The sound of Howard Dean derailing his own presidential bid.
"We're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico. We're going to California and Texas and New York! Yeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!"
1) Demagnetized; the state of a credit or debit card which has been run through a card reader too many times.
2) Unable to access money in the bank due to the phenomenon of being swiped out (def. 1).
I gotta fill the tank, but my card's been swiped out.
A fountain drink composed of multiple random shots of soda from a self-service soda fountain. Due to the inherently chaotic nature of the drink's creation, no two kamikaze drinks are ever the same. Also called a suicide, since you take your life in your own hands when you make this drink.
Etymology: Named after the Japanese suicide pilots of WWII.
I'm going to the 7-11 to get a kamikaze. Want to be my designated driver?
I am about to kick your ass six ways from Saturday.
Etymology: from the Warner Bros. cartoon character Hassan, a generic Middle Eastern grunt constantly about to cleave Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck in twain.
You dared drink my last apple beer?! HASSAAAAAN CHOP!
A preening pseudo-scientist who uses scientific knowledge or technological advances derived from that knowledge for his or her own self-aggrandizement.
You ever see "Contact?" The character of David Drumlin is a total sagantist.
A phenomenon of early '80s New Wave dance music (supposedly attractive to preppies of the era), where the song is interrupted by a moment or two of silence.
The Howard Jones song "Welcome to Conditioning" has a preppy pause.
What happens when a passive-aggressive writer feels compelled to recreate his childhood bullying. Starts out by giving his audience lots of love, encourages them to believe things will turn out well, then backhands them at the end--and they inexplicably come crawling back for more.
If you watched Act III of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, you probably got Jossed.