50 definitions by D.S. Credito
Some people consider having to report for jury duty a form of conscription.
Having to visit my parents during the holidays feels like conscription. All their turmoil makes me wish I could just stay home.
Having to visit my parents during the holidays feels like conscription. All their turmoil makes me wish I could just stay home.
by D.S. Credito March 2, 2015
songs easily identified by accessible melodies and catchy choruses, normally played on mainstream or pop radio stations. Safe music, or having safe musical tastes, is often singable and easy to listen to by a wide and diverse audience.
by D.S. Credito March 8, 2015
Jenny always wanted to be a singer-songwriter, but her parents persuaded her to choose English as a college major, for a fallback plan. She later married a 1950s-style brute who orders her to edit all of his work-related documents and to have dinner on the table by five every night. Life can be so tragic sometimes.
by D.S. Credito March 5, 2015
A phrase describing two individuals who have very little to nothing in common, in terms of personalities, interests, opinions and/or beliefs. A softer way to say that two people are generally uncomfortable in each other's presence and because of the resulting tensions are unlikely ever to get along or even be able to stand one another.
Dave doesn't talk to his father anymore. They're just two different people who never saw eye-to-eye on anything.
by D.S. Credito May 5, 2015
A collage of two or more images, usually brought together symmetrically to create a single picture. Can be used to demonstrate visually how someone or something has changed over time.
by D.S. Credito September 9, 2016
a term describing a controlled environment or situation in which people act or behave in ways that conform to roles pre-determined by a powerful person(s) who decides how the world is supposed to function.
Living on or within a matrix may also be referred to as "on the grid", with greater flexibility and choice available to those who venture off-the-grid.
Living on or within a matrix may also be referred to as "on the grid", with greater flexibility and choice available to those who venture off-the-grid.
After years of living a boring life, working 9-to-5 on the East Coast matrix, he relocated to Portland, Oregon, where he traded his car for a bicycle and started earning a living with his acoustic guitar.
by D.S. Credito March 12, 2015
a person dedicated to the study of words, often engaged in compiling entries for dictionaries. A lexographer may also take part in the writing and editing of dictionaries, also striving to ensure that reference books in both print and electronic form will meet users' needs and expectations.
Mike is quite the lexographer these days. Every week he gets a new word published in the Urban Dictionary.
by D.S. Credito February 21, 2015