aleclair's definitions

qat

A sort of shrub in the Middle East... also the essential word for Scrabble players.

I have a Q but no U, so I'm going to put down the word "qat". Challenge me all you want; it's a real word!!

by aleclair July 1, 2005

iamb

In poetry, a Metrical Foot that has an unstressed (short) syllable followed by a long (stressed) syllable.

An iamb, when diagrammed, looks somewhat like this: ^ '

Iambic Pentameter is an iambic verse used by Shakespeare, his colleagues and imitators, and by countless romantic poets throughout the ages.

A Poem about Poetry in Iambic Tetrameter

The Iamb! the Trochee! can't you see
they're different kinds of poetry
Oh no, you say, they're types of verse.
So I was cursed until the end
Oh, God! Oh, Friend, can you help me
Release myself from agony?

by aleclair January 24, 2006

trash gnome

The trash gnome is the selected person, out of a group that sits together for lunch, that throws everyone's trash away. Currently an in-joke between a few people... you know who you are.

The position of Trash Gnome should be considered as a trade-off; you have the Holy Privelege of eating lunch with us (although we hate you!) provided that you throw out all our trash.

Also known as Trash Fairy, Trash Elf, Trash Nazi.

Me: Shivam, YOU'RE the trash gnome! <a strong-handed push of the large trash can commonly found in our school>

Him: No, I don't want to be the trash gnome <push of trash can back to me> - now give me a dollar or you get ketchup all over yourself.

by aleclair April 17, 2006

love

An overrated, possibly nonexistent, feeling. Associated with losing all logic and sanity.

Julius must love that girl, because he's acting all rude and offensive on me, as if I'm going to take her away.

by aleclair February 25, 2007

Spoon

Possibly the best band to come out of Texas. It consists of Britt Daniel (vocals, piano, etc.), Jim Eno (drums), and various temporary members. Elektra records had them for a while, but Merge records signed them after being dropped.

Music Lover: Hey - you should pick up "Kill the Moonlight" by Spoon.

Indie Snob: Don't even talk about a band as mainstream as Spoon in my presence.

Music Lover: So what they're in Time magazine! They're still good!

Indie Snob: (groans) ok... fine... (immediately gets addicted)

by aleclair July 22, 2005

lacrosse

Lacrosse is a trendy sport that seems to have been idolized by many in the past 5 years. It appears to be a rather preppy sport, although I am not the best judge for that.

1)Honestly, I first heard of Lacrosse two years ago, when someone in my social studies class made a Lacrosse stick as part of a Native American research project.

2)The preppily-dressed senior had to go to her Honda to retrieve the lacrosse stick she forgot.

by aleclair April 15, 2006

Conjugate

The hard part about learning a new language. Conjugating the verb is changing the end of the verb so it fits the tense (past or present?), number (singular or plural?), person (1st, 2nd, 3rd?), and many other fancy grammatical aspects (perfect, imperfect?) of the rest of the sentence.

In German class, Brandon had to conjugate the verb machen:

Ich mache der kase.
Du machst der kase.
Er macht der kase.
Wir machen der kase.
Ihr macht der kase.
Sie machen der kase.

He was exhausted by the end of class.

by aleclair December 28, 2005