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Definitions by William Dean A. Garner

What she took for riches was, in fact, mere goldsmoke, a mirage of prosperity from her disadvantaged childhood.

On the outside, her husband was a vision of art. Underneath it all existed a volatile mix of hubris and goldsmoke.

charliesheen 

verb trans. destroy all that is good in your life. Piss away great opportunities.
Keep drinking a 12-pack of Stella every night and picking fights with six year olds, and you'll charliesheen yourself all the way to the grave . . . with a sojourn or two in the nearest jail.

Bazookaville 

any town or city whose culture is centered around deadly weapons.
Los Angeles is my idea of Bazookaville, a place where you can buy your weapon of mass destruction and take out your prince of pain.

Bazookastan 

The land of weapons. A large urban space that contains more weapons per capita than any other place on Earth.
We landed in Bazookastan at 0500, just before first light, and found 500 warriors aiming their AK-47s at us.

technacious 

World-class technical system or gadget, e.g. Xbox, iPad, iPod.
Apple's iPad is the most technacious gadget of 2010! Woo-hoo!

Fill-in-the-blank-istan 

One of a dozen ex-Soviet satellite countries of western and southwestern Asia.
Out of all the Fill-in-the-blank-istans, Afghanistan is the most beautiful, especially the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains.

diarrhito 

Any Mexican food that gives you diarrhea, especially burritos, but DAMN, it tastes soooo good!
Pulled up into Taco Bell and ordered two diarrhitos with extra cheese.