Basilisk

A catch all term, like 'cougar', for a particular kind of person. A 'Basilisk' is a goblinesque, tetchy, uncompromising, spiny rage-ball of either sex with an evil stare, diehard liberal principles and a marked loathing for popular culture and it's adherents - often encountered in indie bars where they are drawn like angry moths to the fairy lights and the sound of Amanda Palmer.

1: Check out that kooky chick in the dark corner, is she giving me the eye?

2: Yeah, the evil eye - it's a Basilisk! Run for your life or she might turn you to stone or give you a pamphlet about fracking, and don't wear that ironic slogan t-shirt out again, okay? It's like a red rag to these people.

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