Joe Iron's definitions

Boulevard House

This definition dating from the jazz age is a house on the major street where all the action is. People living there would near fine restaurants, live music and nightclubs. Out your window you would see people wearing their sunday best as they walked down the boulevard.

Life was never better than when we lived at the boulevard house.

One thing I miss about the boulevard house is looking out the window and seeing all those people dressed to the nines.

by Joe Iron February 23, 2008

slushing

Since the 1970s, this was driving a car with wide tires in the centerlane after a snow storm. The centerlane was usually not plowed. This resulted in slush being sprayed into the oncoming traffic.

We went slushing in the delta last night.

I tried going slushing in a honda but the tires weren't wide enough to do any good.

by Joe Iron March 25, 2008

Imam

A prophet or mentor to young males. Typically a male a few years older than the youth he mentors. Usually, he has his own place, a "real job" and a live-in girlfreind.

Kids today have MTV to show them how to be men, all we had was Imam and Buddy.

by Joe Iron June 8, 2007

ExplodingMan

A nickname used by the youth of Whiting, IN for the wild celebrations of Independence Day. It's similar toBurningMan's tribal and primitive feel. Northwest Indiana's fourth of July celebrations were documented in the movie The Fourth of July and Other Disasters.

Yeah, let's go to ExplodingMan.

I went to ExplodingMan last year but I got to work this year.

by Joe Iron August 13, 2007

Citizen

A type of men's haircut that is done to make the person look like an upstanding member of the community. The haircut is short, above the ears and off the collar.

Customer: Hey give me a citizen, I got a court date.
Barber: Will do, we'll get you off.

by Joe Iron May 17, 2007

Log Off the Internet Day

Log Off the Internet Day was started by a group of activists and thinkers in 1999 to make the public aware of the impacting is making on real life communities. Log Off the Internet Day is celebrated on the first Saturday after the start of summer in your hemisphere on which you are supposed to stay off the internet. No email, chat, IMs, gameplaying or surfing. A time to go to a movie, see some friends, ride a bike, be with your family.

I totally celebrated Log Off the Internet Day and went for a bike ride.

My second life wife got mad because I spent some time with my first life wife on Log Off the Internet Day.

by Joe Iron August 22, 2007

Elvis in the bathroom

To die in the bathroom, usually the result of a life of long term excess.

Another supermodel did an Elvis in the bathroom.

Crazy Bob did too many ludes, lucky I walked in on him or he would have done an Elvis in the bathroom.

by Joe Iron January 21, 2008