Word of the Day: Pompamullet

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

pompamullet (n.): a hairstyle that crosses a pompadour with a mullet, featuring both a puffy, up-swept front and a longer, shaggy back Three weeks or so ago, good friend and Action Painters keyboardist Allison cut my hair and did a spectacular job with it, transforming it from full-on shitshow hebro to hot’n’sexy young Elvis messiness. [...]


Word of the Day: Anachronism

Monday, May 7th, 2007

anachronism (n.): a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially one from a former age that is incongruous in the present What the fuck is up with Dagwood Bumstead’s business tuxedo, featuring one yellow button the size of his belt buckle right in front of his solar plexus? This is a [...]


Word of the Day: Autobiography

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

autobiography (n.): the biography of a person narrated by him- or herself With the recent advent of social networking sites (recent compared to, say, the Protestant Reformation or the Punic Wars), self-description has become a literary form for the masses in a way that I think may be unique in history. People have kept diaries [...]