aphorhyme

an aphoristic rhyme (a verse, a short poem); a rhyming aphorism

An aphorism that rhymes

falls into aphorhymes.

(Volodymyr Knyr)

by vmk August 14, 2014

aper

means "brother" in the Armenian language. Often used by any Armenian male person referring to a stranger that they just met.

armenian: aper, mi hat papiros's kvares? (can u light my cig, brother?)
armenian 2: ba vonc aper (of course, brother)

by RABIZ November 15, 2004

aphelion

The point during the orbit of a celestial body at which it is furthest from its star. Typically this term is used only for planets, moons, and other similar bodies.

Whenever the Earth is at aphelion, the local pagans hold a festival.

by Redd December 25, 2003

aphex twin

Real name: Richard D. James. Also known as AFX and dozens of other names. The only musician that I would call an artist, inventor, and madman. Makes incredibly varying music, ranging from ambient house to abstract techno to trance-oid songs. Makes his own synths, and slices sound effects into hundreds of pieces and rearranges them to make some odd and truly original sounds. Became famous for critically acclaimed album Selected Ambient Works 85-92. Many of his tracks have nonsense names, are acronyms, or are random letters.

Not applicable.

by aphex twin April 6, 2004

pull an Amherst

When an extraordinary group of people comes together to create/perform/ or take part in an equally extraordinary event.

Did you see the march madness last year? Butler almost totally pulled an Amherst!

Our boss gave us this impossible project but we were able to pull an Amherst and do it anyway.

by Jeffrey Amherst April 13, 2010

Amherstburg

A small historical town in southwestern Ontario that is a suburb of Windsor Ontario. Although most of the town is white, 90% of the youth are "gangsta" and find it necessary to blast the latest rap music in their 1995 impala with huge subs and the windows down.

Greg: "Hey man, want to go to Amherstburg to feed the ducks on the waterfront?"
Allen: "Nah, we'll prolly get shot by the small town gangsters in the area."
Greg: "Oh ya, i forgot how dangerous historical towns can be."

by Greg allenson March 22, 2011

Amherst, MA

A small, self-professed liberal town in Western Massachusetts. Amherst has a population of about 35,000 and a median age of 21.8, thanks to UMass, Amherst College, and Hampshire College. A town that prides itself on believing strongly in diversity, 76.7% of the population is white, with only 6.2% hispanic and 5.1% Black. The government is a town meeting with select board members, which are overwhelmingly white.

The residents and parents in Amherst are so concerned about political correctness that they petitioned to prevent the high school from performing West Side Story, because the play portrayed Puerto Rico and hispanics in a negative light. Instead, the high school put on a production of Guys and Dolls, which is one of the most sexist musicals ever written.

If you attend a choral performance in Amherst, each of the following will probably be on the bill:
-at least one song from Africa
-at least one song in a different language, probably more than that, probably one in Yiddish (most of the performers will have no clue what they are singing)
-at least one song about loving each other and/or peace, and will most likely be related to diversity
-none of the songs will be overtly christian, in order to include everyone

Amherst once had a MaDonald's, but it went out of business, in part because it was next to Antonio's (which sells pizza by the slice until about 1:30am, with ANYTHING you could ever think of for a topping).

Amherst is a suburb of itself. Leave the city limits, and you find yourself surrounded by cornfields, cow farms, and tiny hill towns.

by stuck here and can't get out August 3, 2005