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minute of Tech Model Railroad Club of M.I.T 5 Apr. cited on ADS-L 16 June 2005 [Internet] Mr. Eccles requests that anyone working or hacking on the electrical system turn the power off to avoid fuse blowing.at hack, v.2
minute of Tech Model Railroad Club of M.I.T 5 Apr. cited on ADS-L 16 June 2005 [Internet] Mr. Eccles requests that anyone working or hacking on the electrical system turn the power off to avoid fuse blowing. journal cited 25/06/05 on ADS-L 🌐 SPAZ, [...] To surprise a person in a way that causes him to take some time to react. v. [Regional].at spaz, v.
journal cited 25/06/05 ADS-L 🌐 SPAZ, n. [Regional] (shortened from spastic) 1. Obsolete. A person lacking in the common social skills & virtues. See TWITCH.at spaz, n.
ADS-L 10 May : Someone wrote that the shooters were ‘clams’ (Scientologists). There were 1400 hits for ‘clam’/‘Scientologist’ on the Usenet database.at clam, n.1
ADS-L 14 May 🌐 IST=Indian Standard Time. The slang is: IST=Indian Stretchable Time. This is about as famous as ‘Delhi belly’.at I.S.T., n.
ADS-L 🌐 Two nights ago I was watching the local Portland (OR) TV news and there was one of the usual traffic accident reports. According to the anchor, a car ‘ran a red light and T-boned into a Tri-Met bus.’ [...] I can only infer that she meant the car plowed into the middle of the bus at a right angle so that the two vehicles formed a T.at T-bone, v.
in ADS-L 🌐 Several students have informed me that ‘clip’ is now a term for pager, saying their acquaintances have used structures such as: ‘Call me on my cell or hit me on my clip.’.at clip, n.6
ADS-L 26 Dec. 🌐 ‘“Hillbilly Heroin” should get some WOTY [i.e. word of the year] consideration, especially if you add a category of new drug terms. I didn’t spy it on the Wordspy.’ ‘I hope to hell it won’t, since it stigmatizes, once again, the Appalachian region. Oxycontin is indeed a scourge in this area, but West Virginia deserves better.’.at hillbilly heroin, n.
ADS-L 7 Mar. 🌐 I recall it [i.e. the Queen of spades] as ‘the Bitch’ simpliciter. I’m not sure whether we were more comfortable being sexist than racist, or whether the feeling was that since the Queen of Clubs was equally black but entirely non-bitchy, it wasn’t really the color that was to blame.at bitch, n.1
ADS-L 5 June 🌐 Even though I claim to be a North Carolinian, I’d never heard this; my friend didn’t give me a gloss in his first email and I took it for a synonym of ‘East Bumfuck’ (which he thought hilarious).at Bumfuck, Egypt, n.
ADS-L 6 May 🌐 The expression ‘on the down low’ today — in some circles — has an additional connotation of describing an African-American male who has sex with other men on the side but who would not necessarily describe himself as homosexual. ‘Keeping it on the down low...’ ‘DL Brotha.’.at on the down low under down low, n.
ADS-L 6 May 🌐 ‘On the d.l.’ is common [...] hip-hop slang. It may or may not have started in prisons. It is not really accurate to describe it as African American because it’s kinda ‘postracial’ [...] in the sense that hiphop is. It’s used by Latinos, Whites and Caribbeans ‘who are down with hip-hop’ much as by African Americans, and I think it is pretty much avoided by African Americans.at on the down low under down low, n.
ADS-L 6 Nov. 🌐 Larry’s list calls to mind Dutch rub, analogous to the Indian burn. With the Dutch rub, the knuckles were ground back and forth on the skull of the inferior person.at Dutch rub (n.) under Dutch, adj.1
ADS-L 28 Feb. 🌐 Someone once noted that a Southerner can get away with the most awful kind of insult just as long as it’s prefaced with the words, ‘Bless her heart’ or ‘Bless his heart.’ As in [...] ‘Bless her heart, she’s so bucktoothed, she could eat an apple through a picket fence’.at could eat an apple through a picket fence under eat, v.
ADS-L 26 Mar. 🌐 A few years ago, I heard the term ‘geeking’ used to mean selling items on the streetcorners, possibly stolen items, possibly for money to buy drugs.at geek, v.2
ADS-L 26 Mar. 🌐 More recently I heard the term ‘geeking out’ used to describe the state of going around sniffing, tasting and feeling everything in sight that people go through after a binge on methamphetamine or similar drugs.at geek, v.1
ADS-L 26 Mar. 🌐 Geeking out is also hacker slang for indulging in techno-lust, playing with computers or other tech gadgets at an inappropriate time (e.g. at a social event), or any form of tech indulgence that non-techies may not understand.at geek, v.1
ADS-L 27 Mar. 🌐 You didn’t have to be a druggie to geek out though. If someone who didn’t fit in got into a rage or acted out in some way, they were geeking out. Also if someone who did fit in acted out in some way that was considered geek-like, they would be teased for geekin’ out.at geek, v.1
ADS-L 28 Feb. 🌐 IRISH NACHOS — ‘wedges & beans,’ according to one menu. These were a regular feature at the Scott, Foresman corporate cafeteria in Glenview, Illinois for at least the years 1995–2000. They were wedge fries covered with refried beans, cheese, and salsa. I was always too frightened of the way they looked under the presentation glass dome to try them, and besides, I thought I should fight against the stereotype of the Irish as inveterate potato-eaters.at Irish nachos (n.) under Irish, adj.
(ref. to 1930s) ADS-L 22 Feb. 🌐 A letter appeared in this morning’s (Thursday’s) Daily News asking for ‘where and how certain expressions started’ that the writer, ‘an old geezer’ from the Red Hook area of Brooklyn, remembers. ‘When were were kids in the early 30’s — and sneakily shooting dice in the street — we would have a lookout stationed at a strategic spot. This lookout would be classified as “laying giggy”.’.at lay giggy (v.) under lay, v.1
ADS-L 17 Nov. 🌐 Moore was asked if he bathes. Moore said that he takes a ‘Mexican shower’ – washing just the face and armpits.at Mexican shower (n.) under Mexican, adj.
posting at ADS-L 1 May 🌐 B-boy or banjee/banji/banjie boy, or block boy, or homeboy, or homie [...] They are the boyz who are the true hip-hopsters, the gangstas, the menaces 2 and of society.at block boy (n.) under block, n.8
(ref. to 1960s) on ADS-L 🌐 The slang term ‘slider’ meaning ‘[small greasy] hamburger’ [...] was used in the 1960’s according to my own recollection. It was not restricted to White Castle in my experience. The folk etymology said that the burger was small and greasy enough that it slid down the throat without the need for active chewing or swallowing ... or something like that.at slider, n.
(ref. to mid-1940s) on ADS-L 🌐 He recalls them being called sliders back then [i.e. the mid-1940s]. And, in his opinion, the reason the little burgers were called such was because they went in – and out – shall we say, without stopping.at slider, n.
(con. 1950s) posting on ADS-L 🌐 The officers and the long-service NCO’s in command [...] referred to the US as ‘The States’ or as the ‘Land of the Big PX,’ whereas the ‘United States Colored Troops,’ to revive a term from the Civil War, referred to the US as ‘The World.’.at world, the, n.
posting at ADS-L 26 June 🌐 The ‘Canonical List Of Language Humor’ maintained by the rec.humor newsgroup in the mid-’90s included these similes: Busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. [...] Busy as a one-legged cat trying to bury shit on a frozen pond.at busy as a one-legged... (adj.) under busy as..., adj.
posting at ADS-L 26 June 🌐 The ‘Canonical List Of Language Humor’ maintained by the rec.humor newsgroup in the mid-’90s included these similes: Busier than a cat covering shit on a hot tin roof. Busier than a centipede at a toe countin’ contest. [...] Busier than a one-eyed cat watching nine mouseholes. Busier than a set of jumper cables at a Mexican wedding.at busy as..., adj.
posting at ADS-L 26 June 🌐 The ‘Canonical List Of Language Humor’ maintained by the rec.humor newsgroup in the mid-’90s included these similes: [...] Busy as a one-armed wallpaper hanger with the crabs.at busy as a one-armed paper-hanger (adj.) under busy as..., adj.
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