zen's definitions

francophile

A person obsessed with everything French. Especially wine, champagne, art, food, and the French language.

That francophile never shuts up about his $800 bottles of French champagne!

by zen October 5, 2004

blown out of the frame

to be afflicted with a sudden realization that your underlying assumptions or impressions or paradigm of thought has been challenged or overthrown by something you have just become aware of.

". . . and after Davian said that, the other guy was all glassy eyed and slack jawed, like he was blown out of the frame, savvy?"

When I first saw "Apocolypse Now," it blew me out of the frame.

I could give you some examples of what all this means to the future of our business, but I don't want to blow you out of the frame.

by zen February 1, 2004