A deck of cards (usually an ordinary set of 52 or 54 playing cards) on which is printed the names and photos of individuals considered by the card printer to be important persons to commit to memory, to make it easier to find and capture them (or kill them).
The official military term for this is "personality identification playing cards".
For the Second Gulf War, Coalition troops were given personality identification playing cards with the names and pictures of Iraq's most wanted.
The official military term for this is "personality identification playing cards".
For the Second Gulf War, Coalition troops were given personality identification playing cards with the names and pictures of Iraq's most wanted.
I could tell the most-wanted deck I got on E-bay wasn't authentic, because while Saddam Hussein was the Ace of Spades, Tariq Aziz was the Eight of Clubs.
by MatthiasFW June 24, 2007
A list of things you're not allowed to do. Popularized by a website made by a military personnel listing all the things he was no longer allowed to do in the military.
by MatthiasFW December 24, 2007
Those ethnic groups which reside in the jurisdiction of recognized nations rather than having an independent state of their own. Fourth-world peoples are excluded from positions of power in those governments, and frequently have de facto if not de jure status as second-class citizens or worse.
by MatthiasFW June 12, 2007
A portmanteau of hype and typecast, hypecasting is where a company adopts a popular song as a theme song for its commercials, running them for so long a period of time or so frequently that whenever one hears the song, one cannot help but think of the company who co-opted it. Often the corporation will take a specific line of the song and focus on that section of the song to the exclusion of the rest of its lyrics, effectively "typecasting" the song as the theme song of said company, overruling the song's original message.
by MatthiasFW June 27, 2007
A computer application so ineptly designed that you decide you don't really need what it does, *that* badly.
I could really use a mail program, but I'm not desperate enough to get mail to want to use that piece of crudware called Microsoft Outlook.
by MatthiasFW November 27, 2005
Almost a yes, but still an answer in the negative. You really want to say 'yes', but for whatever reason you have to say 'no'.
Variants: 'nyope' and 'nyuh-uh'
Antonym: 'nyes'
Variants: 'nyope' and 'nyuh-uh'
Antonym: 'nyes'
"Hey, baby, let's get this new 40-inch widescreen television."
*sigh* "Nyope. Can't afford it right now, hon."
*sigh* "Nyope. Can't afford it right now, hon."
by MatthiasFW August 10, 2008
The seductive pose assumed by a woman who would otherwise be topless except for covering her breasts with her hands. Often used as a 'substitute' for swimwear or lingerie or in photos of topless models without too great a risk of being censored.
Can also be applied to men with manboobs who assume the same position.
Can also be applied to men with manboobs who assume the same position.
by MatthiasFW April 05, 2007