38 definitions by david lincoln brooks
(South African slang. Used primarily in boys' school contexts.)
A high school underclassman; young boy or young teenager. Slightly pejorative, but not meanspirited.
A high school underclassman; young boy or young teenager. Slightly pejorative, but not meanspirited.
Now that that ouk is a prefect, he can tune all the lighties.
Translation: Now that that guy is a school prefect (upperclassman) he can direct, scold and order about the younger boys (lower classman).
Yesterday we caught the rugby game... it was all the lighties playing.
Translation: Now that that guy is a school prefect (upperclassman) he can direct, scold and order about the younger boys (lower classman).
Yesterday we caught the rugby game... it was all the lighties playing.
by david lincoln brooks November 16, 2010
This is a phrase taken directly from the 1980 dance pop song, "Your Own Private Idaho" by the outrageous party band, the B-52's.
It means "living inside an Idaho potato", or a very small space. Metaphorically, it refers to someone who is not paying attention because he is daydreaming, or under the influence, or otherwise wrapped up within his own very narrow sphere of interest or frame of reference.
It means "living inside an Idaho potato", or a very small space. Metaphorically, it refers to someone who is not paying attention because he is daydreaming, or under the influence, or otherwise wrapped up within his own very narrow sphere of interest or frame of reference.
Car Driver: Damn! That guy just pulled out in front of me as if I weren't here! We almost crashed!
Passenger: Yeah, he's just yakking away on his cellphone, in his own private Idaho.
Passenger: Yeah, he's just yakking away on his cellphone, in his own private Idaho.
by david lincoln brooks March 24, 2006
"Boy, you sure are wearing some really good-smelling foo-foo tonight!"
"Yeah, this is my 'get lucky' cologne."
"Yeah, this is my 'get lucky' cologne."
by david lincoln brooks September 26, 2008
Taken from the world of commercial perfume sales, a gateway fragrance is a perfume or cologne which is inexpensive and often cheap-smelling, which serves to introduce a novice fragrance wearer to the wider world of fine-- and more expensive-- fragrances. The idea is that the "gateway fragrance" will intrigue the wearer into purchasing a more sophisticated, expensive fragrance the next time they shop.
"I bought my teenage sister some Britney Spears CURIOUS for her birthday... Someday she may wear CHANEL No.5, but this will be a good gateway fragrance for her."
"Sure, JEAN NATÉ is inexpensive. But it smells good, and it's a great gateway fragrance."
"Sure, JEAN NATÉ is inexpensive. But it smells good, and it's a great gateway fragrance."
by david lincoln brooks November 30, 2006
Swollen and badly bruised. Phrase primarily in rural, folk or country use in the USA. Often used to refer to an eye that is so swollen and black (usually due to a fist punch), it appears closed over.
by david lincoln brooks October 10, 2007
(South African vulgar English slang. Derived from Afrikaans. Literally means "box", slang term for a vagina. Extremely pejorative.)
(Pronounced to rhyme with the English words "do us")
A very stupid, obstreporous, despicable, disagreeable person, often a male. An "asshole" or "dickhead".
(Pronounced to rhyme with the English words "do us")
A very stupid, obstreporous, despicable, disagreeable person, often a male. An "asshole" or "dickhead".
Example 1: "Ag, that ouk is a real doos, ek se."
Translation: "Man, that guy is a real asshole, I'm telling you."
Example 2: "Listen, stop being such a doos."
Translation: "Listen, stop being such a foolish idiot."
Translation: "Man, that guy is a real asshole, I'm telling you."
Example 2: "Listen, stop being such a doos."
Translation: "Listen, stop being such a foolish idiot."
by david lincoln brooks November 16, 2010
From the world of commercial perfumery: When a particular fragrance, masculine or feminine, has been a huge success, its makers will often try to capitalize on its success by creating "spinoff" fragrances. These "spinoffs", called flankers, might be similar to the original olfactorily, but with a different spin or variation put on it. "Light" versions, "sport" versions, "veil" versions are common types of flanker.
Traditional SHALIMAR perfume seems heavy and musky to a whole new generation of Millennial women accustomed to fragrances which smell detergent, aquatic and ultra "clean". With this in mind, the company's house, GUERLAIN OF PARIS, has launched a new flanker: a much lighter version of the classic 1925 sexbomb, pruned of its muskier elements, called simply SHALIMAR LIGHT.
by david lincoln brooks July 21, 2008