Cosmo's definitions

pinwheel of death

When one is using Macintosh OS X, and the computer crashes by turning the cursor into a pinwheel and not letting you do anything. SImilar to the Blue Screen of death from the old Windows NT days, but, like many Apple products, cuter and more friendly looking.

"Whoops! I tried to open two programs at once on this iMac with the stock 256mb of RAM. Now the keyboard and mouse button aren't working."

"Yup. Looks like you got the old pinwheel of death."

by cosmo October 23, 2005

Janey

A novice female, generally one from the city attempting an outdoor sport. A female Joey. Generally not used as an adjective, though.

Originates with people from the greater Boston or NYC areas traveling to ski resorts in northern New England or Upstate NY, and shouting things like "Hey, Janey! Janey, hit the jump!" to each other, when they clearly have no idea what they're doing.

"Look at that freakin' Janey. I saw her out skiing this morning and she didn't make it off the Green lift once."

by Cosmo October 4, 2005

GFEMP

an acronym (pronounced as a single syllable) for "Gently Flicking the End of My Penis". It can generally be exchanged in place of "joking" or "kidding" to impart a sense of incredulity.

Kevin: Dude, lemme buy you a beer?
Chris: Serious? You're not GFEMP, are you?
Kevin: Yeah, you got me...

by Cosmo July 26, 2006

foo-foo dust

(syn foo foo dust, fu fu dust, fu-fu dust)
A non-existant magical dust, used as a metaphor for whatever the hell it is that keeps desireable men in relationships with apprently undesirable women. Probably derived from foo foo or fu fu (the two are synonymous by synecdoche), though the nonsensical nature of the term probably implies that the term could have easily arisen "a tempore."

"Dude, Ben has been dating her for a long time but she is totally lame."

"Yeah, he's totally doped up on her foo-foo dust"

by cosmo July 20, 2004

SUV Democrat

A fairly wealthy person with Democratic (as opposed to Republican) political leanings. Often carries the connotation that their lifetsyle is not entirely in sync with the philosophy of their politics. Found in high concentrations around Aspen, Colorado and Berkeley, California.

Dick: "Look at that! Another GMC Envoy with a Kerry/Edwards bumpersticker."

Jane: "Looks like another SUV Democrat."

by Cosmo August 1, 2005

Bop-type Refrain

An extremely esoteric nickname for cocaine. In the original lyrics to the Cole Porter classic showtune "I Get a Kick Out of You", the second verse begins is "Some get a kick from cocaine". As the years passed, that was changed to "Some like the bop-type refrain" so kids could continue to put on "Anything Goes" as a high-school musical.

People aware of this, wanting to demonstrate their cultural refinement and speak about cocaine, all while avoiding eavesdroppers and self-incrimination, replace the technical name of their drug of choice with "Bop-type Refrain" (or simply "Bop-type", though the later option brings with it a tremendous risk of losing your audience.)

Chris: I'm sick of referring to cocaine as "yatch". It's gone too mainstream.
Kevin: How about "Bop-type Refrain"?
Chris: What the - oh, I get it. I didn't know you were a devotee of musical theater.
Kevin: Eh, I know the Sinatra version.

by Cosmo July 25, 2006

Clintonian Virgin

A man or woman who claims to be a virgin, on the grounds that they've never engaged in vaginal intercourse. This is in spite of having had a great number of what Kenneth Starr would consider "sexual partners".

As opposed to technical virgin, which carries no overt implication of promiscuity, association with Bill Clinton's reputedly expansive sexual conquests makes the Clintonian Virgin something of a slut or man-whore.

Chris: Hey, did you know that chick's never had sex before?

Kevin: Yeah, but she's been around. And around. And around.

Chris: Ah - a true Clintonian Virgin.

by Cosmo March 23, 2007