Ronestar-English Dictionary

As an homage to a certain someone turning a certain age, we thought it would be appropriate to provide a list of Ronestar's wonderfully expressive alternative lexicon. Consider it our version of urbandictionary.com, minus 'dictionary' and plus 'newspapfre.'

"carpet" = synonym for 'cart,' especially when horses are around
Example: "I was going to sign the lease before I found a job, but that would be putting the carpet before the horse."

They just installed horse-to-horse carpeting.

"escape" = to free someone
Example: "Jessi, I escaped you from Alcatraz!"

A great new show on TV.

"HD" = short for 'hippidy dippidy,' a slang term for hooking up and/or coitus
Example: "Man, I hope she gets to HD tonight with that dude."

When buying a TV from Roni, don't unintentionally buy one dedicated to showing porn.

"loser trades weapons" = description of a fair exchange at the end of a battle

This old tale would have been even more interesting had there been a rematch according to Roni's rules.

"proverb" = synonym for 'adverb'
Example: "The word 'changily' is a very useful proverb, since it can modify many different verbs."

"scrame" = irregular past tense of 'to scream'
Example: "Jen scrame so loudly that she peed her pants."

Edvard Munch's famous painting about a person who scrame.

"something" = synonym for 'nothing'
Example: "He whispered sweet somethings in her ear, but it was all in vain."

"swopen" = irregular past tense of 'to swoop'
Example: "The vultures swopen down to feast on the carcass."

A great shot of a falcon as it swopen down to catch its prey.

"Tampon University" = a school in Philadelphia, often mistakenly called "Temple University"

"tied up" = synonym for 'pregnant'
Example: "I'm sorry, she's tied up right now, so she won't be in to work."

According to Time Magazine, tying up of teenagers is a major problem in this country.

And, of course, the pièce de résistance (pretentious accents added for effect...):

"touché" = synonym for 'boo-tay'