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genre twist

The "twist ending" that pervades science fiction, horror, mystery, and fantasy writing, television, or film -- basically, anything that might get the label "genre". The classic example is that Bruce Willis was dead the entire time.

Marlene: Hey, did you watch Criminal Minds last week? Jill: Yeah, but I figured out the genre twist just before they revealed the kid was the killer. Marlene: I got it before the end of the second commercial break.

by Yet Another Josh Cohen April 27, 2009

pancake

1. Comedian Mitch Hedberg refered to "pancaking" as starting out strong, but then halfway through your act, the audience is sick of you. Kind of like when you eat a lot of pancakes; they're great at first, but by the end you're like "jeez, that's too much". 2. Street for "crack". (See Family Guy)

1. Most "featured" comedians -- not headliners, but the people who come before them -- pancake halfway through their act. 2. "Pancakes." -Stewie

by Yet Another Josh Cohen August 23, 2006

prius tetris

When driving a Prius, you can view a bar-graph of your fuel consumption over the past 30 minutes. A "prius tetris" is when you go five consecutive minutes (or more) at 99.9 miles per gallon. This shows on your bar-graph as a long, straight bar, similar to the four-high bars in Tetris.

No wonder you don't need any gas! You're always getting a prius tetris!

by Yet Another Josh Cohen March 10, 2009

manage expectations

corporate doublespeak for "we don't want to do our best, so let's make sure people think we're doing our best without revealing that we're not doing our best" -- anything in which you have to "manage expectations" means you could probably devote more time and effort to making things better, but you just don't feel like it

Marketing has to manage expectations of our new software package so that the boss doesn't make us do any more work.

by Yet Another Josh Cohen January 12, 2007

fuckerware party

A party, usually attended by women or couples (but almost never just by men, and single men are almost never invited unless they're of the homosexual occasion). It is held at one person's house. That person may or may not be the host. Whomever the host actually is will come to the party with several large plastic bins filled with sex toys, lingerie, lubricants, and oils. Kind of like a Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple, or Tupperware party.

Ever since my wife came home with all that stuff from the fuckerware party, she hasn't had sex with me.

by Yet Another Josh Cohen February 27, 2006

noodle incident

Something that happened in the past. No one talks about it, no one knows exactly what it was. But everyone agrees that it was something embarassing or bad. From "Calvin and Hobbes".

(At a 20-year High School Reunion) Wife: Why is everyone looking at you funny? Husband: They must not have forgotten the noodle incident. Wife: You never told me about that. What was it? Husband: ... ... it was... the noodle incident. (looks away shamefully) Wife: (goes off to find someone to explain this to her)

by Yet Another Josh Cohen September 22, 2006

ass-to-pants ratio

The percentage number that indicates how nice someone's ass looks inside their pants, shorts, bathing suit, skirt, dress, or underwear. The closer to 100%, the better that ass looks. May be abbreviated as ATP.

"Denise always buys the pants that make her butt look perfect. Every day, she's got a 100% ass-to-pants ratio."

by Yet Another Josh Cohen November 13, 2007