ignor's definitions

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 18, 2005

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 5, 2003

team member

aka employee. PR term usually found in McJobs, dead end work with little benefit. I assume that this term is meant to engender feelings of solidarity among cashiers and customer service managers.

JoJo applied as a team member at Denny's. Instead she was washing dishes for minimum wage. Not even a group hug. This sucks.

by ignor September 19, 2004

cancer stick

i.e. a cigarette. One way a smoker might difuse a non-smoker's disapproval of nicotine use. Use with a sarcastic tone of voice. See also killer stick.

Chet: Hey Jill, see you're still burning up those cancer sticks.

Jill: Screw you, Chet.

by ignor July 5, 2003

voodoo

(lit.) Haitian religion combining Catholicism and West African-influenced animist beliefs.

(colloq.) Any strange ritual or behavior, especially one meant to do harm to another person. See also voodoo doll.

Darlene, angry that her hubby ran off with a waitress from a pachino parlor, made a voodoo doll of him in a B-rate movie sort of revenge.

by ignor July 10, 2003

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 6, 2003

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 18, 2005