The Hater

A column on the AV Club, a website spun off from The Onion that focuses on pop culture. It is written by Amelie Gillette and usually updates once a day on a M-F schedule. Although she occasionally shows biting wit, many of her subjects are just fish in a barrel, and would be better off ignored than having such vast reserves of negative energy wasted on their idiocy. She appears to possess an especially extreme hatred for Dane Cook and Zach Braff.

The Hater is really drinkin' the haterade today. Did you see where she blasted Paris Hilton?

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air five

A pantomimed high five, performed in unison with someone who is too far away (e.g. across a room) to give you an actual high five.

When the professor announced that class would be canceled, Eric and Nathan gave each other an air five.

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William Hung

The first American Idol reject to gain widespread fame. Hung, an engineering major at Berkeley, turned in a horrendous rendition of Ricky Martin's She Bangs at his audition and was roundly rejected by the judges. Despite this setback to his singing career, he was signed to a record deal and released one album, Inspiration, a collection of covers sung by Hung and peppered with occasional words of wisdom. To this day, many are still unsure whether Hung was a savvy genius with an almost supernatural ability to mock his own self-image or just a naive fool who truly believed he was talented.

I pity the fool that bought William Hung's CD.

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wavedashing

A technique performed by skilled players of Super Smash Bros. Melee. To execute a wavedash, one must make a very short jump into the air, and then move diagonally downward while dodging in midair with the L button. One wavedash by itself is not particularly useful; it is when the move is repeated rapidly that it becomes both impressive and practical.

Wavedashing is most useful for quickly escaping from close combat with an opponent. Also, it can get you from one end of a stage to the other faster than running or jumping. In some instances, it can also be used as a type of taunt, a means of rubbing your skill in an opponent's face.

Any time you are fighting against an opponent who knows how to do the wavedash, chances are good that that person possesses above-average Smash skills.

Ben couldn't land a single hit on Josh because Josh was wavedashing all over the stage.

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top loader

Term used to refer to the late-model NES. Games are inserted into the top and stick out from it, similar to a SNES or Genesis. Contrast this with the original side loader model, where the games did not stick out and were covered by an opening/closing flap. Also adopted a different controller style from the side-loading NES, the shape of which earned it the nickname "dog bone"; this controller is widely considered inferior to the previous square controller. Top loaders can be easily found on eBay at somewhat exorbitant prices.

Top loaders are fine and all, but nothing says "Nintendo" like that chunky old side loader.

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populist

An adjective used by snobby intellectuals and elitists basically as code for "this is what morons like."

Larry the Cable Guy's brand of populist humor brought the house down at my family reunion.

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rock band

1. A group of people, most commonly three to five in number, who regularly congregate for the purpose of making music that will hopefully make them rich and famous and get them laid.

2. A video game for the Xbox 360 that allows a person to simulate the experience of being in a rock band. One can either sing or play guitar, bass, or drums. Can be played with everyone together in one room or separately online. Akin to what being in an actual rock band would be like if you only played covers and had more cheet on your shirt.

Guy: Hey baby, I'm in a rock band, let's do it. (Girl follows guy into cheap motel room.)

Guy: Hey baby, I play Rock Band, let's do it. (Girl stares indifferently, blinks.)

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