sambarnes's definitions

crackistan

a neighborhood or area where drug dealers and their customers congregate. Typically this is located in the inner city.

be careful. The bus station you are getting off at is in the middle of crackistan.

by sambarnes March 2, 2008

minipope

The leader of an autonomous Eastern Catholic church, usually a patriarch such as the Maronite patriarch of Antioch. Some churches are led by a major archbishop. Minipopes have a large degree of freedom to safeguard the traditions and theological emphases of their particular church, but they still recognize the authority of the bishop of Rome, who is the patriarch of the Latin church. Many minipopes, like the churches they head, have a counterpart in the Eastern Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox communions. A notable exception is the Maronite Patriarch, who, along with the whole Maronite church, never split with Rome. Some churches, like the Russian Catholic church, do not have a minipope, or even a hierarchy.

The Maronite minipope wrote an apostolic letter to the church.

by sambarnes February 29, 2008

repooperation

The process of recovering from a colonoscopy.

My dad came home from his colonoscopy, and now he's in repooperation

by sambarnes February 29, 2008

UTerus

The University of Texas symbol. It's supposed to be the front of a longhorn's head, but it looks a lot like the ventral profile of a woman's womb.

Many longhorns wear burnt orange shirts with a white UTerus on them.

by sambarnes February 29, 2008

cynophagy

(noun) The act or practice of eating dog flesh. Generally considered taboo in most western countries, cynophagy is accepted in eastern and south-east Asia.

I went to a Korean place last night, and I ordered something that turned out to be dog. Cynophagy seems OK to me, it tasted great with rice and pepper sauce.

by sambarnes February 28, 2008

cynophile

(noun) a dog fancier. Cynophiles often participate in dog shows and dog sports. They may prefer owning purebred dogs who have a pedigree, rather than adopting mongrels from shelters, but this is by no means always true. They may be annoyingly obsessive about their dogs, spending exorbitant amounts of money on them, or may simply consider dogs ideal companions.

My friend is a real cynophile; he takes his dog to compete in conformation shows, the kind they show on Animal Planet.

by sambarnes February 28, 2008

microcynophilia

A devastating psychological disease in which the sufferer mistakes the likes of chihuahuas and dachshunds for actual dogs. In severe cases, the sufferer may even prefer the company of such animals. Female microcyniphiles may even carry them around in their purses.

If a person prefers dogs whose life expectancy is higher than their weight, than he or she may be suffering from microcynophilia.

The best treatment for micrcynophilia is a nice large dog, such as a golden retriever, great Dane, or St. Bernard.

I broke up with my girlfriend after I saw her carrying a teacup chihuahua in her purse; she never told me she had microcynophilia.

by sambarnes February 28, 2008