professional student

Person who receives multiple degrees and keeps taking courses instead of holding a profession related to the degrees earned. Can be a compliment or an insult depending on the speaker.
Ex. 1: a compliment
"Man, I think you're so cool for writing a dissertation on Mesoamerican maize fertilization. You're a real professional student!"

Ex.2 an insult:
"Hey Jack, won't you get a real job and quit being a professional student?"
by ignor September 29, 2004
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schmo

Yiddish for an idiot or a cuckold. Essential loan word in New Yorkese English, along with all the other Yiddish insults. See also schmuck.
That schmo just took my spot and flipped me the bird. Jerk.
by ignor July 05, 2003
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sticky widget

(stik-EE widge-ET, likely American)

Contradiction or intellectual impasse. A corruption of the phrase sticky wicket, describing a tricky situation in the game of cricket. The substitution of widget for wicket suggests a substitution of a more familiar word given most Americans' ignorance of the game.

see also sticking point, widget.
Dick: "I wonder which holds greater cosmic import -- the ontology of giraffes or Polynesian linguistics."

Jane: "What a sticky widget. Let's go get some Burger King."
by ignor July 05, 2005
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liturgy queen

Homosexual man (in most cases) who has an inordinate facination with religious ritual, music, or visual art. Frequently prefers gaudy or overtly dramatic modes of religious expression.
This just cannot be! The vestments aren't matching! and polyester! horrors ...
by ignor November 06, 2003
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sticking point

(n.) A crucial situation, contradiction, or contention, with importance conveyed by context and tone. Synonyms include sticky wicket, sticky widget.
Lulu's sticking point was not which nail polish to use on her Lee press-on fingernails. Sparkly polish always did the trick. Rather -- which would be better for the toes? Puke green?
by ignor July 05, 2005
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lithium thirst

A side effect of taking lithium,
a drug usually used to control
bipolar disorder. Characterized by
an extreme need to drink a lot of water
or other nonalcoholic fluid continuously over the course of the day. The afflicted are usually found toting many bottles of water around with them at all times.
Melinda carries around a 4L bottle of
water every day. She must have lithium thirst. Pringles?
by ignor September 15, 2004
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cult movie

A movie that has a significant following.

Frequently cult films are films depicting controversial or distasteful persons, activities, or philosophies. Examples include Harold and Maude, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Queen of Hearts and many others. Before VHS and DVD art film houses would frequently show these films year after year. Even after home video many theaters make annual events of certain films.
You're such a freak. Why are you going to dress up and go to Rocky Horror Picture Show for the 1500th time?
by ignor September 27, 2004
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