unidyne's definitions

fanzine

Combination of fan and zine. Often a low-budget or amateur publication devoted to the fan appreciation of a particular celebrety or musical act.

My cousin puts out an Elvis fanzine that she hands out at record swaps.

by unidyne November 25, 2003

road warrior

A travelling business person who spends much of his time on the road, driving between meetings or presentations. The name is taken from "The Road Warrior", the US title of the Australian action film "Mad Max 2".

Sahda's a serious road warrior. She's clocked 12,000 on her car just driving to give presentations.

by Unidyne December 14, 2003

televangelist

A religious preacher, almost always Evangelical Christian, who preaches on paid television programs. The term is a fusion of "Television" and "Evangelist", and with recent scandals involving sexual and/or financial wrong-doings among televanngelists, the term has a negative influence.

The televangelist proclaimed that if you sent money to his ministry, God would reward you.

by Unidyne March 11, 2005

Presidential

High quality, as in the liquor you save only for your best friends.

I keep the Chivas with the Presidential in the back of the cabinet.

by unidyne November 25, 2003

Rube Goldberg

An unlikely and absurdly designed machine intended to perform a simple function in the most complicated and indirect way. Named in honor of Reuben Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970), an engineer with the City of San Francisco Water and Sewers Department who became a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor and author. His long-running comic strip, "Inventions", displayed many such devices of his own design.

My Grandfather built his own fuel injector with a Rube Goldberg set-up made of old plumbing parts.

by Unidyne December 29, 2003

slot zombie

A gambler at a casino machine who is oblivious to his/her surroundings.

She's such a slot zombie that a fight broke out at the craps table behind her and she didn't even turn around.

by Unidyne March 11, 2005

straight 8

A now obsolete type of automobile engine that used eight cylinders in a row, instead of two rows as a V-8 engine does.

The old roadster had a straight 8 engine.

by Unidyne March 11, 2005