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six weeks'

In the UK, the six weeks summer holidays. Most of the world has longer in the summer, and shorter breaks throught the year to compensate for lost time.

In the six weeks', I like to cause trouble in foreign countries.

by KuNg-fu jeSUS April 15, 2004

3πŸ‘ 1πŸ‘Ž


origins of words

If this dictionary is anything to go by, the whole concept of slang, and even the english language originated in 1980's LA.

the homophobic connotation of the word "gay", every weapon made after world war two, world war two itself, television, comedy and gangs all origianated in Los Angeles in the eighties if you are to believe some of the definitions here.

by KuNg-fu jeSUS May 27, 2004

5πŸ‘ 6πŸ‘Ž


Kristallnacht

German for "Night of Broken Glass"


On the 9th of November 1938, Nazi propagandist Josef Goebells ordered citizens and military to burn o'er 200 synagogues and smash the windows of jewish owned business'.

Kristallnacht is the first major show of hatred towards followers of Judaism in Hitler's Germany.

by KuNg-fu jeSUS April 28, 2004

48πŸ‘ 22πŸ‘Ž


squared circle

The fighting area for participants in a combat sport. Origianally, these sports took place in a circle. When support ropes were added to clearer identify the border, the rings were made sqaure or rectangular in shape.

See also ring, boxing ring, wrestling ring, enter the ring, queensbury

As these two competitors enter the sqaured circle, they begin to realise that for one of them, fame and fortune on a tremedous scale awaits after this bout.

by KuNg-fu jeSUS August 19, 2004

63πŸ‘ 32πŸ‘Ž


canon fodder

(adj.) Expendable.


Can also be applied to culture.

Just canon fodder in there.

by KuNg-fu jeSUS May 2, 2004

23πŸ‘ 8πŸ‘Ž


rock bottom

A) the lowest of the low
B) a cross between a chokeslam, clothesline and legsweep used by the rock.

I've hit rock bottom


Rock bottom followed by the people's elbow

by KuNg-fu jeSUS May 1, 2004

193πŸ‘ 63πŸ‘Ž


cash cow

(n.) A well-selling product into which no investment is put asides meagre marketing and production costs, yet price rises rise disproportionatley to costs, and well above inflation, milking the cow for all it's worth.

Oil prices are the biggest of all cash cows.

by KuNg-fu jeSUS May 12, 2004

60πŸ‘ 42πŸ‘Ž