Mystikan's definitions

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

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

Michi

In Real-Time Strategy games, notably Age of Empires, a type of game map that uses impassable terrain (usually forest) to prevent players from rushing or coming into contact until the intervening terrain is cleared. Such maps teach bad RTS gaming habits to new players, as they prevent the development of rapid-response early game skills and encourage reckless booming.

There's so many Michi maps on the AOE servers these days that you can't have a decent game any more!

by Mystikan March 25, 2004

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 1, 2004

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

gully

Australian term for a small valley or runoff between two hills.

Man, I could've shot that roo easy if it hadn't pissed off up the gully!

by Mystikan February 26, 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