hammer---;, hytham's definitions

air ocean

In rocketry: the earth's atmosphere!

Similar to 'air ocean' is what mountaineers call the sky as they climb: vertical ocean!

by hammer---;, hytham April 22, 2007

zips

The years in which we're now (00-10) or the 00s.

A lot of neo-words were suggested to describe the decade we live in right now, but many of these weren't as good as the zips.
Here's a list:
-the earlies.
-the beginnings.
-the peacefuls.
-the tookies (from 2Ks: Years 2000).
-the ohs/ oh-ohs.
-the zeros.
-the aughts/ aughties.
-the naughts/ the naughties.
-the the 00psies/ 2000-psies (resounding the dot-bomb effect!). Also: the dooming 2000s.
-the oozies.

by hammer---;, hytham April 25, 2007

bules

Name that means 'stark white', or albino in Indonesian, thrown generously at foreigners.

Hatred has no ends when it comes to Indonesian people and their xenophobic bias against English expats (or, 'bules' in the local vernacular), who try to hoist a country out of the shitpile that's called Islamist fundamentalism in Indonesia!

by hammer---;, hytham April 18, 2007

zombie language

Conlang (constructed language) of old dead languages that get revived again by enthusiast 'conlangers', who 'feed' it on other 'living' languages!

Zombie language examples: Comish/ Manx.

by hammer---;, hytham April 20, 2007

genetocracy

Rule of the genetically-enhanced!
See Dustafarians, for details.

Antonym>> genetic underclass: the rapid advancements made in the field of biotechnology ushering what one writer termed the 'genetic-politics', or the political lobby action that would take place if genetic testing is going to determine who's the perfect machine and who are the mehums (mere humans) and the call for 'bio-freedom' for the 'genetically-challenged', 'bio-prisoners' born with defective genes that would end up to be ruled by the genetocracy.

by hammer---;, hytham April 20, 2007

blue revolution

Water shortages in the third-world caused alarming concerns in the last ten years and the WWC (World Water Council) predicts that there'll be 1.5 bil. without access to clean drinking water by the year 2015.
The hook is, this multi-stakeholder world authority is helping these water-poor 3rd World countries to build 'water-banking' structures (water dams, reservoirs...), to collect rain water in the short-timed winters, to be used later for drinking and sanitory purposes.
Water is now the 'blue' gold!

Blue revolution is a take on the 60s' 'green revolution'. The difference between the two revolutions is that, this new one is going to be the cause for WWIII as politicians expect world-wide 'water wars' to take place when there'll not be one drop of water left in this world. Wait and see, it's happening faster than what you might think!

by hammer---;, hytham April 21, 2007

vino verde

Also vinho verde: green wine from Portugal and Macau.

Slightly put off by its color, vino verde is not a popular wine among the vinirati.

by hammer---;, hytham June 1, 2007