(verb) To throw away, get rid of, fire (an employee), shut up (get rid of what you were talking about). Also shitcan.
by anarcissie April 04, 2008
An upper-class or upper-middle-class person, presumably a snob or a trustifarian; one of the gentry; a person with effete or elitist tastes or habits; a patron of fern bars and Whole Foods supermarkets
'This neighborhood will be ruined if we get one more quiche eater moving in. They get in a house and multiply like rats.'
by anarcissie August 26, 2011
by anarcissie April 04, 2008
A set rhetorical form of great antiquity in which the speaker or writer deplores the unusual and previously unheard-of deficiencies of the present young in morals, manners, taste, dress, intellectual achievement, awareness, energy, self-discipline, appearance, etc. etc. etc. Often applied ironically. Sometimes expanded to 'people these days'.
'I see where Will has another "kids these days" column out. He never seems to tire of telling us how we're going to the dogs.'
by anarcissie October 29, 2011
(noun) conclusive encounter or contest. From poker, where at the termination of betting the hands of the players who are still in the game are laid on the table and compared to determine the winner. Also used metaphorically. Sometimes "throwdown" is used with this meaning.
"After several weeks of random threats and skirmishes, the two gangs met in the parking lot of Kresge's for a showdown."
by anarcissie May 28, 2008
by anarcissie April 22, 2008
(noun) An aura, usually but not necessarily an unpleasant or undesirable one. Metaphorized from physical stank (or stink).
"He tries to be just folks, but he can't get rid of that upper-middle-class stank."
"She's got such a serious case of geek stank computers roll over when they see her coming."
"She's got such a serious case of geek stank computers roll over when they see her coming."
by anarcissie May 12, 2008