mikroth's definitions

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

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

noffie

abbreviation for 'non-f***ing friendz', with a comfy sound to it..

can be exes you've mutually accepted as good pals, or some gay guy who's savvy and amusing, or anyone else in your close posse...

'Hey, didn't I see you with your ex again the other day ?'
'Oh, we're noffies now, it's great and we've moved on...'

'Oooh, who's that cutebum you're running, along with your steady ?'
'Oh, isn't he sweet ? He's gay, so we're just noffies... though I wouldn't mind giving him a test run...'

by mikroth January 6, 2008

heartsploitation

used of films, memoirs, poetry, distorting or falsifying the truth to grab your emotions -- successfully !

'You read that Frey 'memoir' that Oprah was plugging, yet ?'

'Memoir shit ! Great story, blame his publisher for marketing a novel as a memoir -- sheer heartsploitation ! My girl wept buckets, then blamed me for spilling the beans...'

by mikroth August 20, 2008

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

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