j637man's definitions

strotorway

Portmanteau of "street" (or "stroad") and "motorway". A strotorway is a multi-lane urban freeway oficially designated as a motorway (that is no mopeds), which, like a non-motor stroad, has too many tightly spaced exits, onramps, offramps, and interchanges. This leads to excessively many lane changes, making a strotorway more dangerous than a motorroad, just like a stroad. Strotorway placement in close vicinity of downtown, if not right in the middle, creates abnormal levels of noise and pollution, and creates an obstacle for vehicles not allowed on them. The speed limit, whatever it may be, is vehemently disobeyed, moreso than on a stroad, with the exception of slow trucks. Traffic jams are very common on strotorways, to the extent that it may actually be faster to bike, although unlike on stroads, traffic jams on strotorway are typically moving at faster than walking pace. Strotorways are often ringroads or parts of originally planned ring roads, however a particular city may be pursuing a different urban freeway system topology. In hindsight, strotoways are seen as a planning mistake, absence of planning, or a relic of olden times. Just like with stroads, the solution is to either turn strotorways into proper motorroads, or streets.

Jižní spojka in Prague is a prime example of a strotorway, whereas Magistrála is a stroad. A100 in Berlin is also a strotorway, whereas A10 around Berlin isn't quite a strotorway. M25 around London has some strotorway qualities, particularly many lanes and traffic jams. As for the USA, most intra-city Interstates are basically strotorways.

by j637man February 3, 2024

bibitachon

Portmanteau of "Bibi", a familiar nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu, and "bitachon" (alternatively "bitakhon"), Hebrew for security or confidence. Refers to Bibi's security policy, as in security for him, not Israelis. Bibi often replied with "u bitachom" (and security) to the greeting "shalom" (peace). In the famous hit song "Kof taase beguim" (Monkey do begums) from Hamas, there is the line "zazaj mitucha shev israel", which in Reggae-worthy accent refers to this bibitachon.

Bibitachon has resulted in not being security in Israel at all.

by j637man February 3, 2024

Phallus-teen

Palestinian youth, in reference to the demographic structure and phallic shape of the Gaza strip.

From the cry-me-a-river to the seethe, Phallus-teen will REEEEE.

by j637man February 3, 2024

avada kebaba

Food poisoning obtained from eating a kebab with low-quality ingredients. Can also refer to rapid consumption of kebabs, poisonous or not.

Customer: *vomits, having eaten a kebab*
Kebab guy: AVADA KEBABA!
*later*
Customer: Don't go to this kebab hause if you don't want to get Avada Kebaba'd.
Friend: Avada Kebaba? You must have turned pretty green from that.

by j637man February 3, 2024

Gazloon

Gaza strip with reference to it's high population density and ghetto-like character, after Kowloon Walled City.

The Israeli blockade has made the Gazloon even more dilapidated.

by j637man February 3, 2024

Chornobayivka

A Groundhog day situation for the Russian army in Ukraine. Named after an airport near Kherson, where the Russians constantly put their aircraft, and Ukraininans constantly destroyed them. Similar to definition of insanity - making the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.

The Russian military command has fallen into another Chornobayivka at Avdiivka.

by j637man February 3, 2024

quettabyte

An enormeous quantity of data represented by the largest SI prefix announced in 2022 to prevent proliferation of unofficial extensions, amounting to a quintillion bytes in the long system or nonillion bytes in the short system or 1*10^30 bytes in scientific notation.

There is about 5 quettabytes of porn on the Internet.

by j637man February 3, 2024