by Anthony Brancato August 23, 2003
Get the ediciusmug. The river of lamentation, one of the five rivers of Hades in classical mythology; later adapted by Dante as the ninth and lowest circle of Hell.
At the center of the eighth circle is a deep well, at the bottom of which is found the ninth circle, known as Cocytus.
by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003
Get the Cocytusmug. The predominant style of architecture, interior design etc. in North America and most of Europe during the 1930s.
by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003
Get the Art Decomug. After finding a gun on the seat of the car in plain sight, the officer slapped handcuffs on the suspect while telling him, "You're under arrest for felony PDW."
by Anthony Brancato April 20, 2003
Get the PDWmug. To deliberately lose a sporting event or contest, esp. with the intention of gaining some future advantage (such as a higher selection in an upcoming draft, etc.)
The NBA lottery was implemented in the 1980s so that non-contending teams would have less incentive to "tank" games at the end of the season in order to secure the top pick in the following summer's draft.
by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003
Get the tankmug. 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
Get the Gentrefactionmug. 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
Get the jeebmug.