396 definitions by Downstrike
A little, five-year-old Cuban boy who made headlines in 1999 by surviving the trip to Florida from Cuba in an inner tube. His mother died to get him to Florida, but she made the mistake of naming him a name that sounded far too much like the word, alien in English, and having him fathered by a man who would have nothing to do with Elián until being Elián's father was suddenly very patriotic.
If Elián González wasn't named a name that sounds like alien in English, maybe the feds wouldn't have been so obsessed with sending him home, or scared him into going back to Cuba by shoving an assault rifle in his face.
by Downstrike August 15, 2006
A Progressive Rock band that is typically stereotyped by one of their albums that someone once listened to, when in fact some of their albums started whole new genres of music.
Listen to Pink Floyd on Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Wish You Were Here and see if you don't hear the foreplay, conception, and birth of New Age Music.
by Downstrike May 29, 2004
1. A religious custom. (See customs.)
2. An action repeated on a schedule.
3. A repetitive action motivated by a compulsion.
2. An action repeated on a schedule.
3. A repetitive action motivated by a compulsion.
1. Judaism requires adherents to wash their hands as a ritual.
2. Employees are scheduled to wash their hands before returning to work.
3. Psychological compulsion may cause ritual hand-washing.
2. Employees are scheduled to wash their hands before returning to work.
3. Psychological compulsion may cause ritual hand-washing.
by Downstrike May 26, 2004
1. Stuff, things, items, objects, tools, geegaws, whachamacallits, thingamajigs, dofunnies, hinktybobbles, accoutrements, trinkets, accesories, clutter, flotsam, jetsam, literature, gadgets, nicknacks, paddy-whacks, and dogs to give bones to.
2. Items one uses to accomplish a task.
3. Tools of a trade.
4. Anything used to assist in ingesting illegal narcotics of any kind.
2. Items one uses to accomplish a task.
3. Tools of a trade.
4. Anything used to assist in ingesting illegal narcotics of any kind.
1. I don't want any of your paraphernalia!
4. They got busted for manufacturing paraphernalia, man! (A common refrain around Arcata, CA.)
4. They got busted for manufacturing paraphernalia, man! (A common refrain around Arcata, CA.)
by Downstrike May 25, 2004