07079's definitions

joisey

1920's Betty Boop, caricturish, outdated notion of how New Jerseyians talk. Mostly propagated by middle of the country bumkins who have never left their home town.

Midwesterner1: I used to think people from Joisey all have big or slicked hair, live in an ethnic neighborhood and drive around in a Camaro. And when they weren't screaming at their girlfriend to Shut the Fuck Up they're stealin' somebodies hubcaps.

Midwesterer2: So, what changed your mind?

Midwesterner1: I went there.

by 07079 January 25, 2009

Flarpswitch

That one wall switch in everyone's house the controls absolutely nothing.

I hit the flarpswitch by accident on the way down the basement stairs and tumbled the rest of the way in the dark.

by 07079 August 16, 2011

Jersey Accent

What most people call the dialect spoken in Staten Island, Bayonne and parts of Long Island. The actual Northern NJ accent today is a mellowed version of a New York Accent, which in itself has its origins in the original British accent. (As NY was a Tory region for so long.) NYers tend to drop their R's more than NJers but otherwise pronounce words like coffee and talk as (kawfey) and (tawk) And New York like Nu-yawk.)

With So many hundreds of thousands of people moving to and from the NYC metro area every year, The traditional Jersey Accent has all but disappeared.

by 07079 January 23, 2009

Attack

Idiosyncratic term for "offense" or "forward" in the Game of Lacrosse. Commonly used as a noun referring to the position, or status of ball possession.

Each Lacrosse team consists of 10 players on the field. They include:
1 Goalie
3 Defencemen
3 Midfielders
3 on attack

by 07079 February 12, 2009

Zune

An MP3 player primarily marketed toward Microsoft fanbois or for people who hate Apple. Although later models were decent enough, the launch product was crippled and ridiculed to the point where it poisoned the brand forever.

5 years later most people still haven't heard of it as it awaits cancellation by Microsoft.

Hey I read on ZDnet today that Microsoft will no longer be producing the Zune.

What's that?

by 07079 March 4, 2011

Prole Drift

Short for "proletarian drift"

Its the tendency for fancy, expensive or upmarket styles and products to become popular with the working class or urban poor.

Bob: Yo Scribbles... You seen Peanut's new ride? I heard he replaced the vinyl on his civics seats with Burberry fabric.

Scribbles: Burberry?!! Shiiiit, Sounds like Peanut's sufferin' from Prole drift...

by 07079 October 5, 2010

gutter dog

Hot dog of dubious quality purchased from a cart vendor in seedy part of city. Composed of unknown meat and soaking in briney dawgwater for undisclosed amount of time.

<burp> That was one fine gutter dog my friend.

friend: great.... now lets get out of this neighborhood

by 07079 February 2, 2009