Zalis's definitions

coaster

Any disc recieved from America Online that contains its product. Since using the programs represents a net inefficiency for your time, it is better to use them as coasters that you can set your drinks on, lest you damage a wood or other valuable surface.

I got so many AOL 9.0 coasters last month, I glued them to my ceiling and now it's shiny, disco-style.

by Zalis April 4, 2005

Sakura

In addition to being a name for girls and boys, Sakura is also the Japanese word for cherry blossom.

(Note: Refer to the anime "Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan" for an example of Sakura as a boy's name.)

You can pretty much assume that the more sakura petals you see in an anime, the more girly/romantic/dramatic the show.

by Zalis October 8, 2005

shall

A word which, like whom, has come to be thought of as overly formal and stuffy in American speech. In current use, it indicates a very strong intention or will to do something.

Traditionally, shall is used as an auxilliary to form the future tense for the first person: ("I" and "we")

I shall go
you will go
he/she/it will go
we shall go
they will go

Negative: shall not, contracted as shan't.

This service was atrocious! We shan't be coming back here again!

by Zalis August 3, 2004

ke ke

A representation of laughter sometimes attributed to people of Asian origin. Sometimes includes more ke's.

kekekekekeke omg zergrush (credit to SomethingAwful Comedy Goldmine for this example)

by Zalis August 11, 2004

minuteman

Term for a volunteer soldier in the American Revolution, who were supposed to be ready to fight against the British at a minute's notice. These were often nothing more than farmers that happened to have a gun or two lying around.

Let us not confuse "minuteman," a man who quickly goes off to be a soldier, with minute man, a man whose soldier goes off too quickly.

by Zalis January 25, 2004

bolt.com

Never will you find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy on the Internet. Oh, and don't forget stupid teenage drama, poor writing, and sex blogs.

I first went to bolt.com five and a half years ago, and I've never escaped.

by Zalis March 28, 2005

American Spelling

Initiated by Noah Webster in the early 19th century, American Spelling is perhaps the most successful effort ever to make the English language more phonetically written, thus decreasing its unnecessary difficulties for people trying to learn it as a foreign language.

Come on, do people in England really pronounce "centre" as "sen-tray"?

by Zalis August 3, 2004