octopod's definitions

tell us how you really feel

An ironic riposte to an emotional or invective-laden tirade, meaning, more or less, "You've achieved the maximum of outrage."

So you say the teacher is a festering, mold-encrusted, reeking squid.

Now tell us how you really feel!

by octopod May 30, 2006

dead tree media

Newspapers and magazines, as opposed to talk radio and the Blogosphere.

I picked up the Times in the bus station the other day. Nothing in that dead tree media!

by octopod April 20, 2006

birdcage liner

A newspaper you don't like. See puppy trainer.

The New York Times used to be the Newspaper of Record. Now it's a birdcage liner.

by octopod April 20, 2006

puppy trainer

A newspaper the speaker wants to put down; a rag; a birdcage liner.

I use the LA Times as a puppy trainer.

by octopod April 20, 2006

Welshman's prick

Short and thick, so 'tis said, a chud.

What size dowel do you need?

A Welshman's prick.

by octopod May 1, 2005

titoi

"Fuck you" in Tahitian.

I asked him to lend me 10000 Polynesian francs. "Titoi, popa'a" said he.

by octopod October 7, 2004

pajamahadeen

Bloggers, especially the conservative ones who attacked Dan Rather so vigorously.

The pajamahadeen demolished CBS's defense of the forged documents.

by octopod September 19, 2004