Definitions by derangedpoet

lingua franca 

1) A language used as vernacular for communication amongst many speakers of different languages, i.e. a creole.
2) An early version of this, a mix of English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and other languages with Italian.
3) (British) The English variant used by many Asian immigrants, mixing English with Indian tongues like Gujarati, Urdu/Hindi, Sinhalese, etc.

1) Swahili is the lingua franca in East Africa. Millions of people who speak indigenous languages also speak it for communication.

lingua franca by derangedpoet October 9, 2003

xexe

(Esp. popular in Great Britain and New Zealand,)
a noun (1) "marathon sex" and a verb(2) "to have marathon sex". It originally described 12-hr sex

1) My god, I had xexe with this slap I met last night...

2) We xexed like I've never xexed before...!

xexe by derangedpoet July 14, 2003

Ovono 

1) A popular book that just isn't good enough.

2) When a popular author brings out a crap book. (often used as 'to come ovono' or 'go onovo')

(derived from 'ovo' and 'no'- egg and no.

1) 'And I said- "Lord, the Harry Potter set are basically ovono!"

2) 'Tony Parsons has came onovo with his new book, The Maggot was Born'

Ovono by derangedpoet July 14, 2003

twove

1) 'Love' based on lust and physical attraction.

Amalgamation of /tw/enty-first and l/ove/

Jimmy's in twove- yet again- with so'slut he met at the party...

... I'm sure

twove by derangedpoet July 14, 2003

vov 

verb- to get many, many dates because you lick people out.

Nate's fu-gly, why ya gon ou' wit'im?

Why, that boy can vov!

vov by derangedpoet July 14, 2003

tragic 

Exclaimation meaning "what a mistake!" or "how terrible!"

"Bryguy was photographed in the bath by his ex- now, it's all over the internet"

"--tragic!"

tragic by derangedpoet July 14, 2003

fair dues 

1) Enough respect to you/him...
2) I appreciate what he did/ your point of view.

Sometimes said as 'fair due', it comes from 'fair is due to the comrade'

"So I managed to menage-a-trois, last night" "Fair dues to the bigman!"

fair dues by derangedpoet July 14, 2003