fearman's definitions

people's republic of Cork

Logo often found on T-shirts in Ireland's largest and southernmost county, particularly in its capital city of the same name (pop. c. 200,000). A subtle sign of "The Rebel" County Cork's coming secession from the rest of the island.

Up with the People's Republic of Cork!

by Fearman December 17, 2007

poet

A
Poet

Used to be
someone who
Wrote a lot of lines that rhymed & were otherwise
possessed of a musical quality that did not
necessarily require
strings or drums in the
background
& was altogether too smart for words

Now a poet is
just
someone who
fucks about with the length
of
lines
so as to make
the utterly
banal
appear to have unplumbed depths of meaning
which I suppose
is at least moderately
more
democratic

Everyone's a poet ... only they just don't know it.

by Fearman December 16, 2007

Bounderby

Someone who cynically grandstands about their unpleasant childhood, by way of fishing for pity or giving an apologia for their heartless or anti-social behaviour. Very trendy in a postmodernist climate. From the character in Dickens' "Hard Times".

Look at that kid on the TV saying that he wouldn't have killed the kid on a joyride if his own mummy had loved him a bit more. What a perfect little Bounderby.

by Fearman August 7, 2007

rich from the neck up

Used of someone who is living beyond their means. Their wealth is purely in their head and implicit in their attitude.

She can't afford the rent and just bought herself a state-of-the-art computer system on credit. She's rich from the neck up.

by Fearman August 10, 2007

veget-type Aryan

Very self-righteous vegetarian. Incisor-bearing organism in serious denial. Thinks all meat-eaters are scum and constantly refers to various forms of repast as "dead pig", "dead cow", "dead shrimp", and so on. Typically (and fittingly) weedy as hell. Likely to tell you that "you are what you eat" ... so, where do they store their chlorophyll?

A: It's not all a kooky cult, you know, many famous people down through history have been vegetarians ...,

B: Name one.

A: Ummmm ...,

A: How about Adolf Hitler? He was a veget-type Aryan, wasn't he?

by Fearman August 4, 2007

Catastrophic Hyperplasm

What results when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object.

According to current theory, when the Great Attractor tries the swallow the Great Central Node, it will reduce the entire Universe to Catastrophic Hyperplasm.

by Fearman February 10, 2008

university

Institution which, with a bit of luck, can just about manage to undo half of a percent of the damage wrought by school.

She's made it to university. There's hope for her yet.

by Fearman August 4, 2007