fifth wheel

n. Person who accompanies two (or more) couples in a social situation, who does not have a partner of his or her own. Often the fifth person's attendance is encouraged by one of the well-meaning but ignorant female partners, who may feel sorry for the lonely person, but will inevitably ignore them once the lovemaking starts. It carries the connotation that the fifth person is often an unneccesary and unwelcome addition to the scene in these conditions. Derived from "the fifth wheel of a car", which needing only four wheels to run, has no need of a fifth.

"Jim and Sue, Mike and Sally invited me to come camping with them, but I refused as I would only have been the fifth wheel on my own!"

by Mystikan January 01, 2004

disney

v. The act of economically influencing a sovereign government into passing oppressive and dehumanising laws intended only to benefit the interests of corporate enterprise. Derived from the historical fact that the last 6 revisions of copyright law immediately preceded the time when Mickey Mouse would otherwise have passed into the public domain.

I see the recording industry has disneyed anti-circumvention laws through Parliament last week.

Microsoft just pulled a disney on the anti-trust laws in our country.

by Mystikan November 15, 2005

gestalten

adj. 1. Occurring within or pertaining to a gestalt structure or system. 2. Holistically, in something's entirety.

In a moment of lucidity, he saw their whole plan in one gestalten flicker.

by Mystikan November 19, 2003

gestalt

n. 1. A system, structure or organism that is indistinguishable from its component parts, and can thus be reconstructed in whole from any of its parts. 2. G~ n. the collective consciousness of humanity or any other intelligent species. (cf. holographic, holistic) 3. adj. Self-determinining oranisation without need for a leader or central control (antonym heirarchy)

The human brain, because all its cells contribute to the operation of the whole and is not controlled by any one cell, is a gestalt structure.

by Mystikan November 19, 2003

psychosis

Mental condition in which person has an altered perception of reality, usually leading to antisocial or violent behaviour. (plural psychoses)

Examples of psychoses are: schizophrenia, multiple-personality disorder, Christ-complex and chronic paranoia.

by Mystikan July 02, 2004

Cambodian accessory

A term recently awarded "The Most Outrageous Word" by the American Dialectical Society, referring to Angelina Jolie's adopted Cambodian son. The term suggests a cynical motive for celebrities adopting children from third-world nations, being more to promote their public image than from any genuine motive of saving starving children.

Hey, have you checked out AJ's latest Cambodian accessory? Those celebs are getting social engineering down to a fine art!

by Mystikan January 10, 2007

telepathy

The ability to synchronise the informational processes within one's mind to those of another individual; or conversely, to sychronise the informational processes of another's mind to one's own. This manifests as a form of direct mind-to-mind communication, without any medium of transmission involving energy and matter. See psionics.

Telepathy can only be achieved when an individual has understood the principles of psionics

by Mystikan July 02, 2004