Friday, July 15, 2005

Life in General

Alien – (n) an expression of agreement
(a corruption of amen; derived from the Ang Dating Doon segment of Bubble Gang)

Big Guy – (n) God. Synonyms: The Boss, Pareng JC, the Infinite

Checked attendance – (n) a state where all TOSStados are present in a gathering.
(from Ray – “Kulang na lang class cards.”)

D-X – (n) a rapid motion of hands crossed across the wrists, from chest level down to the crotch, initially popularized by Shawn Michaels of the WWF, often an expression of derision; (v) to perform such an action.

Everything and nothing – (n) a range of conversation that, though long, is varied and is not boring; (n) the range of conversation TOSStados prefer.
(from James – “With _____ I can talk about everything; with _____ I can talk about nothing. It’s rare, though, the girl with whom I can do both.”)

God – (n) an admirable person (male).

Goddess – (n) an admirable person (female).
(derivation from the usage of god in conversation; from Denise – “Rod, Sam is goddess, not god. Okay?”)

God Provides – (n) a situation that involves one or two TOSStados cheerfully picking up the tab for everyone because the rest have little or no money to spend during that specific point in time, which is aasumed but never expected to be reciprocated in the indefinite future.
(from Benny - "Whatever you do to the least of my tropa, babalikan ka namin.")

Ilocoslovakian – (n) Ilocano; (n) a rapidly-spoken patois of English, Ilocano, and Filipino used by the Coffee Club.
(from Sam – “I understand English, some Tagalog, even a bit of Ilocano. Damned if I know what language that is.”)

Lord – (n) a person of considerable influence.

Next life – (n) anything or anyone unattainable in this lifetime.
(detailed in Worlds and Meanings)

Tambayan frustration – (n) a state of angst affecting several TOSStados simultaneously.
(from Ray, finding meaning in the meaningless acronym TF on his sweatshirt)

WWF – (n) World Wrestling Federation, now known as World Wrestling Entertainment.    

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