Mystikan's definitions

p2p

n. System of filesharing popularized after the shutdown of Napster by greedy bigots who failed to realize that the Internet has finally leveled the playing field.

Thousands of P2P networks sprang up after Napster was shut down by the Righteous Indignant Assholes Association.

by Mystikan December 30, 2003

booming

In Real-Time Strategy games, the practice of building up a massive attacking force without actually attacking while building up. The resulting huge army is then hurled against an enemy with the intention of destroying them in one fell swoop. However, this tactic invariably fails against experienced players, since an area-attack weapon (like an Onager) can often flatten the whole invading army at a stroke. This then leaves the booming player open to unopposed retaliatory attacks.

MegaLlama tried booming on me, but I wiped his whole army with one Seige Onager and then razed his TC in less than 3 minutes! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

by Mystikan March 25, 2004

Strine

A word coined by Americans to describe the Australian accent. This word is not used by Australians, and American tourists who use it in Australia soon learn not to. See also cobber.

Yank tourist: "I gotta brush up on my Strine!"
Me: "Strine? Hmmm, a sucker... Hey mate, you wanna buy a galah for 50 grand?"
Yank tourist: "Yeah, sure will buddy!"
(I walk away 50 grand richer while Yank tourist gets 10 years for exporting wildlife that farmers shoot as a pest!)

by Mystikan June 27, 2004

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

psyop

Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy

Person A: Man, that nutcase Martin Bryant guy shot 35 people in Tasmania!

Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.

by Mystikan April 26, 2006

gewgaw

Worthless, excessively sparkly or flashy trinket, bauble, or jewellery, often mass-produced from cheap materials. See also kitsch.

You know that locket she said was a priceless heirloom from her grandmmother? It's nothing but a dollar gewgaw from Bargain Basement!

by Mystikan July 2, 2004

clairvoyance

The ability to perceive events occurring over a timelike, as opposed to a spacelike, interval. Manifests as a perception or comprehension of past or future events in the mind of the individual employing it. See psionics.

Clairvoyance can only be acheived when the individual has gained a full understanding of the principles of psionics.

by Mystikan July 2, 2004