Greenie's definitions

etch

1 dodgy, sketchy, scary.
2 freekishly or scarily good.
Background - developed from sketchy on the northern beaches of sydney.

1 "That Texas Chainsaw movie is so etch"
2 (tone in awe)"etccccccccccch"

by Greenie June 22, 2004

breve

A latte made with half-and-half instead of milk. Artery-clogging, but delicious.

There's nothing like a hot breve on a crisp fall day.

by Greenie November 14, 2003

bite

To rip off another person's style, especially with respect to music or fashion. From early hip-hop culture.

Why don't you come up with your own sound instead of biting every track that hits it big in the clubs?

by Greenie April 12, 2004

stupicide

The act of killing someone who is intolerably stupid. Alternately: the act of killing someone by subjecting them to overwhelming amounts of idiocy.

I'm going to have to commit stupicide if this guy doesn't shut up.

The guy found dead while watching "The Fast & The Furious" was clearly a victim of stupicide.

by Greenie July 21, 2004

player

A male who is skilled at manipulating ("playing") others, and especially at seducing women by pretending to care about them, when in reality they are only interested in sex. Possibly derived from the phrases "play him for a fool", or "play him like a violin". The term was popularized by hip-hop culture, but was commonly recognized among urban American blacks by the 1970s.

A certain class of low-rent, slack-jawed fuckups has decided that backstabbing and misogyny are totally radical, so the word is sometimes used as a compliment or term of endearment between male friends, as in the greeting "what's up, player?".

Gina thought she had found the love of her life when she met Sean, but after she found out he had slept with three of her best friends, she realized that he was nothing but a player.

by Greenie October 21, 2004

S.N.A.F.U.

Acronym for "Situation Normal, All Fucked Up" (or, more politely, "Situation Normal, All Fouled Up"). Most often used as a noun, referring to an unfortunate and possibly urgent situation.

Originated among American G.I.s during World War II. See also FUBAR.

It's going to take some quick thinking to get ourselves out of this SNAFU.

by Greenie December 11, 2003

McJob

Any menial, low-paying, unskilled, dead-end job, including (but not limited to) those in the fast food industry, which requires zero creative or intellectual involvement, and whose sole motivation is a paycheck (i.e., no one works a McJob because they like it or care about the work). The employee may also be required to wear a silly and degrading uniform. Examples outside of the food service industry include Wal-Mart greeter and movie ticket clerk.

McJobs are usually filled by teenagers, bored retired people looking for something to do, retards, and struggling single parents in need of a second income.

Turnover is high, but because practically anyone has the skills necessary to perform a McJob, the company can just hire more interchangeable McEmployees off the streets.

The term's allusion to mass-produced fast food implies both the mechanical, unfulfilling nature of the work, and the disposable, interchangeable manner in which the company treats its employees.

We need to expand the skilled job market, not just create more McJobs.

by Greenie December 11, 2003