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Topic: Verbs and nouns inspired by prog?
Posted By: Luca Pacchiarini
Subject: Verbs and nouns inspired by prog?
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 06:11

Are there any verbs or nouns inspired by progressive rock?

Like, for example
 
 
to ozric -  (verb) - wandering in an altered mental state, gazing at things with big eyes
example: After drinking ten bottles of Corona at the pub, me and my mate slowly ozriced home
 
to tarkus - (verb) - to destroy an object completely, as if it had been ran over by said creature
example: My car got tarkused by a truck this morning, it was completely destroyed
 
muir - (noun) - (informal) a weird and enigmatic person who suddenly disappears in mysterious circumstances
example: Your cousin's really a muir, he left the birthday party without telling anyone 
 
to emerson - (verb) - to show great ability and dexterity to please a crowd   
example: The football player emersoned the spectators scoring with impressive tricks and numbers, however, five minutes later the defender broke him a leg as revenge
 
to kaye - (verb) - to fire someone out of a project with no apparent reason
example: James got kayed out of the company by his boss, he has no money to feed his ten children now
 
mellotron - (noun) - (1) (referred to an object) an useful and fascinating item that often breaks in the worst possible moment, usually in front of large crowds (2) (referred to a sportsman) a talented football player who is often injured  
example: That car's really a mellotron, I was impressing a hot girl with it, with when the engine broke making me a fool in front of her
 
shulman - (noun) - A person who masters every kind of tool and/or instrument
example: Your uncle is really a shulman, he can use any kind of jackhammer, anvil and chisel
 
to prog - (verb) - To make things unnecessairily complicated and long
example: The owner of the house wanted a simple project, but architect progged it, making the work long and expensive



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Posted By: Luca Pacchiarini
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 13:34

anyone has other suggestions?



Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 13:42
Wyatting...oh wait, that one's http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wyatting - taken .  Wink




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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 13:47
to luca - (herb) to confuse the hell out of people
example: I'm off to the PA forum to luca an Admin with a new game.
 
Wink


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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 14:31
^ Herb??? But I take a hint! Now I’m going to the beautiful Symi Island, so no more stupid posts from me for a week. I will try to make a more serious thread after my return (I have an idea).

But for this one: LOLLOLLOL

Not easy to play along, but I will try:

to fripp – (verb) – to be overly controlling
example: I really had to quit my job. The manager was fripping me all the time.
(etomology unknown, maybe related to frippery)


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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 15:14
Okay.

rabin (v) - to ruin something by salvaging it
That computer technician totally rabined my computer- sure he got it working again, but now it doesn't play any of my favorite games as well as it used to.


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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 15:59
to dennerlein: doing something totally different with hands and feet at the same time. example: anyone who tap-dances and threads a needle at the same time is dennerleining

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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 16:33
jon (adj) - a contrived incomprehensiblity
example: That's a complete jon phrase, I have no idea what you mean but it sounds really clever.
 
portnoy (v) - the art of repeatedly adding decoration to something until the original article is unrecognisible.
example: you've put some much tinsel on that tree it's not green anymore - you've totally portnoyed it.
 
eno (n) - a person who creates pointless inventions that no one wanted or needed; the object he invented by an eno.
example: (1) Why would I want peanut butter scented window cleaner? You're an eno. (2) that chocolate teapot is an utter eno.
 
others that I can't think of examples for:
 
damian (v) - to leave a group and then rejoin several years later (also known as doing a gillan)
wilson (n) - someone involved in dozens of projects without looking over-exposed.
pallas (n) - a running gag with no punchline.
ozzy (v) - to be famous without anyone knowing exactly why.
fruupp (n) - (1) always the bridesmaid; (2) a perpetual support act.
 
 
 
 
this one's real - I think I read it in Sounds or NME in the 80s...
gabriel (v) - leave a band to go solo.
example: see that Fish - he's done a gabriel.
 
similar to...
collins (v) - replace the singer in a band and scare off the original fanbase
example: I see H has done a collins.
 


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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 18:29
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

this one's real - I think I read it in Sounds or NME in the 80s...
gabriel (v) - leave a band to go solo.
example: see that Fish - he's done a gabriel.
 

then "to hammill" must mean "pursuing an extensive solo career while remaining in the band"
to neumeier: wearing silly costumes on stage, hopping around and hitting anything within reach with drumsticks


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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta


Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 18:32
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

this one's real - I think I read it in Sounds or NME in the 80s...
gabriel (v) - leave a band to go solo.
example: see that Fish - he's done a gabriel.
 

then "to hammill" must mean "pursuing an extensive solo career while remaining in the band"
to neumeier: wearing silly costumes on stage, hopping around and hitting anything within reach with drumsticks
related term is to nik (v) wearing silly costumes on stage, hopping around and hitting anything within reach with a saxophone


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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 21:58
I would literally murder anyone who used any of these in real life


Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 23:22
Originally posted by Leningrad Leningrad wrote:

I would literally murder anyone who used any of these in real life
Literally?

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if you own a sodastream i hate you


Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: August 25 2009 at 01:07
like 100% for reals


Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: August 25 2009 at 01:07
I would hunt them


Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: August 25 2009 at 02:16
What about anything that includes the phrase "Kobaia iss de hundin"?


Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 25 2009 at 02:25
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

eno (n) - a person who creates pointless inventions that no one wanted or needed; the object he invented by an eno.
example: (1) Why would I want peanut butter scented window cleaner? You're an eno. (2) that chocolate teapot is an utter eno.
 

You know I love Eno? eno? enough?  But that was really funny. LOL

Speaking of pointless eno inventions you must get 77 Million Paintings.  I may have actually overrated it.


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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 25 2009 at 02:30
Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

What about anything that includes the phrase "Kobaia iss de hundin"?
 
I guess that this is a phrase on its own. Maybe we can do something with the words "Kobaia(n)" and "hundin", but I don't know what.
 
Anyway, I have another word:
 
vander (n): The constant factor in an ever-changing line-up


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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 25 2009 at 03:29
Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

What about anything that includes the phrase "Kobaia iss de hundin"?
 
I guess that this is a phrase on its own. Maybe we can do something with the words "Kobaia(n)" and "hundin", but I don't know what.
 
Anyway, I have another word:
 
vander (n): The constant factor in an ever-changing line-up

it is, of course, "Hündin" and not "hundin". actually this is quite funny for anyone who speaks German, because "Hündin" is the German word for a female dog LOL


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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta


Posted By: Hyardacil
Date Posted: August 25 2009 at 04:05
To the original post -

You gotta know this though.
Tarkus means wisdom in Estonian.

heh. Tarkused. Pretty funny result.


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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 25 2009 at 04:06
myung (adj) - something that is seen but never heard
example: there is only one myung animal on earth, and that's a giraffe
 
hetfield (v) - that act of adding a superfluous "-ah" sound at the end of every sentence-ah.
 
elp (v) - the act of being remembered more for the worse thing you did. (see lovebeach).
 
magmanite (n) - a vegetarian sandwich paste that is the by-product of attempting a fusion of too many disparate styles of music (a process known as zeuhling), it is sold with the advertising slogan "Love it or hate it."
 


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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 25 2009 at 04:23
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

What about anything that includes the phrase "Kobaia iss de hundin"?
 
I guess that this is a phrase on its own. Maybe we can do something with the words "Kobaia(n)" and "hundin", but I don't know what.
 
Anyway, I have another word:
 
vander (n): The constant factor in an ever-changing line-up

it is, of course, "Hündin" and not "hundin". actually this is quite funny for anyone who speaks German, because "Hündin" is the German word for a female dog LOL
 
Thanks for the hint! Now we have it:
 
Hündin (n): A female singer in a Krautrock band whose vocals sound more or less like barking LOL.
Often erroneously spelled as hundin.


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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 25 2009 at 04:26
Lucky-manned, as in  "Boy they really lucky-manned that song to death."





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