medaeval's definitions

grassroots

local or person-to-person. A typical grassroots effort might include a door-to-door education and survey campaign. Includes political, educational, artistic, and especially collegiate movements involving the common people as constituting a fundamental politico-economic group

My friends and I started a grassroots campaign to oust the oligarchal university board of trustees.

by medaeval December 26, 2003

Siena

1. a brownish red colour
2. an Italian city in lower Tuscany
3. the colour is named for the city's ancient family walls and the earth

Duccio's masterpiece, Le Maesta, is in the central cathedral of Siena.

by medaeval December 26, 2003

autocross

also known as Solo II racing-- the SCCA brand name for autocross competition. Solo II events are driving skill contests that emphasize the driver's ability and the car's handling characteristics. This is accomplished by driving a course that is designated by traffic cones on a low hazard location, such as a parking lot or inactive airstrip.

Autocross is the true grassroots motorsport.

by medaeval December 26, 2003

buttonwhores

1_ people who collect any button from anywhere, regardless of whether or not it is relevant to them

2_ pseudo-politicals, pseudo-punks, or indie rock kids who amass themselves in button mounds, esp. on messenger bags, and yet do not act on their fashionable concerns

guy: " 'I Love My Radius?' "
girl: "Yeah, I don't know what it means but I thought the red type on black looked totally PUNK!"

by medaeval February 6, 2004

chillable red

super-cheap Franzia "wine" with natural flavors. In other words, if you're looking to move up from the Boone's Farm High School schtick, here's your gateway drug of choice. Eventually, you can move up to a respectable merlot.

Sarah filled up her 40oz 7-11 with the chillable and we didn't see her for a week. Damn lush.

by medaeval December 26, 2003

dirty south

anywhere, usually in the lower contingent United States, that tanks in the lowest tenth-percentile in education, prison reform, and viability of roads.

When we hit the two-lane highway outside Little Rock, we knew we were in the Dirty South.

by medaeval February 6, 2004

waiting to exhale

waiting to give it up because you're not sure what your man's about

that player straight left me 'cause I was waiting to exhale...

by medaeval February 6, 2004