The New Musicologist's definitions

dancervention

When someone's dancing is so bad that it needs to be excised from the dance floor; the ensuring process is a dancervention. Usually instigated by friends of the dance-challenged individual to save him/her from further embarrassment.

Harry is a great guy, but that running man he just did out there requires a dancervention to get him off the floor!

by The New Musicologist August 8, 2009

Cloudy

Computer files that are backed up online, or in the cloud. If a file is cloudy, then there is no need to worry about losing the copy on the computer.

My computer crashed while I was working on my term paper for my history class. At first, I was worried. Then I remembered that I had uploaded a copy to Dropbox, so the paper was cloudy.

by The New Musicologist July 20, 2011

manly kiss

A kiss, most often on the cheek, shared by two hetero men. In the 2007 season, manly kissing became particularly popular with the New England Patriots.

The week after Bill Belichick was fined for cheating, quarterback Tom Brady and defenseman Teddy Bruschi gave their coach a manly kiss after the game, in a 'Hey coach, you've had a tough week, have a manly kiss' way.

by The New Musicologist October 30, 2007

boyfriend drop

Subtly adding the fact that you have a boyfriend into the conversation in order to deter anyone who is potentially interested. The first time this happens is the boyfriend drop. Also can be used in describing this event by the other person who was interested.

Related to girlfriend drop.

Harvey: 'She boyfriend dropped in our last conversation but I'm still interested.'

by The New Musicologist October 31, 2007

Unspiring

The opposite of inspiring.

That meeting with our boss about how 50% of us will probably lose our jobs was pretty unspiring!

by The New Musicologist November 4, 2009

flogging a retarded horse

To complain about stupid behavior repeatedly exhibited by an individual.

'I hate flogging a retarded horse, but could you believe that Marcia forgot to send in my expense report for the third straight week?'

by The New Musicologist March 24, 2009

girlfriend drop

Subtly adding the fact that you have a girlfriend into the conversation in order to deter anyone who is potentially interested. The first time this happens is the girlfriend drop. Also can be used in describing this event by the other person who was interested.

Related to boyfriend drop.

Sheila: 'I was making a move on Franz, but then he girlfriend dropped so I backed off.'

by The New Musicologist October 31, 2007