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Definitions by hillsider

upminster 

"beyond barking". Where barking means mentally deranged. Barking is a stop on the District Line of the London Underground, and the stop at the end of the line, beyond Barking, is Upminster.
Most of his ideas are Barking, but this one is Upminster.
upminster by hillsider November 19, 2010

snaptastic 

A scene or event that lends itself to successful photography.
The fairground lights were awesome man, it was snaptastic.
snaptastic by hillsider September 26, 2010

snapbysmal 

A scene or event that does not lends itself to successful photography.
Street signs everywhere and dull skies, the scene was snapbysmal.
snapbysmal by hillsider September 26, 2010

snaptard 

An amateur photographer who is unprepared for a fleeting photo-opportunity, or slow to snap the photo as a scene evolves, thus missing the key moment.
He's such a snaptard; the deer stood looking at us for ages, and then wandered off while he fumbled in his bag for the camera.
snaptard by hillsider September 22, 2010