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noun.
Used by Iggy Pop in an old CBC interview with Peter Gzowski to mean "a stiff" or "one who is uptight." Used in the below quoted lyrics to mean nothing in particular.
Used by Iggy Pop in an old CBC interview with Peter Gzowski to mean "a stiff" or "one who is uptight." Used in the below quoted lyrics to mean nothing in particular.
"can you remember a time when this city was
a great place for architects and dilatants"
-Death From above 1979's "Black History Month"
Why do you have to be such a dilatant? Studying is for twats.
a great place for architects and dilatants"
-Death From above 1979's "Black History Month"
Why do you have to be such a dilatant? Studying is for twats.
by Max(well) January 17, 2006
May 21 Word of the Day
n. The birth name of somebody who has changed their name. Most commonly attributed to trans people, but can be attributed to any person who has changed their name. (sometimes written as two words: dead name)
v. 1. To call somebody by their deadname.
v. 2. To out somebody's deadname to the public.
v. 1. To call somebody by their deadname.
v. 2. To out somebody's deadname to the public.
by Canola Yogurt September 16, 2014
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An otherwise boring word used artistically by Iggy Pop to reference people who make a bigger deal out of something than it really is, in order to demonize it.
by Twigonometry April 07, 2008