William Dean A. Garner's definitions

Rust&Dust

Research and Development (R&D) that has gone sour and lost money.

At one time, Netflix was the R&D shit. Now it's all Rust&Dust.

by William Dean A. Garner November 7, 2011

beat-down

A good, old-fashioned ass kickin',

Baby Rah passed out fifteen seconds into his "beat-down." When he awoke, his 250-lb. mother filled his view.

by William Dean A. Garner September 17, 2003

do-up

1. Attire
2. A person's outfit
3. Clothing, apparel
4. Cool clothes

Denise's "do-up" turned heads at the throw-down: black silk spray-on dress, no undies or bra. Oooooo-oo!

by William Dean A. Garner September 20, 2003

Quantoretta

What is now incorrectly termed "dark matter" is actually a three-dimensional field of particles called quantoretta (plural). Each individual particle is called a quantoretto, the smallest unit of Universal matter, which is electromagnetic (among other unknown, yet-to-be-determined forces) in nature.

Quantoretta are the entities that allow communication across the Universe to be orders of magnitude faster than the speed of light.

Coined in 2001 by William Dean A. Garner in an unpublished novel.

Quantoretta can be harnessed to "see" trillions of light years into the Universe, and allow space travel from Earth.

by William Dean A. Garner April 1, 2011

rockodon

Someone who's dimwitted and non-thinking.

He was strong and muscular and looked great in a suit, but he was little more than a rockodon.

by William Dean A. Garner July 3, 2012

riffing

1. talking via stream-of-consciousness thinking
2. freeform talk
3. first-derivative talking

I sat down to write you a letter and then picked up the tape recorder and just "riffed" 'til the batteries deflated.

by William Dean A. Garner September 11, 2003

Butter Jacket

Undesirable fat on a man, especially on the upper body.

The bouncer was clearly a strong-looking man, even though he had on a 75-pound butter jacket.

by William Dean A. Garner April 25, 2011