fearman's definitions

floozie in the jacuzzi

Sculpture of Anna Livia formerly located midway up O'Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland, consisting of a very long, flowing, stylised female figure in a fountain (Anna Livia being a personification of the River Liffey and by association the city of Dublin). Removed to make way for the O'Connell Street Spike, better known as the Stiletto in the Ghetto, in the year 2002.

We all miss the floozie in the jacuzzi.

by Fearman December 10, 2007

you are what you eat

Hannibal Lecter's personal motto.

A census taker tried to quantify me once. I promptly demonstrated to him that you are what you eat, Clarice. FFT-FFT-FFT-FFT-FFT-FFT-FFT ...,

by Fearman December 28, 2007

strawcab

Approximation of "backwards" spelt backwards. Used to denote intimate familiarity with something.

I'll have to learn the next three chapters off strawcab or the geography teacher will have my ass in detention for the rest of the year.

by Fearman May 24, 2008

might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb

Expression used in resentment as a reason for doing something deemed unethical when one knows one is going to be accused of doing that thing anyway, particularly when there is much to be gained by doing it.

They are going to accuse me of doing nothing and/or of working and drawing the dole at the same time, so I might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb.

by Fearman December 28, 2007

couldn't be rat-arsed

In other words, couldn't be bothered.

We tried to get him to send in the form on time, but he couldn't be rat-arsed.

by Fearman May 24, 2008

atheist

Someone who refuses to bow to the alleged power of any alleged supernatural entity, however great that power is alleged to be. One of a group of people far wiser and more common than they are usually given credit for. Someone who thinks in terms of reason rather than fear. In particular, someone who refuses to let their perfectly natural fear of death overwhelm their reason. Someone who accepts that even if there were a god worth worshipping, which cannot be proved, the divinity would be worth worshipping precisely because it supports or represents such things as justice, truth, love and compassion, which are universal human ideals and are not, contrary to the propaganda, derived from any religion. Someone who accepts that, as guides to the good life, such ideals therefore come before all else. A humanist. Atheists are often accused, by religionists who have found support in postmodernist relativism, that atheism is a religion like any other. If anorexia could be considered a favourite food, these postmodernist types might have a point ... but I'm doubting it.

Someone once said there are no atheists in foxholes. Firstly, oh yes there are: and secondly, even if it were true, that would be more an argument against foxholes than against atheism.

by Fearman September 6, 2007

Bjork

Pixie-like rock starlet born in Iceland in 1969 or some such. Died in a car crash in 1990. All subsequent appearances, including those in concert before half the population of Iceland, have been computer-generated. IT'S TWOOO!!!

Bjork is appearing in concert tonight. Every last pixel of her. Gorgeous.

by Fearman November 22, 2007