diven

v. Past tense of “dive”. Used by cool folks and mermaids.

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Julie has diven more places than a crooked mermaid boxer.

by gnostic3 December 19, 2022

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

jambulance

n. Any vehicle used to transport a band from gig to gig. Often commodious but decrepit.

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Pile everything into the jambulance and we are away!

by gnostic3 March 09, 2021

blinkie

n. Brief nap. Also a sexual euphemism.

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I need a little break before I can finish this operation. Who wants to join me for a blinkie? Sterile nurses only.

by gnostic3 January 04, 2023

goaliefight

n. An ice hockey event so clumsily comicsl and so outrageous that all sports media will show it and thereby increase the fan base of a marginal dying sport. (Except in Latvia and some parts of Canada). Also used in the sense of a metaphor.

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That senate trial was a real goaliefight, eh? We don’t have politics like that in Latvia.

by gnostic3 February 08, 2020

bi-den

n. Room that is kind of a man-cave and kind of an artsy/sewing room.

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If you need me and Bruce we’ll be down in the bi-den, making NFL throw cushions.

by gnostic3 February 15, 2021

face commando

v. Going without a mask. Seen as a bold audacious but somewhat foolish action.

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Look at Linda! All face commando. Props to her.

Seems a bit short of breath though.

by gnostic3 June 14, 2020