UM North Quad's definitions

bully state

A variation of the police state where a police force acts more as bullies than police. A typical bully will pick on people that he/she knows to have no problem picking on without fear of retaliation but shying away from "someone your own size." In a bully state, police officers have absolutely no trouble cracking down on truly trivial matters, especially "victimless crimes" such as: 90% of misdemeanors (MIPs, pissing in public, use of mild drugs, "open containers"), more than half of all traffic violations (speeding within the 5-10mph "cushion", running a yellow light, etc), however when it comes to matters truly relevant or life endangering, they hesitate to crack down or have a "protocol" involving a heavy bureaucracy that makes it not worth it

my house gets taken over by Crips but the police don't do jack shit! I drive with an empty beer bottle in my trunk left there by my MOM because it fell out of the bag of bottle deposit bottles? I get a fucking misdemeanor! This is no police state, it's a fucking BULLY state!

by UM North Quad September 21, 2011

standard issue belt

A term used to refer to a studded black belt (leather or vinyl), typically found in the wardrobes of anybody who identifies with any alternative lifestyle, good and bad (rockers, punks, metalheads, goths, ravers, emos, etc). This term is used by any of the above mentioned people due to their abundance and ready availability and to indicate their necessity in an alternative wardrobe.

hmm, looking for some new clothes, know where to start?
start with a standard issue belt, then let's get some better pants and some good shirts. also you'll need a good jacket!

by UM North Quad December 16, 2011

ghost money

money that appears in a bank account but does not actually "exist" in the sense that it's required to pay a bill or rent, or a check was written for X amount and that amount in the account is untouchable

hey wanna go hit the bars tonight?
can't got no money
thought you just got paid?
yeah that's ghost money, it's rent week :P
oh.... bummer

by UM North Quad August 11, 2012

zeekyboogydoog

the word used in the demented cartoon movie that causes a nuclear explosion

someone's just going to come up and say zeekyboogydoog any second now! but u just said......(explosion)

by UM North Quad August 30, 2005

hollywood treatment

when a mainstream film producer adapts an original idea/story/novel into a film, but compromises many plot points for the purpose of making money off of the film to a larger more general audience; much of this is in dismay to the original writer who in the end has little control over what happens

author: aw man! what happened to my story? they ruined it completely! this man wasn't supposed to die! and what's with this love triangle?

onlooker: you got the hollywood treatment man!

by UM North Quad December 5, 2010

Munchhausen

A baron of Bodenwerder, a small city in the area of Lower Saxony, Germany, between Hanover and Goettingen. Known for his dubious stories of his travels, from flying to the moon on a cannonball, to shooting a deer with a cherry pit for a bullet, only to find it again the following year with a cherry tree growing on its head. In Bodenwerder, you can see statues of Munchhausen everywhere, humorously depicting a part of his stories.

"As Munchhausen walked into town, the gate fell onto his horse, and sliced it in half. The front half of the horse continued on, while the back half was taken by the butcher to be made into meat. When the horse stopped to drink, the water spewed out his back as if he were a fountain..."

by UM North Quad January 9, 2009

degenerate

a once pejorative term to refer to people of low status/education/station/etc, it is now a term used by societal rejects and social misfits to call themselves
some examples of people that proudly call themselves degenerates:
goths
metalheads
rivetheads
punks (the original true punks, not the modern day excuses for punks)

DJ: HOW ARE MY F---ING DEGENERATES DOING TONIGHT?!
Club: (screams and cheers)

by UM North Quad September 9, 2011