Anthony Brancato's definitions

Tottenville

The southernmost neighborhood or district of New York City's borough of Staten Island, distinctive for its geographical isolation, low crime rate, and lack of racial and ethnic diversity.

The Conference House, once the site of abortive peace negotiations during the American Revolution, is the principal landmark of Staten Island's Tottenville section.

by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003

Gentrefaction

Gentrification; i.e., the displacement of lower-class residents of a neighborhood (esp. one located in or near the center of a large city) by upper-class residents (a back-formation of "putrefaction;" used contemptuously by the phenomenon's detractors)

Some long-time residents of San Francisco's Mission District have taken to vandalizing the cars of "yuppies" to protest the ongoing "gentrefaction" of their neighborhood.

by Anthony Brancato February 19, 2005

Art Deco

The predominant style of architecture, interior design etc. in North America and most of Europe during the 1930s.

The streamlined, geometric design motifs of Art Deco (from 1925) prevailed throughout the 1930s.

by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003

half-man

A drug dealer, esp. a small-time, street-level drug dealer.

"Sniff a few lines with your buddy Noriega/Then bust the half-man in the bodega" (Big Lou, "Justice Not Found")

by Anthony Brancato April 20, 2003

Guido

An adolescent or young-adult American male of Italian ancestry or descent; esp. one of lower-middle-class socioeconomic background or status and thought of as being dim-witted, excessively aggressive, and prejudiced against perceived outsiders, particularly homosexuals and members of other races.

The Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn is widely regarded by the rest of New York City as a "Guido" stronghold.

by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003

tribad

A female with a greatly enlarged clitoris, thought to be as the result of a hormone imbalance, especially one of homosexual orientation (sometimes spelled "tribade")

If the female sexual partner of a tribad spreads her legs very widely, penetration can occur, making actual sexual intercourse between the parties possible.

by Anthony Brancato August 22, 2003

jeeb

A capsule containing Tuinal, a sedative drug that combines two barbiturates (Seconal and Sodium Amytal) in equal proportions (used in the 1980s). See also bean.

"He'd do a jeeb and then wash it down with whiskey, and within minutes he would be practically falling all over the place."

by Anthony Brancato February 19, 2004