figleaf23's definitions

SR-71

The type of plane flown by the X-Men superhero team in Marvel Comics.

Professor X: "I obtained our SR-71 Blackbird when our transportation needs began to exceed our existing capabilities."
Wolverine: "Obtained it how?"

by Figleaf23 November 4, 2007

St. John's

the capital city of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

St. John's is a great town to party in!

by Figleaf23 January 2, 2009

speak into the microphone

a phrase used by a man to focus a partner's attention on performing oral sex.

After they got naked, Sally went on talking and chatting for some time. Eventually, Sam had to ask her to speak into the microphone.

by Figleaf23 January 2, 2009

mountbattened

blown up; exploded; detonated

The expression 'mountbattened' comes from Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was a British statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was assassinated in 1979 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army, who planted a bomb in his boat -- they mountbattened him.

by Figleaf23 September 5, 2007

Colin Powelled

to have your credibility destroyed by participating in the plans of idiots

I should have known better than to go along with Mick and Keith's plan to go on an Antarctic tour ... now that it has turned into a disaster, it's clear I've been colin powelled.

by Figleaf23 September 5, 2007

thaumaturge

a wizard, magician, sorcerer or such

The greatest thaumaturge of Elizabethan England was Dr. John Dee.

by Figleaf23 January 2, 2009

enow

'enough' -- in the usage of archaic legendary figures such as Marvel Comics' version of Thor the thunder god.

Hold Utgardsloki! lest I smite thee with my hammer till thou cry 'Enow'!

by Figleaf23 September 9, 2007