genre

A category of literature or entertainment.

My favorite genre is Science Fiction.

by Downstrike May 22, 2004

One-Hit-Wonder

A band or singer that everyone forgets about after their hit song runs its natural course into obscurity, because they can never get back onto the charts again. Most one-hit-wonders are that way because either they can't write their own songs, or their own songs are crap.

Crossover songs and artists are sometimes mistaken for One-Hit-Wonders, because listeners outside their genre don't know who they are. Anyone unfortunate enough to make this mistake is likely to be taken to task by numerous members of the artist's following, because it takes quite a good artist to pull off a crossover hit.

Your own songs just aren't going to cut it. Go find a hit song that no one else has covered in at least 20 years, so the teen audience will think it's new, and maybe you can be a One-hit-wonder.

Some One-Hit-Wonders:

Dean Friedman
Right Said Fred
Gary Numan
Soft Cell
Sammy Johns
The Reflections
The Electric Prunes
The Elegants
Bobby Dray

by Downstrike December 28, 2005

parentheses

Punctuation that some duh-weebs are starting to include in the spelling of the "words" they define.

Even if some other duh-weeb would bother to look up the definition of your personal name, do you really think he's going to include a parenthetical phrase when he's spelling it?

by Downstrike October 07, 2004

Confirm

The opposite of Cancel.

Entirely too many duh-weebs click Confirm when they should Cancel. Proofreading is an alien concept to them.

by Downstrike December 01, 2004

Earthquake Test

This is only a test. Had this been an actual earthquake, your stream of pee would wave to and fro and back and forth in front of you.

In the event of an actual Earthquake, you would probably have peed yourself without getting to a urinal first.

by Downstrike December 26, 2004

big time

adj. Much more than usual, to the max.

That suct big time!

by Downstrike December 24, 2004

the big drink

The ocean, sea, lake, or large river, depending on which you mean.

Particularly, the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean.

by Downstrike November 29, 2004