A. Hick's definitions

cabaret of the nameless

One of the most notorious nightclubs in Berlin, Germany during the "decadent" Weimar Republic area of the 1920s. The usual show consisted of short acts, skits, and songs, etc. performed by "amateurs." (i.e, nameless or unknown) In reality the "performers" were almost always mentally or physically handicapped people chosen specifically because they had no actual talent and were presented solely so the audience of tourists and "intellectual" slummers could laugh at them for "entertainment." The diminuative Jewish Master of Ceremonies, Erwin Lowinsky, was the inspiration for the character protrayed famously by Joel Grey in the much toned down stage production, "Cabaret." Also the club was more distantly an inspiration for the equally infamous '70s TV show "The Gong Show."

Come to the Cabaret of the Nameless and leave your decency behind.

by A. Hick July 24, 2006

GOP

1. God’s Own Party
2. Gay Old Party
3. (USA) A racketeering crime syndicate that fronts as a political party.

“Today’s GOP is more suitable for the likes of Lincoln Rockwell that it is for Abraham Lincoln.” anonymous ex-member of the GOP

by A. Hick July 25, 2006

mission impossible

Sexual intercourse between two morbidly obese people.

He called an escort service because the only women in his singles group who would talk to him were as fat as he was, and that would have been mission impossible.

by A. Hick July 24, 2006

foreskins on toast

Classic GI and prison chow line dish consisting of dried chipped beef in cream sauce poured over toasted light bread. The name seems to have originated in the U. S. Navy during World War Two. Intact sailors were "strongly encouraged" by Naval doctors and corpsman to undergo adult circumcisions for "hygienic" and "health" reasons. Apparently it was believed then (and to some extent now) that circumcised men have lower rates of infection with sexually transmitted disease during unprotected sex, and since horny sailors will often do reckless things when on shore leave (and more discreetly when on board ship) the age old religious rite of clipping the cod was vigrously promoted as a newflangled "scientific" solution for an age old military problem. Given the reputation for navy food anyway, and the obvious surplus of extra "meat" available, it is not surprising why the name stuck, and became somewhat legendary. The dish, though, is quite distinct from shit on a shingle.

I hear Kilroy got clipped. Looks like we're having foreskins on toast again.

by A. Hick July 24, 2006

Abercrombie and Fitch

The world's most popular clothier for young males who are gay, or thinking of becoming gay. Bruce Weber, the iconic gay commercial photographer and protegy of legendary subliminal master J.C. Leyendecker, even employs John Wayne's offspring (son and grandson) as erotic lures for the brand. No wonder every fratboy and fratboi is wearing the stuff. It's hard to belive the company that today mainstreams playful homosexual escapism to white middle American mall and gym rats started out as a sporting goods store famous for selling rugged outdoor escapism to rich white paunchy middle-aged American power players. Teddy Roosevelt outfitted his safaris with A&F gear, and Hemingway may have even bought the gun he blew himself away with from them. Now the only guns featured in the catalogs are those that get blown during rush week.

I found a musty old Abercrombie and Fitch sporting goods catalog in my grandfather's rolltop desk. It was carefully placed underneath a tin box full of hand-tied flys and next to a "Popular Mechanics" issue featuring a clean cut, crew-cut youth on the cover showing off his rather large model rocket.

by A. Hick September 14, 2008

bulldog

Tradename used by notorious gay male prostitute and Republican op-ed writer James Dale Guckert on several of his escorting websites. Guckert, a beefy 40 something fond of posting online pictures of himself urinating, falsely advertised himself as an ex-Marine and marketed his services primarily to older closeted military officers and political types.

Bulldog. $200/hr and a "total top." Discretion assured.

by A. Hick July 24, 2006

radnik

Term for a trendy generation x'er, circa early 1990s, who was into skater, tie-dye revival, coffee house lounge, or slacker-poet counter-cultures. Created by combining the skater term "rad" (short for "radical," and meaning essentially "cool") with the suffix -nik, as in "beatnik." Now quite passe.

Chad is just a sad 38 year old radnik who relives his youth with occasional amusement park bungee jumps, and his videotape collection of "Melrose Place" episodes and Ethan Hawke movies, and Nirvana CDs.

by A. Hick September 7, 2008