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.
by salu1999 February 26, 2011
Get the Locafacturing mug.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.
by salu1999 April 26, 2009
Get the Retrogurgitation mug.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.
Did you hear Barry going on and on about some guy named Carlos Enrico? What was that about?
He was talking about those god-awful manpumps he was wearing.
He was talking about those god-awful manpumps he was wearing.
by salu1999 November 14, 2011
Get the Manpumps mug.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.
by salu1999 May 25, 2010
Get the Decorating Mahogany mug.Describes an angering, frustrating real-world situation that is exceedingly similar to one from the film Brazil by Terry Gilliam.
"I have to fill out ANOTHER form?!!! That's just Brazilliant!!!"
"I've got a Brazilliant idea: Let's wage war with an enemy we can't see!"
"I've got a Brazilliant idea: Let's wage war with an enemy we can't see!"
by salu1999 February 16, 2008
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Any product or technology that has begun to vanish from production and/or use.
Floppy disks, typewriters, VHS tapes, film cameras, and lead-based paints are all products that have begun to vanish in recent history, though they may never completely go away.
Kevin Kelley has demonstrated how even ancient tools and products, such as horse-drawn plows and prehistoric knives are still being made today, but have vanished from popular use.
Sometimes products vanish as they converge into other products. Fewer people carry PDAs as cellphones have begun offering that capability, and pocket radios merged into separate products - the car stereo and the portable stereo (boombox).
In some cases, Vanishware may make comebacks, such as the vinyl record or electric car.
Any product or technology that has begun to vanish from production and/or use.
Floppy disks, typewriters, VHS tapes, film cameras, and lead-based paints are all products that have begun to vanish in recent history, though they may never completely go away.
Kevin Kelley has demonstrated how even ancient tools and products, such as horse-drawn plows and prehistoric knives are still being made today, but have vanished from popular use.
Sometimes products vanish as they converge into other products. Fewer people carry PDAs as cellphones have begun offering that capability, and pocket radios merged into separate products - the car stereo and the portable stereo (boombox).
In some cases, Vanishware may make comebacks, such as the vinyl record or electric car.
Steam Car
Typewriter
Audiocassette
VHS Tape
Rotary Phone
Smart Media flash card
Zip Disk
Floppy Disk
Car Phone
Desktop PC
"I can't get bigger memory for my camera since Smart Media became Vanishware"
Typewriter
Audiocassette
VHS Tape
Rotary Phone
Smart Media flash card
Zip Disk
Floppy Disk
Car Phone
Desktop PC
"I can't get bigger memory for my camera since Smart Media became Vanishware"
by salu1999 February 16, 2008
Get the Vanishware mug.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!
by salu1999 September 30, 2008
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