Una Malachica's definitions

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

momentucracy

Naming a future winner on the basis of an interpretation of the candidate's momentum.

Based on momentucracy, political commentators can pick a winner long before that candidate has the number of delegates sufficient to win.

by Una Malachica January 29, 2008