D.S. Credito's definitions

Chimamanda Adichie

A stunningly gorgeous Nigerian-American author whose nimble writing style often presents stories from multiple points of view. Her feminist ideals and her willingness to write critically about West Africa and the Nigerian diaspora are widely considered very bold and brave.

Chimamanda Adichie's voice was featured in the Beyoncé song "Flawless," in which the author spoke to encourage today's women to overcome sexism, including the idea that women - but not necessarily men - should automatically aspire to marriage.

by D.S. Credito March 14, 2015

Kanye West

Kim Kardashian's other ass.

Kanye West needs to chill out at the Grammys. Beyonce doesn't need help from Kanye, or anyone else, for that matter.

by D.S. Credito March 19, 2015

lovely

a British term that's becoming more widely used in American English to describe someone who is mild and pleasant. To say that someone is lovely might mean that he or she is nice or easy to be around, but isn't the most fuckable or fuckworthy person.

1. If someone says that you're lovely, you ain't getting laid.

2. Nate: What do you think of the new girl at the office?
Dave: She's lovely.
Nate: Would you bang her?
Dave: Hmmm...I wouldn't go that far.

by D.S. Credito April 2, 2015

steady drip

when a faucet is kept open as slightly as possible, so that as few as five droplets of water per minute are released. This preventative measure is taken by tenants and homeowners during the wintertime, to keep the water supply flowing and avoid pipes bursting in subfreezing temperatures. During the coldest months of the year, apartment landlords often advise tenants to leave their faucets on a steady drip, which over an eight hour period may add up to a mere five cents in water costs.

Bobby didn't want to leave his faucets on steady drip, thinking he'd have a lower water bill this winter. The pipes at his apartment burst open, and now his landlord is holding him responsible for the damages.

by D.S. Credito February 21, 2015

Pawleys Plantation

a gated, virtually all white community situated on a golf course in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, located to the south of Myrtle Beach. Many residents of Pawleys Island are middle aged transplants from the north and midwest of the U.S., who claim to have moved south "for the warm weather," "to be near the beach," or "to play more golf." Yet many of these same people seem to see nothing morally wrong about living in a neighborhood whose name contains the word "plantation," which for anyone with any kind of a liberal mind evokes horrific images of slavery and racial segregation.

Pawleys Plantation has a staff of guards at the front gate, twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year.

by D.S. Credito March 11, 2015

conscription

being obligated or required to make an appearance, regardless of what one desires to do.

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.

by D.S. Credito March 2, 2015

Conjabi

1. a potentially derogatory term describing a person from India or South Asia who is outspoken and uncompromising in conservative ideology

2. a word describing the vocabulary and speaking manner of a conservative or right winger whose origins are from the Asian sub-continent

3. Conjabi is a pun combining conservative or conjob with Punjab or Punjabi

On the subway, I overheard a man in a turban talking shit about President Obama. Man, what a conjabi!

Gov. Bobby Jindal was speaking Conjabi in his recent speech. It's like his mouth moves but I can't make out the words!

by D.S. Credito February 22, 2015