Definitions by mynah1

boastwriter 

An agent hired to sing one's praises to potential clients or employers.

#1: "This woman describes herself as a brilliant, innovative photojournalist in her job application. Can you imagine anyone being that full of herself?"

#2: "Of course not, really foolish of her: She should have hired a boastwriter to sing her praises in the third person, like most well-known people do."

boastwriter by mynah1 February 20, 2010

mickeymousing 

Performing an ostentatious but meaningless act in an attempt to appear more important or competent than one is. Also mickeymouse. May be used as a verb, noun or adjective.

1. There is an election coming up, so the usual band of mediocre politicians are sure to mickeymouse at the airport when our Olympic medallists are welcomed home.

2. He changed all the street names and repainted the bus shelters, but that was just mickeymousing to distract people from his incompetence as mayor.

3. Our mickeymousing CEO is at it again, loudly blaming everyone but himself for the disastrous decline of the company since he took over.

mickeymousing by mynah1 January 28, 2010

moon journalism 

Investigative journalism aimed at bringing the dirty secrets of a well-known person to light - in other words, exposing an asshole.

The official seemed set for a successful political career until a brilliant piece of moon journalism exposed his fraudulent activities.

moon journalism by mynah1 September 19, 2009

cotton candy income 

An income that appears adequate, but melts away to nothing almost at once.

#1: What do you mean you can't afford to go out? It's payday, and you had a raise last month!

#2: (Sighs) "Nah, I have a cotton candy income. Just as soon as the rent, rates and taxes, insurance and credit card installment go off I'll be back in the red..."

cotton candy income by mynah1 September 15, 2009

unhave

Cancel retrospectively, especially an embarrassing conversation.

Can we please just unhave that drunken chat of last night about the penis sizes of the guys at work?

unhave by mynah1 September 8, 2009

webnoise 

Links unrelated to your search that dominate your Google results because your search term has another, more obscure meaning. The latter is usually a personal or brand name, a porn slang term or the pseudonym of an extremely prolific blogger.

I'm doing research on the bird group known as Corvida, but since a woman who calls herself Corvida Raven started her own network, 90 percent of my search results turn out to be webnoise.

webnoise by mynah1 June 2, 2009

bitch switch 

A protective mechanism that disengages the brain when subjected to sustained verbal abuse.

Hey, the boss may have mentioned the project - but it must have been after my bitch switch had tripped during one of his hour-long tirades.

bitch switch by mynah1 June 1, 2009