An eccentric character from the film "The Big Lebowski", who competes against the protagonists in a bowling league. He is typically shown wearing a distinctive purple jumpsuit and licking bowling balls. Described by Walter Sobchak as "A sex offender, with a record! He did 6 months in Chino for exposing himself to an 8 year old. When he moved to Hollywood, he had to go door-to-door to tell everyone he was a pederast."

Adj. Something that is expected to have a long lifespan by virtue of having existed for a long time, based on the lindy effect, named for the New York restaurant Lindy's, coined by Albert Goldman and popularized by Nassim Taleb.