A Fark cliche created during the Christmas 2003 season. Refers to the archetypical dumb corporate Christmas bonus.
by Lady Csyde February 08, 2004
A term coined in January, 2004 on Fark.com as a term of honor for a departed member of an online community. Derives from the ham radio expression silent key and is abbreviated SKB.
by Lady Csyde January 13, 2005
1. To restart a computer when it's acting like a little bitch. Common on old Mac and Windows systems, not so common on old Linux boxes, rare on modern computers.
2. To restart a movie, comic, TV, or book franchise in hopes that it won't jump the shark again. Sometimes works spectacularly (Battlestar Galactica). Sometimes falls flat on its face.
2. To restart a movie, comic, TV, or book franchise in hopes that it won't jump the shark again. Sometimes works spectacularly (Battlestar Galactica). Sometimes falls flat on its face.
1. "If there's an error, we have this routine called panic, and when it is called, the machine crashes, and you holler down the hall, 'Hey, reboot it.'" --Dennis Ritchie
2. I was contemplating the idea of a Knight Rider reboot the other day. Would be interesting, definitely, but would it really be Knight Rider without the Hoff?
2. I was contemplating the idea of a Knight Rider reboot the other day. Would be interesting, definitely, but would it really be Knight Rider without the Hoff?
by Lady Csyde January 25, 2007
A popular beverage drunk late at night in Chinatowns across the US and Canada; not to be confused with iced tea. Commonly the tea drunk is of unusual origins, such as St. Louis or Milwaukee, sometimes even Toronto. One peculiarity of such tea is that it often seems to be carbonated; the secret for doing this seems to be widely known, but has never been revealed.
3 AM. Miserable rainy night and the late-night diner is closed for renovations this week. Time to head over to Harrison Ave for some cold tea.
by Lady Csyde October 14, 2006
Any diversionary activity that requires a fair amount of effort and absolutely no brain power; generally makes the person doing it look slightly stupid.
by Lady Csyde February 11, 2006
A term created by sex columnist and liberal Dan Savage in the wake of the 2004 Presidential Election to describe the concentration of the political left in the United States near major cities and college towns in terms of islands of diversity in a sea of conformity. The implication is that the islands have their own interests to attend to and should disregard the sea.
It is thought that this exists because rural communities tend to be more isolated from other cultures than urban communities, and because people tend to leave the rural world for an education in urban areas and not go back.
The original article can be read at www.urbanarchipelago.com.
It is thought that this exists because rural communities tend to be more isolated from other cultures than urban communities, and because people tend to leave the rural world for an education in urban areas and not go back.
The original article can be read at www.urbanarchipelago.com.
Although I'm not completely on board with the idea of the Urban archipelago, the idea of cities as islands is certainly a talking point.
by Lady Csyde November 19, 2004
A type of portable food that, when fed to a painfully skinny woman, will magically turn her into a screaming hottie with a curvy ass and porn star tits.
I had a friend -- she was cute, but nothing to her. Then i gave her a sammich and she went overnight from Twiggy to Gianna Michaels.
by Lady Csyde September 02, 2009