Rural Dictionary

coast

1. Literally, that part of a body of water that meets the shore.

2. Slang, a locale that has been cased, dating from the era of sea pirates.

1. The California shore meets the Pacific coast.

2a. The pirates left, so the coast is clear.

2b. The Navy left, so the coast is clear for pirating.

2c. We cased the joint, and the coast is clear.

by Downstrike October 23, 2005

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1. From Latin; literally, beginning.

2. The first book of the Bible, supplying the earliest history of creation available to man.

3. Scientific term for the origin of a subject.

4. A progressive rock band starring first Peter Gabriel, and later, Phil Collins.

5. In Star Trek III:

a. An experimental device that became the bone of contention between William Shatner and Christopher Lloyd.

b. A short-lived planet named after the Genesis device.

6. A game console from Sega.

1. I started at the beginning, with the Genesis of the word Genesis.

2. You can tell that Moses compiled Genesis from a number of sources because he repeatedly started from the beginning, and retold the first 7 days in the next telling as taking place in one day, because the word day is a metaphor.

3. In reality, the Genesis of a planet requires billions of years rather than a week of literal days, as in myth, or protomatter, as in Star Trek III.

4. Whether Genesis was better with Peter or with Phil is still hotly debated. (I prefer Phil, but that's just my personal taste.)

5. a. "Give me Genesis!"

5. b. "Genesis?!? Genesis planet is forbidden!"

6. Sega Genesis.