WordBird's definitions

negrobilia

Collectibles relating to stereotypes of black people

"Wow! Where'd you get this old sign that says, 'Colored, Seated in Rear?" That's GREAT negrobilia. Is it authentic?"

by wordbird May 8, 2006

imacracy

A government which tries to have the image of being a democracy, but isn't.

Svetlana:
Jeepers, Boris, every journalist who writes an article criticizing our president seems to get knocked-off, put into an insane assylum or simply disappears from the face of the earth!

Boris:
Well, what do you expect, Svety? Our president wants the world to think that his not-so-hidden dictatorship is really a democracy . . .

Svetlana: Hmmff ! Everyone knows that our so-called "freedoms" here are just a sham! He's just putting on a good show . . .

Boris:
That's right.... We live in an imacracy. Remember in the old days when everyone voted imacratically?

Svetlana:
Yeah .. for the ONLY candidate!

Both:
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Ah, the simpler days ...

Boris: But you know, Svety, we shouldn't worry too much about these journalists being killed. Afterall, in other countries ---with *real* democracies--- dead people show-up on the voter registration rolls all the time!

Both:
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

...............................

by wordbird August 25, 2007

monkey wage

Low wages (as in "peanuts").

"What?! You want me to clean that funky toilet with this nasty, hairy, dry sponge and without plastic gloves?
No, no, no ... not even for double the monkey wage you pay me!"

by wordbird June 29, 2006

beating cheeks

(as in a jockey, beating the "cheeks" of his horse to make it run faster)

To be in a rush. To go —especially, to walk— very quickly.

"Sorry I'm late. I beat-cheeks to get here on time".

"John got a speeding ticket today. He was beating cheeks to get to the airport when he got pulled over".

by wordbird February 12, 2008