tarrasque

1. The most feared monster on the Prime Material Plane.

I won a fight with a kobold with the trusty aid of my pet tarrasque.

by tarrasque November 22, 2003

RSPW

Acronym: rec.sport.pro-wrestling, a Usenet group filled with insane, hostile trolls. Alternates: RSP-W, r.s.p-w, risparew.

RSPW needs SHERIFF MANNY VARGAS.

by Tarrasque November 19, 2002

Jank

Noun. Something of poor quality that can be used very effectively when done properly.

Often used to describe a deck or card in Magic: The Gatherin

This rare is soo janky to get in a draft.

by Tarrasque September 28, 2003

stupid wuxia

A descriptive term for a fictional work, invariably a motion picture, which incorporates the fantastic attributes of the Wulin (The Jianghu as depicted in wuxia fiction, where heroes dedicate their lives to increasing their martial skills to superhuman levels) in a non-Wulin setting without establishing an alternative explanation, usually in the interest of promoting a choreography fad.

_Romeo Must Die_ was stupid wuxia, whereas _The Matrix_ was not.

by Tarrasque November 19, 2002

wuxia

Wuxia can be crudely translated as "chivalrous warrior", and is used as an all-encompassing term to describe a genre of Chinese fiction that deals with knight-errant martial artists in the "Jianghu", or the composite fantasy world, as Eric Yin puts it, of "lumpen intelligentsia, adventurers, monks, priests, rebels, cultists, unemployed peasants and laborers, itinerant peddlers, beggars, disbanded soldiers, gangsters, smugglers, and other outcasts of society".

_Once Upon A Time In China_ is a terrific wuxia movie.

by Tarrasque November 19, 2002

billgates

Verb; To rich-up something; to make wealthier.

My stock broker billgatesed me but good with that latest tip.

by Tarrasque November 29, 2006

slashdot effect

1. An immediate surge in hit rate on a webserver caused by an announcement on a high-traffic website; a Nivenesque "flash crowd".

2. An unintentional denial of service to a website as a result of a surge in hit rate following an announcement on a high-traffic website.

See also: slashdotted

Bill Joy's _Dangers of Lego Blocks_ site succumbed to the slashdot effect scant hours after going live.

by Tarrasque November 18, 2002