Definitions by apathetic

chippie

UK fast food shops specialising in battered and fried cod with chips.

Note: chips are what the US would call fries.

I'm off to the chippie to pick up some dinner

chippie by apathetic July 2, 2004

offy 

British slang for off-licence, which in the US is called a liquor store

We are out of beer, I'm just popping to the offy to stock up

offy by apathetic May 28, 2004

hacktivist 

A computer expert who uses his/her hacking skills in the interest of human rights.

Due to the Great Firewall of China, the Chinese dissident movement was in pretty bad shape until they got help from some benevolent hacktivists.

hacktivist by apathetic September 30, 2003