Definitions by slumdog

netymologist

some one with skillz using the Internet to track the origin of words and phrases

- coined by M2 Communications Design

Urban Dictionary - the first word in fresh slang; an essential tool for any netymologist

netymologist by Slumdog January 18, 2009

renoviction 

Eviction of tenants resulting from a planned renovation of their apartment building.

Coined by Heather Pawsey in Vancouver. Truly an urban word.

The elderly couple faced renoviction when their landlord served them notice that they had 60 days to vacate. They feared that gentrification would price them out of the entire neighborhood.

renoviction by Slumdog January 17, 2009

buttock

the most polite way possible to swear

Emilio Post: I'm leaving you for your best friend.
Emily Post: Oh buttock.

buttock by Slumdog January 17, 2009

raisin 

one who is aged, an old dude

Dawn: Happy 100th birthday!! hehe
You are such a raisin! Such a dinosaur!

raisin by Slumdog January 17, 2009

sea kitten 

PETA's fularious campaign to rebrand fish as too cute to eat and proclaim the ethical supremacy of vegans.

"Hooking a sea kitten through the mouth and dragging her through the water is the same as hooking a kitten through the mouth and dragging her behind your car". - PETA campaign organizer

Waiter: Our special today is swordfish with ..
PETA moonbat: I would never eat a sea kitten!
Waiter: Could I interest you in some clams casino?
PETA moonbat: Sea hamsters? Why I never...!!

sea kitten by Slumdog January 13, 2009

don't need no 

a pattern of repudiating speech. e.g. Foo? We don't need no stinking/focking Foo! Popularized by the movie "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and later "Blazing Saddles". Often said with a guttural Mexican accent.

Helmet? I don't need no stinking helmet!

don't need no by slumdog January 10, 2009

curry addiction 

the craving for increasingly hot curry. What used to seem fiery, now seems bland.
An acquired taste, not really an addiction as some researchers claimed.

Pass me the chili powder. This vindaloo isn't hot enough. Ever since I've been with hanging out with the desis, I've developed a serious curry addiction.

curry addiction by slumdog January 10, 2009