cobe

a spacecraft that is used for exploring background radiation. (Background radiation is the radiation left behind by the big bang.)

A cobe is short for cosmic background explorer.

by uttam maharjan April 10, 2011

bowl-broken

toilet-trained.

The dog is bowl-broken and so does not litter here and there.

by uttam maharjan September 21, 2011

cover-famous

famous for having one’s pictures frequently published on the covers of magazines.

The girl is cover-famous. Her pictures are frequently published on the covers of major mags.

by uttam maharjan October 17, 2011

torquescent

tending to twist.

The metal gauntlet is found to be torquescent.

by uttam maharjan January 06, 2011

homese

the jargon of homos and lesbians.

Is the word 'queer' part of the homese?

by uttam maharjan August 28, 2010

bare one’s teeth

to behave aggressively towards somebody; to vent anger on somebody; to scold.

Whenever there was a tiff between the husband and his wife, the wife, being a termagant, would bare her teeth. (In the phrase ‘bare one’s teeth, one’s can be replaced by an appropriate pronoun as required.)

by uttam maharjan November 03, 2011

hanamachi

a Japanese term for a geisha district.

Gion is a hanamachi.

by uttam maharjan April 15, 2010