mandingoe's definitions

finance

v. To embezzle

From the Gaelic, to steal your neighbors eggs.

Andy Fastow was Enron's Chief Financial Officer.

by mandingoe April 13, 2004

heads-up

1. advance notice

2. a warning

Just wanted to give you a heads up so you'll be expecting his call.

by mandingoe January 18, 2005

day

As used in the phrase "back in the day", this means October 9, 1979

Back in the day, punk was raw.

by mandingoe May 18, 2004

mash note

a love letter, particularly a hot and steamy one. The future of mash notes is endangered by the internet.

He felt waves of jealousy when he discovered the mash notes to his wife from an old flame written twenty years ago before they were married.

by Mandingoe October 9, 2004

shanker

a primary sore or ulcer at the site of entry of a pathogen; the initial lesion of syphilis
also spelled chancre

Ewwww! You've got shankers on yer johnson!

by mandingoe July 16, 2003

Hummer house

1. A ginormous house built on the site of a former site of a teardown that towers over its neighboring houses. Like the Hummer FUV, these houses appear to bully surrounding ones.

2. A McMansion characterized by its huge scale and cookie cutter design that embodies the Hummer “I got mine” lifestyle.

The neighbors torched the Hummer house being built by those arrogant SOBs.

by Mandingoe January 12, 2008

Provos

members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Pro-Irish Republic paramilitaries

The opposing Loyalist paramilitaries are the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF)

Conflicts this long-running are never simple, so there are many splinter groups including the *Real* IRA, a.k.a. Oglaigh na hEireann. To make matters more confusing, Oglaigh na hEireann is also the name of the Irish Republic's legitimate army. Fortunately, most people have no clue how to pronounce Oglaigh na hEireann, so the confusion is self-limiting.

Will the Provos hold the ceasefire or retaliate? Stay tuned ...

by mandingoe June 8, 2004