coming back to try again. An NFT for people who don't know what an NFT is. The last of the last gasps gasping.

I knew JJ was at the end of his threadbare rope when he raised Pepe from the dead again.

by StarryGordon July 13, 2022

cold deck

(verb) In computers or related technology, running an executable or object program developed for and by another kind of system without modification. So called because prior to more advanced media, computer programs were mostly punched into and stored on card decks, and different computers usually had differing instruction sets instead of copying Intel.

This computer can cold deck anything in current or recent production.

by StarryGordon October 07, 2021

Nawlns

The simplest form of 'New Orleans'. The closer you are to the city, the fewer syllables you use to name it. People in Tashkent say 'New Orleans', in Akron they say Nwawlins, in Beaumont 'Nawlins', and down home it's 'Nawlns'. There is a rumor that some inhabitants of worked out a way to say it with zero syllables, but this report is as yet unconfirmed.

'Ah fum Nawlns. Woa you fum?'
'Where are you going?' 'Nawlns'. 'Yeah, but like where you _going_, man?'

by StarryGordon October 15, 2020

chop

To lower the suspension of a motor vehicle in order to make it look cooler; to produce a low-rider.

Poor Wally begged his dad to allow him to chop the family Oldsmobile without success.

by StarryGordon June 13, 2016