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The Autonomics

A band based out of Portland, OR, consisting of Dan Pattenburg on guitar and vocals, and twin brothers Vaughn Leikam on bass and Evan Leikam on drums and percussion. They have released one EP, Good Luck and Medicine and as of April 2011 they are working on their second. Genre is rock, blues, and alternative blend.
Dude, I saw The Autonomics last night. They are great performers, and their music is mind blowing.
The Autonomics by Jo Claire April 26, 2011

Von-St. Aubinomics 

Developed by the great M. Von St. Aubin, Von-St. Aubinomics (Now knows as the VSA5) are a set of 5 Postulates that can explain any news story. They can also provide a foundation for understanding events in your personal life, well… his personal life anyway. The first three deal directly with understanding news, the final two speak to personal life, and they only apply to M. Von St. Aubin himself. 
When asked why he included Postulate 4 and 5 if they only apply to him, M. Von St. Aubin replied simply: “cuz I want the gub-ment to know that I know.”
 
The VSA5 in their entirety:
Postulate 1: The Government is not to be trusted, thus ALL government data are lies.
Postulate 2: The laws of Supply and Demand are hogwash; they are two completely unrelated phenomenon.
Postulate 3: All big business (e.g. Banks, Oil, especially Google) are coconspirators of the government and by extension of Postulate 1, cannot be trusted, and all big business data are also lies.
Postulate 4: My personal information is MINE, and you can’t have it. This holds true even if providing my personal information will have some benefit me financially or to my health.
Postulate 5: Entitlement is the most important right. I should get everything for free.
Dude 1: WTF was that guy talking about?
Dude 2: some crazy shit called Von-St. Aubinomics!

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
Word of the Day on July 16, 2026