hexploitation

Genre of movies/TV series/books and so on in which witchcraft/mystical/occult-related stuff is served up in as twee and New Agey a manner as possible for the consumption of the trendy.

Harry Potter is NOT hexploitation. Anything with Fairuza Balk in it might be.

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Bard Brain

An aficionado of the works of William Shakespeare of Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564-1616. Self-explanatory, not meant to denigrate.

Bard brains everywhere will appreciate the local production of Hamlet, from December 16th at the Town Hall.

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incest

Fun for all the family. After all, the family that lays together, stays together.

Incest. Because sometimes narcissistic manipulation of your rugrats just ain't enough.

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Yoda

A whill he is. Green he is. Exiled on Dagobah in his twilight years he is. Strong in the Force he is. The best Muppet in a billion galaxies he is. Sounds like Fozzie Bear he does, not surprising which is voiced by Frank Oz he is because. More to say I need not, hmmmm?

Yoda. Jedi Master. The hottest little green thing on two legs.

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Osama bin Forgotten

Osama bin Laden. From what is effectively US policy towards the supposed mastermind of the September 11 attacks.

He was Osama bin Laden. Now he is Osama bin Forgotten.

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knacksploitation

Movie that shows Irish Travellers in a good light, implying that anyone who doesn't care overmuch for knackers has simply lost their wild romantic side. Such productions typically have big Hollywood money behind them. Think more Into The West than Pavee Lackeen.

Oh, great. Here we go with the salt of the earth movie tinkers again. Yes, it's another dreary knacksploitation flick.

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verb the whole object

A snowclone often used in New Age, pseudoscientific or borderline fields to cast a warm glow over the enterprise in question. Meant to imply, usually fallaciously, that the real scientists or professionals are missing out on something that their clients urgently need, or at least want very very badly but for some arcane reason are unable or afraid to articulate.

Examples of phrases using the "verb the whole object" construction would be:

"Alternative" practitioners treat the whole patient. (Unlike those bloody doctors, of course.)

Home birth widwifes read the whole woman.

Organic caterers use the whole plant. (I wonder if they make rhubarb crumble).

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