Harlem River whitefish

A floating condom.

I was sculling on the Harlem River last Saturday. The water was full of Harlem River whitefish. AIDS prevention must be making progress.

by octopod January 17, 2009

insuranburn

Arson fire to collect insurance. Trinidadian. Cf. Jewish barbecue.

"Business is bad." "Try insuranburn."

by Octopod November 08, 2003

lowbrow

Plebian, aficionado of mass culture, vulgar.

She was such a lowbrow she thought the Weekly World News was a journal of opinion.

by Octopod November 04, 2003

around

In-word for "about" among certain new-age Bolsheviks.

The collective decided to organize around animal rights.

by octopod November 30, 2003

witch's tit

A measure of temperature.

"it's colder than a witch's tit."

by octopod May 28, 2004

contradiction

The opposite of argument. From a legendary Monty Python sketch.

That's not an argument, it's contradiction!
No it isn't!

by octopod November 09, 2003

dhimmi

1. Christians and Jews (and sometimes others) in traditional Islamic empires. They had a recognized but very subordinate legal status.

2. Zeropian politicians who kowtow to political Islam, as in Chiraqistan.

In France, the elite are all dhimmis.

by octopod April 29, 2004