generically epic

An event that could be called epic, but could happen to anyone.

"Have you been to MLIA?"
"Yes, I love the generically epic stories that happen on that website."

by GenericallyEpic May 4, 2010

OPUS GENERIS

OPUS GENERIS is a suite of five classical poems which give a dialectical, forward-moving, depersonalized picture of the gender-identity formation process in terms of traditional classical myth. The aim was to do justice to both the telos of heterosexual marriage and child-rearing, as affirmed by the Judaeo-Christian moral tradition, AND the zigs and zags of the identity formation process, as covered in classical poetry, and all in the context of a night's poetic entertainment in two languages and various meters.
Catullus, Cybele and Attis (Latin, galliambics, failure to escape from the mother)
Pindar, Olympian #1 (Greek, epinician, powerful male figure pulls boy away)
Odyssey Book II (Greek, hexameters, boy tries to play the man independently and fails)
Ovid, Daphne & Apollo (Latin, hexameters, boy turns from playing with boys to pursuing a girl)
The aim is not to court controversy as being pro or anti trans, or pro or anti pedophilia. The aim is to provide material that is well balanced enough to provoke interesting and necessary discussion.

Before OPUS GENERIS, study of sexuality was balkanized into Christians obsessed with marriage and child-rearing as the one true sexual orientation, and fetish-based people obsessed with every other kind of sexual outlet, all of which is regarded by Christians as sexual DISorientation. Having studied OPUS GENERIS, people began to see the gender-identity formation process as a dialectic in which one sexual focus gave way to the next.
Matthew Barney's five-part opus THE CREMASTER CYCLE was a major inspiration for OPUS GENERIS, as was Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The way Christian "conversion therapy" programs failed to cover the necessary territory was a very powerful motivator.

by Didaskalos January 27, 2022

Generisize

The act of making something generic. Implies that it was non-generic before.

I've Generisized the algorithm

by Joel D. Martinez April 4, 2007

generify

To make something generic so that it can be used without specific details.

for marketing, promotions, advertising, etc, we are often asked to take that chart, photo, example with specific user details or confidential information and generify it

by mcreative February 16, 2010

generic

1) a word used to describe anything and everything because, lets face it, nothing anybody does is really new. spans from something as simple as color schemes to something as complex as philosophy and politics.

2) a lifestyle for practically everyone. if you have ever been labeled as a part of any stereotype, even if its a good one, chances are you're pretty fucking generic.

Author's Note: generic does not mean something is good or bad. obviously generic house parties are gonna be fucking awesome if they're not busted by cops or hosted by asement dwelling Star Trek fanatics. it is just a realization that its something you can't escape from. if this definition of generic drives you to insanity and you feel the only option out is suicide, realize that any possible way you can think of killing yourself is also generic. Death by autoerotic asphyxiation? See David Carradine. (too soon?) You just look like a generic douchebag going out that way. Not to mention no one wants to see a dead guy's dick. You might as well live in this generic world of ours.

see also: meta, stereotypical, typical, played out, unoriginal, not clever

1) "Oh look, a generic house party with a generic population of underage kids drinking generic alcoholic beverages. There's the generic asshole getting the generic slut, and there's the generic two beer queer. There are the generic stoners having generic stoner conversation about hipster music and philosophy. Generic phone call made to the cops by generic annoyed neighbors ruined the party. What a generic night."

2) "I'm a bro, so I'm going to do what is expected generically of all bros: play lax, drink natty ice, get bitches to make me sandwiches, and play some call of duty. What a generic lifestyle I live for my generic stereotype."

by pxsalmers June 9, 2011

generic party cup

Those red plastic cups found at New years and college parties where there is a lot of drinking

I love the generic party cup

by DizzyLizzy January 22, 2007

Generic Asian School Girl

The typical asian school girl/female as seen in every show, book, movie. Usually over glamorized by self-righteous writers who try to draw attention to the fact that they can use a diverse cast.

Usually happy-go-lucky, if not preppy. May also fall under the category of "token-secondary-hot-chick".

Prime example of "Generic Asian School Girl": Cho Chang, from Harry Potter.

by Dontfailmeagain June 11, 2006