21 definitions by philosophistry
Any video that's not stored on blu-ray. Usually means DVD, VCD or anything you downloaded and watched on your computer.
"Did you see Transformers on Blu-Ray?"
"Nah, I saw it on lo-ray."
"Dude, why are you still watching on lo-ray? Go get a PS3 or something, and upgrade your life."
"Nah, I saw it on lo-ray."
"Dude, why are you still watching on lo-ray? Go get a PS3 or something, and upgrade your life."
by philosophistry December 22, 2009
"Call me a willful Philistine, but I think McDonald's has the best french fries bar none!"
"I know I'm a music snob, but I love Britney Spears. That's my willful Philistinism."
Example of willful Philistinism: "I may not know art, but I know what I like."
"I know I'm a music snob, but I love Britney Spears. That's my willful Philistinism."
Example of willful Philistinism: "I may not know art, but I know what I like."
by philosophistry December 10, 2009
The list of token ethnic contacts that journalists keep just in case they want a racial representative to chime in.
"Hmm, you know, this article on Jersey Shore really needs a quote from a real Italian-American. Darn, I don't have one in my rainbow rolodex."
"Wait, if we're going to do a write-up on a post-racial America, we need to get a quote from a black dude. Check your rainbow rolodex."
"Wait, if we're going to do a write-up on a post-racial America, we need to get a quote from a black dude. Check your rainbow rolodex."
by philosophistry January 29, 2010
This loan guarantee for nuclear power plants amounts to billions of dollars in green pork that will do little to meet America’s energy needs.
by philosophistry February 18, 2010
Tricking a social location service--like Foursquare, Loopt, or Gowalla--into thinking you're someplace you're not.
Dude, how did this guy become the Mayor of the North Pole?? That's some social location fraud right there.
by philosophistry March 15, 2010
When you watch all the episodes of all the seasons of an entire TV series over a short-period of time. i.e. a mega marathon.
I haven't left my house in a week, I've been megathoning 24.
Let's see, I have two weeks between when my job ends and school starts. And I haven't seen The Wire yet. You know what, I think I'm going to megathon it.
Let's see, I have two weeks between when my job ends and school starts. And I haven't seen The Wire yet. You know what, I think I'm going to megathon it.
by philosophistry June 9, 2010
A word used by the tech-savvy to sound smarter than the really are.
More specifically:
A math term that means perpendicular, but not just in 2D but in any dimension. Now commonly used to indicate an idea or concept that stands apart so much from everything else that it "sticks out," is "from left field," or is "third-way."
More specifically:
A math term that means perpendicular, but not just in 2D but in any dimension. Now commonly used to indicate an idea or concept that stands apart so much from everything else that it "sticks out," is "from left field," or is "third-way."
"I have this co-worker who keeps using the word 'orthogonal,' usually after he mentions some idea he thinks is God's gift to man. Can't wait to get this word into my vocab. Soon as I figure out what it means."
by philosophistry February 9, 2010