Ben Frey's definitions

nametake

The reverse of namesake; a person you are named after.

The monk Martin Luther was the nametake of Dr. King.

by Ben Frey April 30, 2006

transposer

A guy with tendencies toward wearing feminine clothes and/or makeup, but stopping short of a full-fledged transvestite or transexual. E.g. sporting guyliner, lipstick, excessive jewelry, female hairdos, and wearing overly tight shirts and women's black jeans. Usually this is just done for attention, rather than to signify sexual preference. Most common among rock singers.

Pete Wentz, Brandon Flowers, and the "Leave Britney Alone" guy are transposers.

by Ben Frey November 5, 2007

D&D-mo

Like screamo, a new variety of emo rock music which consists of kids who played Dungeons & Dragons in high school, sing about loserdom and teenage angst, reference 80's movies they were too young to see the first time around, and use at least 15 words in each song title.

D&D-mo bands include Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Nightmare of You, Hawthorne Heights, The Academy Is..., Relient K, and Say Anything.

by Ben Frey May 4, 2006

slingbox

A device that can attach to your Tivo or other digital video recorder, which allows you to access and watch your programs over the Internet. You simply log into your computer and watch whatever streaming video you have recorded on your Tivo.

Thanks to my slingbox, I can watch last night's episode of "24" which my Tivo recorded, even though I'm still on vacation.

by Ben Frey March 30, 2006

Maris

A "girlfriend" that a guy claims to have, but nobody's ever seen her. May be either fictional and created to boost his image, antisocial, or highly resistant to spending time with his friends.

Based on Niles' wife in Frasier, who is often referred to but never seen unobstructed.

Hey man, glad you could make it to my party! Did you come alone? Where's your Maris this time?

by Ben Frey May 4, 2006

marble ceiling

Discriminatory barrier keeping a certain class of people out of an upper echelon of American government. Distinguished from a glass ceiling because not only is this class prevented from rising to the next level, they cannot even see what is going on up there.

Coined by incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

"When my colleagues elect me as speaker on January 4, we will not just break through a glass ceiling, we will break through a marble ceiling." - Nancy Pelosi, Jan. 3, 2007.

by Ben Frey January 5, 2007

celebracy

The curious practice where a celebrity takes a vow of voluntary celibacy. Usually taken by brooding male rock stars like Rivers Cuomo and Morrissey.

I don't know why you'd practice celebracy when you could get any screaming teenage groupie you wanted.

by Ben Frey May 17, 2006