Bill Peters's definitions

amp up

(vb) To turn up the volume or intensity.

The basketball team needs to amp up its defense.

His Math SAT is just 520. He better amp up 30 decibels to get into M.I.T.

Can't hear you dog. Amp it up, will you?

by Bill Peters October 9, 2006

Boricua

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AMAZING -- A definition that isn't racist !
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(n) Appellation many Puerto Ricans prefer as a matter of ethnic pride. “Boricua” was the name Puerto Rico’s indigenous Indians, the Taino, gave to their island. The term means “valiant people.” (The Puerto Rican national anthem is "La Borinqueña." Other spellings are: Boriquén, Borinquen, or Borinquén).

Boricua College is a non-traditional four year institution started in New York in 1973. The college has 1200 mostly low income students on its campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

by Bill Peters November 30, 2006

turtle suit

Kelvar vest or body armor

GIs often don't want to wear turtle suits because it restricts their moblity and range of motion, but it has proven to have saved hundreds of lives.

by Bill Peters October 12, 2006

Ali Baba

Unfortunate term among Iraq War GIs to describe any Iraqi bad guy: looter, thief, insurgent, terrorist, or suspect.

The use of "Ali Baba" is probably not helping us win the war for Hearts and Minds in Iraq.

by Bill Peters October 9, 2006

krunk

This one comes from the south and was part of "Bama Talk." It means to have a HELL OF A GOOD TIME. Often, but not always, it is understood that booze is involved.

"Let's go down to Stagga Lee's and get krunked tonight."

by Bill Peters July 13, 2006

gerbilling

(vb) An imagined act, (obviously homophobic in origin) in which people (presumably gay men) engage in sexual thrills by inserting a live de-clawed gerbil into the anus of the other person (by the means of a tube). Urban legend asserts the frantic movement of the poor furry creature trying to escape causes sexual stimulation. Although the rumors of this practice have been around since the early 1980s, with thousands of Google references to this, not one documented case of the practice exists. Reference to "gerbilling" is nearly always done with knowledge that the tale is false; it is simply a malicious and hostile disparagement of gay people.

Out of all the internet references swearing to the veracity of gerbilling, it is telling that in almost instances, purveyors of the rumors are

>>>anonymous<<<

Anonoynmous peddling of trashy rumors meant to disparage is really chickenshit. It is about the lowest thing a person can do. (This entry is NOT ANONYNOMOUS -- if you have a problem with it, please feel free to contact me.)

by Bill Peters November 17, 2006

candy flip

Practice popular at raves of taking ecstasty and LSD simultaneously. (A British band, Candy Flip, popular in the 1990s, was named after this practice).

It looks like EVERYONE here, except the cops at the doorway handing out water, did a candy flip.

by Bill Peters November 10, 2006