Xyzzy's definitions

coyote

a small dog, Canis latrans, native to North America, known for using everything from canyons to tactical nuclear weapons to catch roadrunners.

Now this is a little coyote-and-roadrunner.

by Xyzzy September 21, 2004

heck of a job

Total screw-up. Usually used ironically, to indicate when someone's self-delusion is in direct contradiction to well-known and easily-observed facts.

"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."

by Xyzzy December 18, 2005

NeoCon

Despite the name, neocons are neither new nor conservative. Neocons favor globalization, upper-class tax cuts to bankrupt the government, taxing only earned income, teaching that masturbation can cause pregnancy, banning gay marriage, ruling the world, and election systems which don't have a paper trail. Don't try to converse with neocons; they take any sort of criticism as censorship, and will often resort Serdar Argic-style debate tactics.

Anyone you see on 24-hour news

by Xyzzy January 9, 2005

Shaman

A Mongolian priest. Oftentimes used by ethnocentric Westerners to describe the entire planet under the assumption that all "primitive" traditions are identical.

My blue-eyed Cherokee-princess-descended shaman charges $500 for a Sundance.

by Xyzzy June 18, 2004

whoopass

A can "opened up" on someone annoying you. Also comes in permutations of diet, caffeine-free, vanilla, all kinds of fruit flavoring which doesn't really taste like fruit, half-calorie, invisible, Dr. Whoopass, energy-formulated, and the New Whoopass, the last being hated by everyone so the company can make millions when people want to open up a can o Whoopass Classic.

Don't make me open a can o' whoopass!

by Xyzzy February 24, 2005

jump the shark

The moment when a show is no longer worth watching due to a very contrived episode. The term comes from the Happy Days Hawaii miniseries.

When did Voyager jump the shark?

A. Seven of Nine
B. The Year of Hell
C. Chakotay's vision quests
D. Day one

by Xyzzy May 4, 2005

blackindians

Fake "tribe" started by one Jerry Eaglefeather, an "Apache" from New York. Refer to real Indians as "casino Indians".

"Can you believe those blackindians? It was bad enough when all the wannabes were white."

by Xyzzy February 9, 2005