Driving at 55 mph in a car old enough to have wind wings on the front windows, as an alternative to air conditioning.
by johnmburt1960 August 07, 2006
A good day to be born, since the "4th of October" is also known as "Ten-Four", which means "Everything's Fine", so if you're born on "October 4th", you're sure to be good news for the world.
by johnmburt1960 August 16, 2020
A person, minority group or country seen as getting "uppity" for wanting to be accepted as an equal, in spite of not having a conventional background.
From Gordon R. Dickson's novel "Wolfling", and much used by author David Brin.
From Gordon R. Dickson's novel "Wolfling", and much used by author David Brin.
"Iraq was seen by Western nations as a wolfling country, daring to rise out of the Third World with things like modern infrastructure, manufacturing and even a space program."
by johnmburt1960 April 25, 2014
A new technology which is highly disruptive to established ways of doing things. Named after a device from the future in Henry Kuttner's 1942 short story "The Twonky", which upsets the life of a man who comes into possession of it.
This 3D printer isn't just a toy, it makes things I can really use around the house. That's a real twonky as far as shopping goes.
by johnmburt1960 March 22, 2018
Fruad (froo-AHD), n.: A person of the highest moral caliber, esp. one who is cheated out of a job which goes to someone grossly inferior
"Hillary Clinton was a fruad!!!"
by johnmburt1960 December 14, 2016
Trying something which has failed spectacularly in the past, the way that Oregon authorities tried to remove a rotting whale carcass from a beach with dynamite, apparently thinking it would vanish in a fireball rather than being spread over a wide area in the form of chunks of rancid whale blubber -- and then thirty years later tried to do the same thing.
by johnmburt1960 July 19, 2017
Deriving sexual excitement form the idea of a woman being impregnated and abandoned, especially if she is impregnated through a malicious action such as rape or sabotaging her birth control.
Etymology: The repurposing of an archaic form of the word "burdening".
Etymology: The repurposing of an archaic form of the word "burdening".
"Alice and I did a roleplay where I told her I'd poked pinholes in the rubber before I put it on, because I wanted to burthen her before I skipped out on her."
"Burthen her? Like, knock her up?"
"Yeah, turns out we both have a major burthening kink."
"Burthen her? Like, knock her up?"
"Yeah, turns out we both have a major burthening kink."
by johnmburt1960 April 21, 2023