pentozali's definitions

levorotatory

Tending to lean toward the political left wing, or a person with such a political leaning. From the chemistry term.

That levorotatory might be just the person we need to get this bill passed.

by pentozali February 11, 2010

dextrorotatory

Tending to lean to the political right wing, or a person with such a political leaning. From the chemistry term.

There's a dextrorotatory who's putting a monkey wrench into this bill!

by pentozali February 11, 2010

fipple

The beaklike part of a non-reed woodwind instrument that you blow into; recorders and some types of vertical flutes have fipples.

The fipple on this recorder is dirty; it has to be cleaned.

by pentozali July 29, 2009

blowing clouds

Playing wrong notes or sour notes on a wind instruments.

Don't ever hire those musicians again! They kept on blowing clouds at the party!

by pentozali August 6, 2009

blue-light

One of the "Select" Bx12 buses that run from the corner of Edson Ave. and Bartow Ave. in the Bronx in New York, to the corner of 207th St. and Broadway in Manhattan, New York. The buses are run on an experimental basis to relieve overcrowding on this much-used run: one must insert a Metrocard into a special machine at key stops along the bus route in order to get a paper receipt, then board the bus from the REAR. After several minutes the bus driver will collect the paper receipts. Named for the blue lights that flash at the top, showing that the buses are the "Select" route.

I love to see that blue-light come along---it's a colorful addition to the road!

by pentozali August 6, 2009

fymbid

A very rude way of telling somebody that s/he's missed any opportunity to get easy transportation (for instance, a lift by car} to and/or from a party, when there are no buses, boats, or trains running. Pronounced "FIM-bid" and said by the owner of the vehicle when such vehicle is obviously in working order. Means "Fuck You, My Battery Is Dead".

Fymbid, buddy! What do you think I am, a fuckin' chauffeur?!

by pentozali August 7, 2009

quartertone

Person who is sitting in a public place, usually unaware that s/he is taking up two desired spaces, and later dozes off, legs spreadeagled and head lolling from one side to the other, further preventing access to those spaces. "Quartertone" comes from a musical term for tones that fall "between the cracks" on a piano keyboard, common in Asia but infrequent in music on our side of the globe.

I couldn't get a seat on the bus because some quartertone was sitting between the divider on the bench and nodding off!

by pentozali August 8, 2009