anarcissie's definitions

hardcore

(adjective and noun) In reference to a political or cultural movement, an organization, an association, or a category of criminal. crime, deviance or dissidence: the essential and dedicated members or actions who will not be dissuaded by threats or punishment and who will go all the way in pursuit of their aims; those who hang tough; winter soldier. Sometimes spelled as two words. Often the kind of thing is understood, for example "hardcore" instead of "hardcore porn".

"Hardcore pornography."

"Al-Qaeda's hard core will not be dissuaded by the bombing of the communities in which they are based."

"Sacco was a hardcore anarchist; he never wavered in his professed beliefs, even when they put him in jail and condemned him to death."

"After the cops visited the commune the day-trippers left and only the hardcore people remained."

by anarcissie May 21, 2008

winter soldier

(noun) A person, especially a member of a political party or a military organization, who is hardcore, who endures during hard times. The opposite of "summer soldier", a phrase used by Thomas Paine to denote (and mock) men who signed up for the Revolutionary War and then quit when the going got tough.

"Most of that outfit quit, but the winter soldiers are still hanging on."

by anarcissie May 21, 2008

blow it out

(verb) Usually used in the imperative, indicates that the speaker thinks the hearer contains some offensive impacted substance which interferes with his thought, behavior and speech, and which the the hearer should get rid of immediately by any means necessary. Rather derogatory.

"Blow it out, asshole!"

by anarcissie May 21, 2008

magic word

A word or phrase which, when uttered aloud, is sure to cause offense or a fight, especially a vulgar ethnic epithet spoken to a member of the group to which it refers.

"Then he said the Magic Word and the fun started -- five minutes later that bar was wrecked and someone's head had been pushed into the deep fat fryer. We left just ahead of the cops, the firemen, and the ambulance."

by anarcissie May 21, 2008

yoogly

The next stage beyond oogly. The initial stages are ugly, oogly, yoogly (or yougly), hyoogly, uhhhhyoogly.... (Only assended masters can pronounce the further stages. Don't try this at home.)

"Man, you so ugly you yoogly -- to look in a mirror you got to sneak up behind it and catch it by surprise." (A traditional move in The Dozens.)

by anarcissie May 21, 2008

bag

(noun) A conspiracy or conspiratorial or criminal arrangement or relationship; a corrupt official or office

"There's a lot of bags in Baltimore"

by anarcissie April 4, 2008

bag

(adj) As in "bag man", one who collects money for a criminal purpose

"He was a bag man for Gotti back in the day."

by anarcissie April 4, 2008