Nupe's definitions

downshifters

People who had a good professional job and (usually) a house which had significantly increased in value - but then they realised that by selling the house and moving to another (usually rural, far cheaper) area of the country, they could 'downshift' their lives and yet still have a small fortune in the bank + less stress, less work, more time with the family, more money.

See also: downshifting.

I know a couple who downshifted from their £2.1m house in London. She was in teaching, he was an accountant. Now they run a great little art gallery during the summer in the wilds of the Derbyshire Peak District, and just make art and teach their kids for most of the year."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

petrolhead

Term of abuse used by environmentalists against car users.

"The petrolheads may soon run out of road; gridlock is certain in many areas by 2005"

by Nupe January 7, 2004

kindergoth

A Goth Girl who is under age 14. Not a label for a brain-dead follow-my-leader girl - a kindergoth does the whole Goth thing with a touch of irony yet listens to Wagner and reads Gormenghast too.

(Minor alternative use: name used by some immature 'mature' goths to deride young 'new goths'. Kindergoth is used by them as an equivalent to 'newbie' or 'plastic punk').

See also: babygoth, baby-bats, kinderwhore, pixie.

"Gloom County's resident kindergoth reads a lot of Sandman."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

Enoesque

Music which is similar to the later ambient music of British musician and all-round genius Brian Eno.

"Are Enoesque fripperies all this derivative band capable of?"

by Nupe January 6, 2004

videoblog

Weblog which consists mostly of regularly posted short compressed video-clips and text commentary.

"If you liked my old photoblog, get a load of my new videoblog! My new digicam does movies as well as pics, so I'll be blogging in video from now on!"

by Nupe January 6, 2004

babydyke

Used in most Western lesbian sub-cultures.

A lesbian girl who looks, or who actually is, younger than age 18. Babydykes are usually quite femme (ie: feminine looking & acting) but will often have short hair, and some can be baby bulldykes (ie: hyper-masculine lesbians).

"The other two dykes just came out - one is a complete babydyke, while the other has been watching and learning - she's butching up and won't be a babydyke long."

"These 'experimental' art-videos are so opaque and self-indulgent they fairly scream 'self-financed by a 15 year-old babydyke schoolgirl'".

by Nupe July 17, 2004

lurking

Term used by/of a newly decloaked lurker on a usenet newsgroup, e-mail mailing-list or web message-board.

"I've been lurking in this group for a month now, and this is my first posting."

by Nupe January 6, 2004