January 27, 2004

Meatspace

# The desert of the real. # The plane upon which corporeal nuisances are encountered. # "A somewhat tongue-in-cheek term used in opposition to the term CyberSpace" - Meatball Wiki See also under: real life meet´spays Etymology: According to Word Spy, first used in the "Austin Cyberspace Journal Newsletter". Although it is the spiritual descendant of the ontological attitudes prevalent in works from early cyberpunk such as William Gibson's Neuromancer.
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January 11, 2004

Michael Bolton

  1. To attempt an endeavour by relying purely upon blood-curdling effort rather than a practice of genuine talent.
  2. A brute-force approach to art.
  3. An act of sonic cruelty. Usually accompanied by a gruesome bulging of veins in the forehead and an amusing--were it not foremost so pitiful--necessity to employ a scraggly mullet as an elaborate combover.

mic·hael·bol·ton
Derived Forms: Michael Bolton, n. | Michael Boltonesque adj.
Etymology: Have you ever seen the music video to When a Man Loves a Woman?

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