bilham's definitions

Z out

To tabulate and print out the transactions of the day's sales on a cash register.
Metaphorically: To sum up and conclude a transaction or relationship.

"It's quitting time. Did you Z out?"

"OK, if we're gonna Z out, let's talk about the $960 I paid on your Con Ed bill 2 years ago."

by Bilham April 24, 2012

Forefounders

A garbled reference to the original creators of the United States, who favored independence from English rule and/or wrote the Constitution. It mixes "Fore-fathers" and "Founding fathers."

"This president is attacking religion, and is putting in place a secular agenda that our forefounders would not recognize." -Mitt Romney, February 8, 2012.

by Bilham May 22, 2012

Ideatic

1.) Pertaining to the world of ideas.

2.) Creative, imaginative.

I could not sleep last night. I was filled with ideatic energy.

by Bilham June 20, 2012

Apprecionado

A person who is not an expert in a subject (art or music) but has an informed interest in it. Similar to "aficionado" but without having advanced technical knowledge.

I am an apprecionado of banjo jazz music.

by Bilham February 23, 2011

Cyberstadt

The Internet, used in the sense that it confines us rather than liberates us. Different from Cyberspace, which implies freedom of virtual movement and expression.

As more of us become addicted to social networking sites and email, we find there is no peace in the Cyberstadt.

by Bilham March 14, 2011

Inquisivity

(noun) Inquisitiveness.

Proneness to inquiry, research, or asking of questions; Eagerness for knowledge; intellectual curiousity.

Do you mind if I ask, are you circumcised? Im sorry for the inquisivity. I just have a thing about smegma.

by Bilham October 21, 2011

Uniquity

The state or quality of being unique. Uniqueness.

Your Aunt Belle-- Now, SHE had a way of doing things. None like her hereabouts. The way she dressed, she had a uniquity to her. Turned a lot of heads.

by Bilham June 17, 2011