3 definitions by Tom Terranova
Hybrid term melding "shabby chic" and "chicanery."
shabby chic:
a style using worn and deteriorated items to achieve an elegant overall effect
chicanery:
trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry
Shabby chicanery:
Constant failed attempts at using second-hand items in one's home decor to achieve a look of false elegance. Result is invariably much more Salvation Army than Apres-La-Guerre.
shabby chic:
a style using worn and deteriorated items to achieve an elegant overall effect
chicanery:
trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry
Shabby chicanery:
Constant failed attempts at using second-hand items in one's home decor to achieve a look of false elegance. Result is invariably much more Salvation Army than Apres-La-Guerre.
by Tom Terranova August 14, 2007
A chat whore is someone who carries on two or more IM conversations simultaneously. Each IM friend seldom knows about the other chat that's going on and thinks they are the only one. There are telltale signs, however, that you are IM'ing with a chat whore, such as long pauses in between responses. The dead giveaway is when they accidentally paste a comment intended for someone else into your chat window - especially if the chat whore is talking about you or carrying on a parallel hot-chat.
by Tom Terranova August 15, 2007
Small amounts of baking soda or some other imposter substance, sold as if it was cocaine to unsuspecting or naïve buyers.
Poor Katy. She got ripped off by some dodgy street dealer who sold her $200 worth of fauxcaine. Everyone was so pissed - and now all I can smell is baking soda.
by Tom Terranova September 12, 2007