the birds and trees's definitions

dude

1. A nickname for any male aquaintance, friend or stranger, usually in a somewhat favorable light.
2. An expression of awe.
3. A city person, usually wealthy, attempting to pass as a cowboy, adventurer or otherwise rugged type. Usually dressed in new, expensive outdoor wear, without a single scratch or trace of dirt to indicate prior use.

From the Irish Gaelic word "duud," meaning an oddly dressed person or clown.

1. Dude, can you move over a bit?
2. Duuuuude!!!
3. The New York dude is here again in his shiny chaps and ridiculous Brooks Bros. stetson.

by the birds and trees September 17, 2006

Mr. Brown

The best canned coffee drink out of Thailand. It comes in a short can with the grinning visage of who appears to be the late Peter Ustinov in a white suit, drinking a cup of coffee. The short, stubby can provides just the right amount of cool, creamy coffee goodness.

I'm going down to Saigon Market to pick up some pocky and some Mr. Brown iced coffee.

by the birds and trees December 18, 2007

feminists

Any person who thinks that women are human beings, equal to men, and opposes the subjugation of women. Any person who believes that women aren't second class citizens, have minds, and should be able to be something other than domestic help or a factory for producing sons. A man can be a feminist. Not all feminists hate men, or are lesbians.

I only date feminists. I like women who consider themselves human beings.

by the birds and trees October 24, 2007

donjon

A defensive structure containing the home of a warlord and his family, central command for his military and base of operations for his regime.

The peasants looked with fear on the donjon up on its mount. Last year, an uprising had been put down. The lord's men had come down and burned some huts, and the leaders of the rebellion were publicly flayed and dismembered.

by the birds and trees August 3, 2007

onix

A Pokemon card/creature resembling a snake made out of rocks. The phallic nature of this creature was noted in a sly reference in the manga Aoi House.

Is that an onix in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

by the birds and trees May 14, 2007

newage

A euphamism for New Age music, a horrible, hideous genre of aimless, unlistenable drech for washed out, middle-aged ex-hippies and the power crystal clutching disciples of con men who use bits and pieces of various Eastern religions, interspersed with liberal helpings of pure bullshit in order to sell their overpriced, horribly written books (also filled with bullshit) and ugly quartz crystal trinkets. Rhymes with "sewage."

Hey, holmes, get that fucken' newage crap off of my sound system right now! And bury that c.d. once you're through taking it far, far away from anyone with anything resembling taste in music.

by the birds and trees September 17, 2006

Marvin Gaye weed

Weed that's so strong that, after one hit, you're like "what's goin' on?"

Damn, this shit is some Marvin Gaye weed. Have you ever seen a snow-covered mountain during the sunset on a crystal-clear winter's day, all golden and fiery in the last dying rays of the sun, and noticed how even the shadows glowed with all of the purple and indigo notes of the evening sky?

by the birds and trees January 14, 2009