Karen Stickney's definitions

purist

someone who expects everything to be exactly like the thing they like; doesn't believe in watered-down versions of such things

A country purist expects all country music to be honky-tonk and feeling sorry for yourself. A punk purist expects all punk to anarchist and government-hating. A metal purist expects all metal to be about fantasy things like dragons and knights, or about sex, drugs, and rock and roll and have instrumental solos. An R&B purist expects all R&B to have horns in the music. A rap/hip hop purist expects all rap/hip hop to have swearing and bragging. A jazz purist expects all jazz to be instrumental only. A pop purist expects all pop to be like the teen pop of the 1980s and 1990s. A folk/ singer/songwriter purist expects all folk/singer/songwriter albums to just the singer's voice and either an acoustic guitar, a piano, or all three of these.

by Karen Stickney December 11, 2008

weird

1) Out of the ordinary

2) Unconventional

Eric says I listen to weird music. Did he mean it as a compliment or as an insult?

Hey Mike, if Eric heard the Seven Mary Three song "Times Like These", he'd think you listen to weirder music than he said about me.

by Karen Stickney July 30, 2008

sexual

the majority of Urban Dictionary's definitions

Every time I've looked up food phrases on Urban Dictionary, they've all had sexual definitions.

by Karen Stickney December 9, 2008

masturbation, booze, and madonna

the 1990s version of "Sex, drugs, and rock n roll"

I was reading the book Reviving Ophelia and Gail, one of Mary Pipher's patients, said that the phrase "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll" had been changed to "masturbation, booze, and Madonna". Wow.

by Karen Stickney November 11, 2008

cold turkey

to break a habit without any processes

Joe used to smoke, but he quit cold turkey and hasn't gone back to it since. He is living proof that going cold turkey can be successful, especially if you don't do your bad habit very often. He only smoked his cloves 3-4 times a week.

by Karen Stickney August 6, 2006

no-win situation

a situation where the parties hate a person regardless if they are happy or sad

Emo-haters are a definite example of a no-win situation. They hate when the artist is sad, and they hate when the artist is happy. Get over on hating on an artist who decides to sing about life's imperfections; if they sang about how happy they were, you'd hate that, too.

by Karen Stickney August 17, 2006

powdery sticky rain

Snow in the off-season

1)The weather said we're supposed to get powdery sticky rain showers next Thursday.

2) I call snow "powdery sticky rain" in the off-season because in my mind, snow only falls in the wintertime. In the other seasons, it's not supposed to be here, so I call it that.

by Karen Stickney December 24, 2008