creaternity's definitions

beltway

Nickname for the highway (I-495) that encircles Washington DC through the surrounding states of Virginia and Maryland.

A defining feature of your DC-respective locale is whether it is inside or outside the beltway.

"Inside the beltway" can also refer generically to politics in the US capital city.

Person 1: I live in DC.
Person 2: No you don't. You live in Bethesda.
Person 1: Well, yeah, but it's inside the beltway.

Commuter 1: Traffic on the beltway sucked this morning.
Commuter 2: It always sucks. That's why I take the Metro.

by creaternity May 23, 2006

jumbotron

The HUGE display screen typically found at sporting events. It shows game/player stats, scores, replays, advertisements, etc to the crowd.
Jumbotron is actually a Sony trademark name, but the word is used to refer generically to any gigantastic LED screens like it.

At a basketball court, the jumbotron might be about 11 feet wide, but in a football stadium, it'll probably be more like 33 feet.

by creaternity June 11, 2006

shui

pronounced "shwe" (as in feng shui)

adjective used to describe something that is pleasing, stylish, cool, or excellent usually by virtue of the way it looks

"Those shoes are really shui. Where did you get them?"

by creaternity April 6, 2006

pen slut

Someone who has an obsession with fancy writing implements and typically uses a different strange pen every day, or even every hour.
You can spot a pen slut easily if his/her desk contains at least a dozen Pilot Precisions, PhD retractables, Signo Gelsticks, or swank souvenir pens. If you ask the pen slut to borrow one, he/she will probably fish around for a Bic ballpoint rather than let you waste the precious ink of, say, his/her teal Y&C Gel Xtreme 0.7

I am a pen slut; on my desk at work, I have five pencil cups containing 84 pens. My favorites are the Marvy Gel Excels and the San Fran one with the moving cable car in the barrel. No, you CANNOT borrow it.

by creaternity May 1, 2006

flushinator

One of those damn toilets that flushes automatically, usually found in public restrooms. There's a little "eye" in the back (yes, creepy) that is supposed to sense when you get off the can so it can flush for you, just in case you are one of those doochebags who doesn't know how the little lever works. (Who ARE the people who DON'T flush???) Unfortunately, the "eye" often makes mistakes, causing the toilet to flush prematurely, thus splashing one's posterior with toilet water. Yuck.

Coworker 1: I hate the flushinator.
Coworker 2: Yeah, tell me about it. The one in the third stall gave my boys a douche this morning.

by creaternity July 10, 2006

500 dollar lane

The breakdown lane on a highway. Why? Because that's how much money you gotta pay if a cop catches you driving in it.

(Can also mean the leftmost lane for trucks when they are only allowed to drive on the right.)

Passenger: This traffic sux! Let's take the 500 dollar lane.
Driver: Okay, but only if you'll front the $500 when statey sees us.

by creaternity May 12, 2006

paid witness

an unarmed security guard

I mean, what the hell is this guy gonna do against a heat packing thief?

Lady: Aahhh! That guy just took my purse!
Guard: He sure did!
Lady: Well, do something, dammit!
Guard: What do you want me to do? Run up and slap him so he can knife me to death? I'm just a paid witness!
Lady: Argh!

by creaternity May 13, 2006