duckbutt's definitions

yéyé

A style of French popular music of the 1960's sung by solo girl singers. Major performers included Françoise Hardy ("Tous les Garcons et les Filles," "Ton Meilleur Ami"), Sylvie Vartan, Chantal Goya, and France Gall ("Sacré Charlemagne," "Poupeé de Son"). Several of the better yéyé songs were written by Serge Gainsbourg (e.g., "Les Succettes," a naughty confection about what kind of lollipops Annie REALLY likes) and "Baby Pop," both sung by France Gall. Many of the yéyé genre were French language covers of American songs; but some of the best-loved ones were written by Françoise Hardy as her own material and covered such themes as loneliness, unrequited love, the passing of time, and the sometimes treachery of best friends.

French yéyé music never caught on big in the United States due both to the language barrier and to the simultaneous British invasion of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

by Duckbutt March 22, 2006

ART

Acronym for "assuming room temperature," i.e., dead.

Reserve a place for him in the morgue; that dude is ART.

by Duckbutt September 9, 2007

Rear Admiral

A Rear Admiral is slang for a proctologist.

"I know I'm a proctologist; and I find it disrespectful to be referred to as a bum doctor or as a Rear Admiral, unless you give me a snappy uniform."

by Duckbutt May 28, 2006

hang loose

Stand by, and take it easy or relax while doing so. This term, or its near relation dangle loose, is a commonly-used southern Louisiana slang expression. Possibly opposite to uptight: both expressions alluding to positions of the testicles.

Weekends are important: time to hang loose and take stock of things.

by Duckbutt December 22, 2005

poliitical schadenfreude

The pleasure experienced when a member of an opposed political party is experiencing embarassment or disfunction.

The Lewinsky affair generated much political schadenfreude within the G.O.P.

by Duckbutt January 1, 2004

steaming turd

A very disreputable and disgusting person. Any descriptive with the word "turd" can serve to stress the particularly egregious nature of the person's unpleasantness.

The boss made it evident in the relish he took in firing people what a steaming turd he was.

by Duckbutt December 7, 2005

top-down awareness

That awkward moment when a person realizes that her bikini top has fallen out of place and others are aware of the fact.

In leaping up unto the raft, and seeing bemused stares from the boys, Angel experienced a not unpleasant top-down awareness.

by Duckbutt December 27, 2003