Una Malachica's definitions

purple-ization

increasing the Democratic vote in Republican strongholds

Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said that black turnout in the fall election will encourage the purple-ization of red states.

by Una Malachica May 16, 2008

wut

an acronym for wild, untamed things

I'm learning how to photoshop. You should see the WUT I've created

by Una Malachica March 31, 2008

halfterpiece

a work of art that's not quite a masterpiece

Timothy Noah judged There Will Be Blood to be a halfterpiece.

by Una Malachica January 29, 2008

geriatrigy

a really old person that can do something really new

My grandma is a geriatrigy--she's on facebook and she tweets several times a day.

by Una Malachica May 14, 2009

mimosa tree friendship

a relationship though initially close soon dissolves

We must have had a mimosa tree friendship. At first we did things together, talked a lot, but when I changed jobs, we lost touch.

by Una Malachica April 10, 2008

one-om-manship

a state of higher yoga-induced bliss, from the comic strip, Cathy, by Cathy Guisewite

In any competition, we exhibit one-upmanship. When we are competing in how good we are at yoga, we exhibit one-om-manship

by Una Malachica January 17, 2008

mutnemom

reversed momentum, created by Slate columnist Mickey Kaus, to describe how a loss in the previous primary is followed by a loss and a loss by a gain

After 11 straight losses, we expecting mutnemom to kick in for Hillary Clinton.

by Una Malachica March 4, 2008