MsLi's definitions

beverly hillbilly

Word origin: from the old TV show, "The Beverly Hillbillies", about a family of rustic hill folk who strike oil on their land and become fabulously wealthy. They "load up the truck and move to Beverly... Hills that is, swimmin' pools, movie stars." The comedy series revolves around how out of place the family is in their mansion.

beverly hillbilly is defined as: 1) a person who is obviously out of their element; 2) a person unable to utilize an object properly, for whatever reason.

Example 1: The pampered white social worker looked like a beverly hillbilly as she climbed the rickety stairs of the tenement building to pay a call on one of her families on caseload.

Example 2: The suburban parents' poor choice of a top end camera for their 12-yr old became apparent in the casual way the boy tossed it around showed his beverly hillbillyism with it.

by MsLi December 5, 2005

heartumentary

Often seen on PBS and at film festivals, a heartumentary is a documentary with heart. More than a documentary, which chronicles data on a particular person, place, and/or thing, a heartumentary not only informs the audience but gets them actually caring about the person, place, and/or thing.

This weekend, at the local film festival, I saw an excellent heartumentary, "Plagues and Pleasures: The Salton Sea". Watching it made me care about the place and the people and animals who live there. Since The Salton Sea is in danger of extinction, it also makes me want to let others know about it.

by MsLi February 7, 2006

don't have a cow

See have a cow. "Don't have a cow" is a trademark expression for the TV series' favorite son, Bart Simpson. Bart is the typical problem child who is always testing the authority figures in his life. In contrast is the good child, Lisa Simpson, who is never a challenge to her elders -- and often fades into the woodwork because of it.

Lisa started to freak out when Bart took the bottle of rum from the cabinet, poured one cup out, then filled the bottle back up with water. Bart socked Lisa in the arm and said, "Don't have a cow!"

by MsLi January 29, 2006

SMV

Acronym for Sexual Market Value.

When a person is seen in public with an attractive and charming partner, their SMV goes up, meaning they become more attractive to other potential partners.

by MsLi January 14, 2006

low-life

Low-life is a person who has not evolved past the level of primordial ooze in the scheme of things. A low-life is an opportunist and has no guilt over doing rotten or heinous things. If they hurt the innocent or the naive of course a low-life will blame their victim for not being as low-life as they are.

Antwan is a low-life for taking advantage of lonely little teenaged girls.

by MsLi April 21, 2006

bovine delivery

Bovine delivery is a euphemism for have a cow. Everyone knows that in this day and age of the spin that every negative thing must be given a positive spin. Thanks to The Shrub and his merry band of spin doctors for making it obligatory to create a euphemism for have a cow.

When James Frey learned of the investigative expose done by The Smoking Gun he experienced bovine delivery.

by MsLi February 1, 2006

cube cruising

Similar to cube crawling, but different enough to have a distinct entry. Cube cruising is when a person spends a significant portion of the work day visiting cubes and chit-chatting about any and every thing.

Cube cruisers either have too little work to do, or they simply don't care if their low productivity causes a bottleneck in the office.

Jill began her cube cruising circuit at approximately 8:15 every morning.

by MsLi December 12, 2005