phantom oddity's definitions

muggy

(adj.) Used to describe the atmosphere when humidity is high relative to temperature. Nights after humid days tend to be muggy.

The muggy air made even the lightest of sheets awkward to sleep under.

by phantom oddity May 28, 2004

ginger

1. n. a root vegetable used as a spice. It has a bittersweet, aromatic flavour.
2. adj. anything flavoured with ginger.
3. n./adj. a yellowish-brown colour, tending to orange.
4. adj. a colloquial term used to describe people with red hair, who also tend to have pale skin tone and freckles.
5. adj. (pronounced with a hard initial 'g' and rhyming with singer) - as 4., but is used as a term of abuse. Sometimes spelt with an apostrophe after the second g to distinguish from the less offensive pronunciation.
6. (rare) adj. delicate.

1. Young ginger root has a milder flavour.
2. ginger biscuits, ginger beer, etc.
3. "The setting sun took on a gingerish hue."
4. "Daphne's hair was ginger, though she preferred to call it red."
5. "Oi! Ging'er! Too sunny for you?!" -- "Uh. Yes, actually."
6. "Fred crept gingerly towards Daphne."

Also: Compare red, 4. and 5. with black, negro and nigger.

by phantom oddity July 27, 2008

Non Sequitur

1. Latin phrase roughly translating as "doesn't follow" (think: not-in-sequence), i.e. 'non-sequitur' describes something that doesn't follow on from the preceeding information or context. Often used as a form of humour.

2. Rotate the giraffe.

See also: Light Bulb

by phantom oddity May 20, 2004

tertiary

Used to describe something that is third in a list or classification system.

Follows on from primary and secondary.

'Tertiary education' in most countries refers to college or university education.

by phantom oddity October 13, 2005

domain

An area, region or place that usually belongs to someone; i.e. territory.

'The sewer is the domain of the rat.'

'urbandictionary.com is an Internet domain signifying the on-line territory of those who run the Urban Dictionary.'

by phantom oddity November 3, 2005

wababooshka

May mean nothing but is undoubtedly derived from 'Babooshka', the Russian word for 'Grandma'.

Make of that what you will.

by phantom oddity January 13, 2004

koof

To 'fuck' something in the sense of breaking or destroying, rather than of copulating with it.

Backslang of fook - a corruption of fuck.

Not to be confused with queef.

Fred totally koofed his van by driving it into a wall.

by phantom oddity August 12, 2004