mikroth's definitions

daddyshine

the aura that shines from a guy who's just become a father for the first time and found a new persona...

'Keep away from Justin's desk -- his eyes are full of daddyshine now he's a father, and you'll get no attention from him right now, on any other subject...'

by mikroth June 15, 2008

Barbra

an implied reference to the famed Streisand song 'The Way We Were'

'We broke up last week, but we're back now and it's all Barbra..'

'I faced going back home to meet the grizzlies after all these years, but we've made up and it's all Barbra...'

'jeez, honey, can't we drop this little mistake of mine, and be back to Barbra ?'

by mikroth October 24, 2007

blogadoccio

A variant on 'bragadoccio', bragging and showing off -- here referred to the attempt to foist a conceited vision of yourself on chat sites, blogs, etc.

'He's quite reasonable to talk to -- but on the web, it's all blogadoccio...'

'She's a damaged person -- so she tries to compensate on the internet with blogadoccio about her tit size, conquests, etc...'

'I've stopped hitting personal websites -- it's all blogadoccio...'

by mikroth October 29, 2007

agree to disagree

when you've been arguing, get nowhere and no-one yields their view, and you don't want to waste any more time..

'Dylan's lyrics are the greatest..'

'You mean Leonard Cohen's ?...'

'Oh we've been there before.. let's agree to disagree, and go get a Cokesi..'

by mikroth May 16, 2009

Cokesi

When you want a drink, but hate to sound like a walking ad...

'Wanna Coke ?'

' mmm...Pepsi ?'

'OK, Cokesi -- let's go !'

by mikroth May 16, 2009

eye-skating

When you're reading a boring book out of duty, and your eye just slides over the words without engaging your brain..

'I tried to revise for the exam last night... but it was just eye-skating -- nothing stuck in the mind..'

by mikroth December 22, 2008

three-flush floater

a metaphor culled from domestic plumbing, for crap it's hard to dismiss..

Clive James is such a wit. He called somebody's crap novel a 'three-flush floater'... !

by mikroth November 5, 2008