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One of the Celtic people of Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Or anybody living in the Scottish Highlands, Isle of Man, and the west of Ireland that speaks one of the Gaelic languages: Gaeilge (Irish), Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic), and Gaelg (Manx Gaelic).
Tha na Gàidhlean gu bhith air falbh. Tha sinn 'nar beagchuid 'nar dùthaich fhèin. O, mallaich na Sasannaich air dèanamh seo thugainn! Mallaich na Frangaich air dèanamh seo gu na Ceiltich na Breatainn Bheag!
Tha 'n teine nam Ceilteach 'marbhadh, mar sin nan t-Sìthiche...
(The Gaels are almost gone. We are minorities in our own countries. O, curse the English for doing this to us! Curse the French for doing this to the Celts of Brittany!
The fire of the Celts is dying, like that of the Elves...)
Tha 'n teine nam Ceilteach 'marbhadh, mar sin nan t-Sìthiche...
(The Gaels are almost gone. We are minorities in our own countries. O, curse the English for doing this to us! Curse the French for doing this to the Celts of Brittany!
The fire of the Celts is dying, like that of the Elves...)
by Lorelili March 28, 2005
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The sociopath is very often thought of as a serial killer, but that represents only a small portion of them; sociopaths can be anybody.
Sociopaths come in these basic types:
Common: A simple lack of conscience and lack of proper integration into society, they're feral children grown up.
Alienated: Alienated from other people, they have trouble empathizing with others.
Aggressive: Comes with a consistent sadistic streak.
Dissocial: Abides by gang rules and morals that antagonize mainstream society.
The sociopath generally holds at least three of the following seven traits:
1. Failure to conform to social norms, including behavior that warrants arrest.
2. Deception; they're glib, pathological liars, and manipulators, often use false names.
3. Impulsive behavior; failure to plan ahead.
4. Irritable and aggressive, frequent fights or attacks.
5. Reckless disregard for the safety of self or others.
6. Consistently irresponsible; their work behavior is often inconsistent, they can be catastrophic parents.
7. Without remorse; will justify stealing or hurting others ("if you hadn't dressed like that, I wouldn't have raped you").
The sociopath is very often thought of as a serial killer, but that represents only a small portion of them; sociopaths can be anybody.
Sociopaths come in these basic types:
Common: A simple lack of conscience and lack of proper integration into society, they're feral children grown up.
Alienated: Alienated from other people, they have trouble empathizing with others.
Aggressive: Comes with a consistent sadistic streak.
Dissocial: Abides by gang rules and morals that antagonize mainstream society.
The sociopath generally holds at least three of the following seven traits:
1. Failure to conform to social norms, including behavior that warrants arrest.
2. Deception; they're glib, pathological liars, and manipulators, often use false names.
3. Impulsive behavior; failure to plan ahead.
4. Irritable and aggressive, frequent fights or attacks.
5. Reckless disregard for the safety of self or others.
6. Consistently irresponsible; their work behavior is often inconsistent, they can be catastrophic parents.
7. Without remorse; will justify stealing or hurting others ("if you hadn't dressed like that, I wouldn't have raped you").
Unlike psychopaths, who are have fearlessly reckless temperaments, don't feel stress, and are nearly impossible to socialize, sociopaths are generally made and have relatively normal temperaments and are more easily agitated. Most sociopaths are the result of overburdened, inadequate parents and the wrong set of peers and an unstable environment, but can be properly socialized in better settings with stable, competent parents and adequately adjusted peers. The psychopath is found in every social class while the sociopath is generally from poor neighborhoods. The psychopath feels nothing for others but will care for others if it suits their purpose while the sociopath can feel empathy and remorse in specific contexts; the psychopath's crimes tend to be meticulous while the sociopath's crimes tend to be sloppy and erratic; the psychopath can escape undetected for years while the sociopath is more easily discovered.
by Lorelili May 20, 2012
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The story is usually simpler than that of movie plots, since it takes longer to sing than to speak. The stories, perhaps melodramatic to our modern eyes, are as varied as movies; from lighthearted, romantic prances ("The Marriage of Figaro", "The Elixer of Love"); heartbreaking romantic tragedies ("La Boheme". "Madame Butterfly", "Aïda"); and some almost x-rated shockers ("Elektra"(much like the Mendez brothers case), "Salome"). Operas are often quite true to life and often deal with some of the most difficult choices that a person can make; matters of life and death, in other words. ...Of course, the plot is much more dramatic than in reality.
Opera relies on voice types (unlike movies, which rely on appearance):
Soprano: highest female voice; plays the heroine, the sweetheart, the victim woman.
Mezzo-soprano: medium female voice; plays the villainess, seductresses.
Contralto: lowest female voice; very rare, usually limited to maids, mothers, grandmothers, and witches.
Tenor: highest male voice: plays the hero, the lover, the doomed hero. Usually romances the soprano.
Baritone: medium male voice; plays the villain, evil prison wardens, and other mean ones.
Bass: lowest male voice; plays priests, kings, fathers, and the Devil.
Opera houses are theaters designed especially for opera... and don't be surprised to find a (rather sexy) tuxedo-clad ghost wandering the dark recesses of the opera house, living his life away on a lake beneath the theater.
The story is usually simpler than that of movie plots, since it takes longer to sing than to speak. The stories, perhaps melodramatic to our modern eyes, are as varied as movies; from lighthearted, romantic prances ("The Marriage of Figaro", "The Elixer of Love"); heartbreaking romantic tragedies ("La Boheme". "Madame Butterfly", "Aïda"); and some almost x-rated shockers ("Elektra"(much like the Mendez brothers case), "Salome"). Operas are often quite true to life and often deal with some of the most difficult choices that a person can make; matters of life and death, in other words. ...Of course, the plot is much more dramatic than in reality.
Opera relies on voice types (unlike movies, which rely on appearance):
Soprano: highest female voice; plays the heroine, the sweetheart, the victim woman.
Mezzo-soprano: medium female voice; plays the villainess, seductresses.
Contralto: lowest female voice; very rare, usually limited to maids, mothers, grandmothers, and witches.
Tenor: highest male voice: plays the hero, the lover, the doomed hero. Usually romances the soprano.
Baritone: medium male voice; plays the villain, evil prison wardens, and other mean ones.
Bass: lowest male voice; plays priests, kings, fathers, and the Devil.
Opera houses are theaters designed especially for opera... and don't be surprised to find a (rather sexy) tuxedo-clad ghost wandering the dark recesses of the opera house, living his life away on a lake beneath the theater.
Opera is a grim world; there's competition all over for parts... and not to mention some rather unusual situations: tantrums and refusals to do something that the director wants to be staged.
What's the difference between a soprano and a terrorist?
-You can negotiate with a terrorist.;)
"He's here! The Phantom of the Opera!"
What's the difference between a soprano and a terrorist?
-You can negotiate with a terrorist.;)
"He's here! The Phantom of the Opera!"
by Lorelili June 4, 2005
Get the opera mug.Old usage: a female dog (slut became a euphamism for bitch in the 1800s)
Today:
-Use one: a domineering, spiteful female (although little is said criticizing domineering, spiteful males, who are sometimes known as arseholes)
-Use two: the subserviant person in a sexual relationship (or a term for a servant).
-Use three: verb. "To complain" about something.
"Bitch" (spiteful woman) in other languages:
Bosnian: kucka f
Breton: louskenn f, liboudenn f
Finnish: narttu
French: chienne f, salope f, garce f, chipie f, rosse f, putain f
German: Schlampe f, hure f
Hungarian: kurva, ribanc
Interlingua: puta, putana f
Italian: stronza f, troia f
Lithuanian: kale; f
Norwegian: tispe f
Polish: suka f, dziwka f
Portuguese: puta f, vagabunda f
Russian: cyka f
Scottish Gaelic: galla f, siùrsach f
Slovak: kurva f
Spanish: puta f, culeda f
Swedish: slyna c, subba c
Today:
-Use one: a domineering, spiteful female (although little is said criticizing domineering, spiteful males, who are sometimes known as arseholes)
-Use two: the subserviant person in a sexual relationship (or a term for a servant).
-Use three: verb. "To complain" about something.
"Bitch" (spiteful woman) in other languages:
Bosnian: kucka f
Breton: louskenn f, liboudenn f
Finnish: narttu
French: chienne f, salope f, garce f, chipie f, rosse f, putain f
German: Schlampe f, hure f
Hungarian: kurva, ribanc
Interlingua: puta, putana f
Italian: stronza f, troia f
Lithuanian: kale; f
Norwegian: tispe f
Polish: suka f, dziwka f
Portuguese: puta f, vagabunda f
Russian: cyka f
Scottish Gaelic: galla f, siùrsach f
Slovak: kurva f
Spanish: puta f, culeda f
Swedish: slyna c, subba c
-"What a cute doggie! Boy or girl?"
-"She's a bitch."
"Kyle's mom 's a bitch, she's a big fat bitch,
she's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world,
She's a stupid bitch, if there ever was a bitch,
She's a bitch to all the boys and girls!" -Eric Cartman from South Park
The lyrics can be applied to any body that we hate!
"Ann Coulter's a bitch, she's a lyin’ bitch,
She's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world,
She's a stupid bitch, if there ever was a bitch,
She's a bitch to all the Liberals!"
I'll stop bitching about that nasty bitch right now.
Peppermint Patty is the butch; Marcie is the bitch/femme in their relationship.
-"She's a bitch."
"Kyle's mom 's a bitch, she's a big fat bitch,
she's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world,
She's a stupid bitch, if there ever was a bitch,
She's a bitch to all the boys and girls!" -Eric Cartman from South Park
The lyrics can be applied to any body that we hate!
"Ann Coulter's a bitch, she's a lyin’ bitch,
She's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world,
She's a stupid bitch, if there ever was a bitch,
She's a bitch to all the Liberals!"
I'll stop bitching about that nasty bitch right now.
Peppermint Patty is the butch; Marcie is the bitch/femme in their relationship.
by Lorelili February 14, 2006
Get the bitch mug.A Hungarian countess (1560-1614) known for her beauty and her cold-blooded sadism. In 1611, she was accused of the torture and murder of over 600 young women, most of them the adolescent daughters of Slovak peasants; as long as her victims were not her fellow Hungarians, she could do as she pleased.
It was when she had exhausted the local population of peasant girls and began preying on the daughters of lesser nobles and the gentry that the authorities intervened.
According to legends added over 110 years after her death, she was said to have bathed and even drank the blood of her victims to gain their youth, beauty, and vitality.
It was when she had exhausted the local population of peasant girls and began preying on the daughters of lesser nobles and the gentry that the authorities intervened.
According to legends added over 110 years after her death, she was said to have bathed and even drank the blood of her victims to gain their youth, beauty, and vitality.
In a case that is over 400 years old, fact and legend are difficult to separate, but Elizabeth Bathory was clearly among them most prolific serial killers of history.
An intelligent, accomplished woman, she belonged to a powerful, wealthy family and was educated beyond even her male peers. She could speak, read and write in Hungarian, German, Latin, and Greek while most of the nobles around her could barely read or write.
She and her husband had three sons and three daughters and she doted on them all... when she wasn't torturing pretty maidens behind their backs, especially the buxom ones because they supposedly lasted longer.
Very likely a psychopath, she allegedly bedded many men and women throughout her adult life (and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter through a peasant boy some months before she married). Never once did she show remorse or accept responsibility for her crimes.
An intelligent, accomplished woman, she belonged to a powerful, wealthy family and was educated beyond even her male peers. She could speak, read and write in Hungarian, German, Latin, and Greek while most of the nobles around her could barely read or write.
She and her husband had three sons and three daughters and she doted on them all... when she wasn't torturing pretty maidens behind their backs, especially the buxom ones because they supposedly lasted longer.
Very likely a psychopath, she allegedly bedded many men and women throughout her adult life (and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter through a peasant boy some months before she married). Never once did she show remorse or accept responsibility for her crimes.
by Lorelili March 9, 2010
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The result of unprotected sexual encounters. Many men are suddenly out of the picture when one of these comes along.
The result of unprotected sexual encounters. Many men are suddenly out of the picture when one of these comes along.
A man (in disgusting cowardice) just goes on his way, leaving the woman to raise their oops baby on her own. If you're not ready for the responsibility of parenthood, then you shouldn't be having sex.
Contraceptives and abortion are two of the few ways to avoid oops babies.
Contraceptives and abortion are two of the few ways to avoid oops babies.
by Lorelili January 27, 2006
Get the oops baby mug.An old-fashioned English way of saying "blonde". As flax possesses golden fibers, this term was inevitably used for a person with fair hair.
Her flaxen tresses falling from her kerchief, the farm girl ventured through the snow to the barn to milk the cows.
by Lorelili September 4, 2006
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