gnostic3's definitions

raptor

n. someone who has fallen, rapidly, from greatness to mediocrity.

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Dude! You did a triple wheelie spin last week and now you can’t stick an ollie? What a raptor thou hast become.

by gnostic3 September 3, 2020

djokoviking

v. Using your fame or power to avoid the responsibilities of life.

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Paris Hilton, in her era, was huge on djokoviking. But she never endangered millions of Aussies.

by gnostic3 January 12, 2022

transslendered

adj. Possessing a body image out of keeping with one’s measured BMI.

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My chubby friend insists on being called “thin”. Says he’s come out as transslendered and for the first time feels happy and empowered.

by gnostic3 April 11, 2022

Perth strides

n. Aussie term for stupid impractical shoes and, by extension, any useless object or person.

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G’day Bruce! Seen the Canuck news on the telly? That Shandro and his dingo mate Kenney are proper Perth strides.

by gnostic3 March 28, 2021

listen Linda

v. phrase Expression used to convey that someone is being overly wordy or attempting to explain or ignore the obvious.

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The bullet has caused torrential bleeding from the hepatic artery. We will need to turn on the large-bore suction and clamp the damaged vessel above and below the hole and then ...

Listen Linda. You do what you want. I am just going to squeeze this large pulsing thing firmly in my fingers.

That's what she said.

by gnostic3 June 14, 2020

repoopulate

v. A medical procedure in which the disease-causing bacteria in a patient's colon are replaced by normal, healthy bacteria by transplantation of faeces via the anal canal.

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I had a C. difficile infection but I avoided a bowel resection because I let the doctor repoopulate my colon.

Do you know how they do that? I think I would have opted for the resection.

by gnostic3 March 17, 2017

phyb

n. Explanation for a difficult concept given by a gifted physicist to an audience of lesser beings. Often simplified generalizations using analogies are understandably lacking in truth.

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“Nothing can travel faster than light” is a phyb. Wavicles being outpaced are everywhere. And time? Constant. Time dilation is just another phyb to settle the nerves of the simpletons.

by gnostic3 March 13, 2024