medaeval's definitions

Siena

1. a brownish red colour
2. an Italian city in lower Tuscany
3. the colour is named for the city's ancient family walls and the earth

Duccio's masterpiece, Le Maesta, is in the central cathedral of Siena.

by medaeval December 26, 2003

autocross

also known as Solo II racing-- the SCCA brand name for autocross competition. Solo II events are driving skill contests that emphasize the driver's ability and the car's handling characteristics. This is accomplished by driving a course that is designated by traffic cones on a low hazard location, such as a parking lot or inactive airstrip.

Autocross is the true grassroots motorsport.

by medaeval December 26, 2003

grassroots

local or person-to-person. A typical grassroots effort might include a door-to-door education and survey campaign. Includes political, educational, artistic, and especially collegiate movements involving the common people as constituting a fundamental politico-economic group

My friends and I started a grassroots campaign to oust the oligarchal university board of trustees.

by medaeval December 26, 2003

buttonwhores

1_ people who collect any button from anywhere, regardless of whether or not it is relevant to them

2_ pseudo-politicals, pseudo-punks, or indie rock kids who amass themselves in button mounds, esp. on messenger bags, and yet do not act on their fashionable concerns

guy: " 'I Love My Radius?' "
girl: "Yeah, I don't know what it means but I thought the red type on black looked totally PUNK!"

by medaeval February 6, 2004

pink ribbon

a lame ass way of showing "support" to women with breast cancer. If you want to help out, donate time, money, or effort. Otherwise, you're no better than bumpersticker/buttonwhores.

Actions speak louder than ribbon.

by medaeval February 6, 2004

waffle house

1. a 24-hour dive with underpaid waitresses, classically bad juke box music, bathrooms a la truckstop, and food that no respectable arteries woulc bear.
2. the only place to go-- besides Wal-Mart-- after 11pm in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and similiar ends of the world

Waffle House coffee is crack in motor oil form.

by medaeval December 26, 2003

dirty south

anywhere, usually in the lower contingent United States, that tanks in the lowest tenth-percentile in education, prison reform, and viability of roads.

When we hit the two-lane highway outside Little Rock, we knew we were in the Dirty South.

by medaeval February 6, 2004