Definitions by salu1999
Manpumps
Flamboyant men's heeled shoes that are often done in reptile-skin, and overly long, in the style of many women's designer heels, where the shoe appears to be much longer than the foot.
Helmet Nazi
Person or group who neurotically harrasses you to wear a helmet on your bike, even though riding in a car, carrying laundry down stairs, or just walking across a street statistically causes more serious or fatal head injuries every year.
God, that Helmet Nazi Kathy was practically foaming at the mouth when I told her I didn't need headgear!
Helmet Nazi by salu1999 September 21, 2011
Locafacturing
Making of products in a specific region or country, for use by people in that region or country. Locafacturing is typically smaller, but more nimble to adapt to changes in the market or consumer preferences.
Locafacturing by salu1999 February 26, 2011
Decorating Mahogany
Old Brit term for parking yourself at a bar, the reference implying that you and your pub-mates become decorations on the bar, which are often built with a slab of mahogany wood.
Decorating Mahogany by salu1999 May 25, 2010
Schlock Jockey
Designers, inventors or marketers who develop pointless or ego-driven products, and then become more popular due to the controversy generated over their dubious value. Such products are often referred to as Schlock, while the act of developing ego-driven schlock is commonly called Design Masturbation.
That new chair that looks like a turd standing on end,clearly must have been designed by Karim Rashid. He's such a schlock jockey.
Schlock Jockey by salu1999 October 19, 2009
Retrogurgitation
Combination of retro and regurgitation. Refers to product styling bestowed upon a product that just needs to be killed because it has not evolved, and the designers and marketing dept have run out of new ideas, so they just drag out 40 year-old photos, and say "here, let's just do this again".
Typified by recent versions of the Cooper Mini, Mustang, Beetle, Charger, and the PT Cruiser/Chevy HHR separated-at-birth twins.
Typified by recent versions of the Cooper Mini, Mustang, Beetle, Charger, and the PT Cruiser/Chevy HHR separated-at-birth twins.
Retrogurgitation by salu1999 April 26, 2009
Little Red Hen Complex
When a person becomes convinced that they are the only one doing any work, and that no one else deserves any reward in the end.
Jeesh, I'm so sick of Lisa and her Little Red Hen Complex. If she'd ever pull her head out of her ass, she might notice how much we carry her ass!
Little Red Hen Complex by salu1999 September 30, 2008