brian x's definitions

two buck chuck

Charles Shaw -- a dirt-cheap (but better than you'd expect) wine you can get at Trader Joe's for $2 a bottle in Cali. A little more expensive elsewhere.

Let's see. we got the PBR, the two-buck Chuck, burgers and fries from Mickey D's... Okay, go let Queen Elizabeth in for dinner, now, Laura.

by Brian X July 1, 2003

Al Franken

A former writer for Saturday Night Live, now better known as a liberal activist and comedy writer. Has incited the wrath of many a conservative mainly for cheerfully shoving their own slimeball tactics back in their face. Currently getting very rich off a stupid lawsuit filed by Fox News and dismissed by a very annoyed judge.

"The nice thing about Al Franken is that he doesn't take himself anywhere near as seriously as Michael Moore."

by Brian X September 21, 2003

classical music

1. Historically, orchestral or chamber music written in northern Europe during the 1700s to 1900s, represented by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovskiy, Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern Schplenden-schlitter... I'll start again.
2. Music derived from those forms of music, represented by people like Philip Glass (and occasionally people like Paul McCartney and Billy Joel).
3. A fad with racist/elitist overtones for parents who want their kids to graduate from nursery school and go straight to college.
4. Music that, despite its apparent pretentiousness and overbearing arrangements, is actually pretty cool when no one's trying to shove it down your throat.

by Brian X May 3, 2003

Friend Of Bill

Archaic 1990s slang for a liberal celebrity with a personal connection to former President Bill and current Senator Hillary Clinton. Examples include Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, and a good number of other well-known Hollywood types. Distinguished from true progressives by being largely a bunch of rich, connected limousine liberals.

by Brian X September 28, 2003

buttered bun

aka sloppy seconds. Though this one goes back a few hundred more years.

by Brian X June 24, 2003

Bloom County

The greatest political comic strip ever. Gave the world Opus the Penguin and disappeared after the first Bush administration.

Berkeley Breathed, where the hell have you gone?

by Brian X July 1, 2003

limousine liberals

Wealthy people whose political beliefs are nominally on the left side of the spectrum, but tend to have a rather hypocritical view of liberal agendas, being happy to write checks but unwilling to support them once they start affecting their private schools and gated communities.

Limousine liberals are the kind that silly old saying refers to when it says "if you're not a conservative by 30 you have no brain". If you're going to be a knee-jerk NIMBY, you may as well be a conservative, no matter how you vote.

by Brian X September 28, 2003