Definitions by mikroth

yell-aloud 

quick description without self-pity, for intense pain..

'What's it like having a sciatica attack ?'

'In one word -- yell-aloud...'

yell-aloud by mikroth December 22, 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..'

eye-skating 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'... !

three-flush floater by mikroth November 5, 2008

seepie 

colloquially, stands for c.p. i.e. cell-phone

'It's the end of the world ! I lost my seepie...!

'Hey, you forgot your seepie...!'

seepie by mikroth October 19, 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...'

heartsploitation by mikroth August 20, 2008

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...'

daddyshine by mikroth June 15, 2008

nooyer  

Sums up everything you hate about New Year's Eve celebrations -- 'nooyer' signifies the meaningless behaviour of louts at that time,'Nooyer' signifies celebs having the time of their lives on camera (and often pre-recorded in late summer...)

'We went down to the pub for a celebratory drink -- but it was full of nooyer shouting and binge and vomit...'

'Nothing on TV tonite but Nooyer plastic jollity and second-rank celeb media exposure...'

nooyer by mikroth January 11, 2008