acb's definitions

edge city

A modern, suburban area that acts as a central business district, since it contains lots of office buildings & jobs, malls & shopping centers, cultural and entertainment offerings, and major transportation corridors. The term was coined by Joel Garreau in his 1990 book of the same name.

Edge city examples include Schaumburg IL, Buckhead GA, Tysons Corner VA, Bloomington MN, Arlington TX, Plano TX, The Woodlands TX, Southfield MI, Bridgewater NJ, Rye-Purchase NY, Framingham MA, Bellevue WA, Silicon Valley CA, Aurora CO, Anaheim CA, Ontario CA, Glendale AZ, King of Prussia PA, Maryland Heights MO, Gaithersburg MD, etc.

by acb February 21, 2007

VR

Velvet Revolver, a current rock group formed by members of Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots

Hey did you catch the VR concert last night?

Did you hear that new VR song? It kicks ass.

by acb November 15, 2005

al-zarqawi

An extremist muslim terrorist belonging to al-Qaida. He was a despicable excuse for a human being who held Americans hostage and cut off their heads and led a mission to kill Americans in Iraq.

The United States military killed him in 2006 and continue to kill other al-Qaida members like him everyday in the War in Iraq. Unfortunately, the Democrats conveniently overlook this fact when advocating we pull out of Iraq.

Person 1: "Hey remember al-Zarqawi?"
Person 2: "al who?"
Person 1: "Um, the terrorist that cut off people's heads and led the al-Qaida mission to kill Americans in Iraq?"
Person 2: "Oh yeah"
Person 1: "Yeah, we killed him in 2006 and we continue to kill terrorists like him all the time in the War in Iraq
Person 2: "Gee, maybe we should stay in Iraq and continue to kill these bad guys before they come and attack innocent American civilians like they did on 9/11"
Person 1: "Exactly"

by acb May 23, 2007