bill peters's definitions

sound bite

(n) A short, catchy statement meeting the short attention requirements of TV news. Sound bites have the annoying habit of being play again and again ad nauseum. In fact, newscasts are increasingly built around sound bites instead of hard news and analysis. And public relations firms earn huge bucks cooking up sound bites for political spin and damage control.

One memorable sound bite (1984 Debate) from Vice Presidential candidate Lloyd Bensten countering Dan Quayle's comparision of himself to President John Kennedy.

Bensten: "I knew Jack Kennedy. He was a friend of mine. You are no Jack Kennedy."

by Bill Peters November 24, 2006

dirty

(1) To be in possession of an illegal substance, particularly drugs.
(2) To be using drugs or found to be using through a test
(3) Shifty, greasy, unkempt, possession bad manners; having “redneck” qualities.
(4) A mullet

(1) I'm not going to the concert with you if you are dirty. We might get busted.
(2) Barry Bonds never showed up dirty on his tests because he took measures to ensure he showed clean.
(3) She's so dirty; he must be mad about her to wanna go out with someone s-o-o-o-o on the other side of the tracks.
(4) Dawg the Bounty Hunter has a helluva dirty.

by Bill Peters October 13, 2006

bust on

(vb)
(1) To beat up or to physically attack
(2) To verbally tease or skewer someone either in a joking or mean spirited fashion with the intention of embarrassing or humiliating them; similar to “cracking on” someone.

They bust on me because I came to work with two different shoes and didn't know it.

by Bill Peters November 10, 2006

cretinous

(adj) Cretin-like, idiotic, boorish (Word found in many early 20th Cent dictionaries has enjoyed recent slang usage, especially among hackers. “Crétin” is a not entirely respected French dialectal term for a deformed or retarded person)

Brittney Spears is a cretinous poster-girl.

by Bill Peters November 11, 2006

ballpark

(n) (1) A same general vicinity or idea as something else; an estimate of the scope and range of something.
(vb) (2) To estimate or approximate.

(1) He's looking for a used car in the $5000 ballpark.

(2) I'd ballpark Derek Jeter's life earnings to be about $200 million.

by Bill Peters November 24, 2006

brat

A relatively recent development in the BDSM community, a brat is a woman who suggests she is ripe for a submissive sexual encounter, but diliberately and flagrantly torment prospective doms. Brats often dress like young girls, sport Catholic school uniforms or dress like Bratz dolls. Often they band in packs and suggest there is immense pleasure available from the group for the right (and lucky) dominant male. Males must "prove" their dominance to the satisfaction of the group. Most serious BDSM practioners put a premium on total honesty and trust and thus the brat phenomenom has not been welcomed by all.

The seductive brat in the corner were trying to cocktease Sir Robert but he wasn't buying it.

by Bill Peters July 29, 2006

can

(1)(n) Bathroom
(2)(n) Jail, overnight clink or holding cell
(3)(n) Buttocks
(4)(vb) To stop doing something; to fire or get rid of someone

(1) Hold on a minute, I gotta visit the can
(2) They threw the poor homeless guy in the can for pissing in the park.
(3) Sgt: Get off your cans and start policing this area
(4) They won't can me; I'm the only one who knows what's going on in this place.

by Bill Peters November 10, 2006