Darth Ridley's definitions

holy grail

The ultimate goal of an occupation, profession, or endeavour.

A cure for AIDS is the holy grail of a number of scientists.

by Darth Ridley December 27, 2006

culchie

Somebody who lives in the Irish countryside. This word is used exclusively by jackeens, and so in fact means anyone from outside Dublin.

Fuck off ya culchie!

Up yours jackeen!

by Darth Ridley November 7, 2006

digs

Student accomodation which consists of living with a local family, who are paid by the college, university, or local government to put a roof over your head.

Cool digs man!

I really dig your digs.

by Darth Ridley March 25, 2007

masters of the Universe

A vaguely passable show, let down by the terrible animation common to many carttons of that era. The remake is absolutely shit. I mean, they have lasers, so why do they fight with SWORDS?!?!

Hmm, Masters of the Universe is on...might as well watch it, there's nothing else.

by Darth Ridley May 14, 2005

special

Disbaled, handicaped, or mentally retarded. Odd.

My mommy says I'm special.

Frasier: Dad, do you think we're odd?
Martin: Odd? No. You're not odd. You're just special.

by Darth Ridley January 26, 2007

citation circle

A group of academics who exclusively cite each other and nobody else.

Rare in science, but surprisingly common in arts and humanities.

Mary's research on sexuality in Victorian times ran into a snag when she hit a citation circle and couldn't get out.

by Darth Ridley January 6, 2007

mess entropy

Mess entropy refers to the tendency of a room to naturally become less tidy as time progresses. May be expressed mathematically as:

dE=dM/t

where E is the mess entropy, M is the actual amount of mess, and t is a given time interval.

Regardless of a room's size, mess entropy will expand to fill it.

by Darth Ridley March 6, 2007