giraffe-o's definitions

newscandy

Insufficient morsels of news meted out by journalists of TV and radio. Often simply a headline and one paragraph's worth word-count, so that they can pile on as many little anecdotes as possible between traffic reports, witty banter, and advertisements, and repeat them every half hour for the short-attention span crowd.

Watching CNN Headline News is pretty much just getting newscandy.

by giraffe-o May 18, 2006

stupetetive

Repeating an action or series of actions in the same manner which has failed in the past, and not learning from any stupid mistakes.

Damn, they're making the same mistakes they made last year, that's just stupetetive.

by giraffe-o July 22, 2010

danish giraffe

A person you are utterly dismissive, disrespectful, of scornful of, to the point you don't care if they live or are killed for being 'genetically unsuitable'. References the Copenhagen Zoo's controversial practice of culling their stable of healthy giraffes, by slaughtering them in front of schoolchildren.

Damn, son - you're a cold-hearted S.O.B., dissing your bae like a danish giraffe.

by giraffe-o February 27, 2017

Carolina French Toast

The act of preparing for natural disasters by stocking up on milk, eggs, and bread.

Must be a hurricane soon, everyone's shopping cart is full up with milk, eggs, and bread... must be making Carolina French Toast.

by giraffe-o August 30, 2011

corporatelalia

Obtuse, vague, and confusing verbiage crapped out in official documents by corporations and their lawyers. Meant to mislead and confuse, and to promote a prescribed company line. Also see corporatespeak, legalese, and marketing.

That memo e-mailed out by HR this morning was so full of corporatelalia, I don't know what the hell is going on at this office.

by giraffe-o May 23, 2007

ham sandwich

slang in police lexicon, meaning an untainted handgun a corrupt cop will have ready to plant on a suspect they've shot. Prevalent in New Orleans culture, during the militant state in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (seen on PBS' Frontline)

My partner used to carry around a ham sandwich to pin on some poor fucker they might shoot down.

by giraffe-o August 26, 2010

roadtrip leapfrog

On a driving trip - continually passing or getting passed by the same cars.

I limit the pitstops I take when I'm on a long drive, so I don't have to keep playing roadtrip leapfrog with the same douchebag drivers.

by giraffe-o September 2, 2014