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WORD OF THE WEEK
Saturday February 18
Saturday February 11
Saturday February 4
consanguineous,
Of the same blood; related by birth - descended from the same parent or
ancestor; a term to describe the brilliance of Room680’s Kon Giahos; a chemical
that reacts explosively with fabric, often causing spontaneous combustion; a
stern look of disapproval and disgust e.g. when learning of Brian’s addiction to
drinking orange juice directly from the two liter bottle, Debra looked at him
across the kitchen with consanguineous eyes; a small organ found only within
hummingbirds – located in the abdomen, to the right of the liver.
Saturday January 28
Predilection
n. pl. preh-d'l-EK-shuhn; predisposition to choose or like; an established
preferences; something that happens before a dilection; the anthropological term
for the evolution of binary cells within large mammals with liver disease e.g.
the predilection within the walrus lead to its’ unfortunate contraction of
further internal, fatal complications; the Spanish name for the Arnold
Schwarzenegger movie ‘The Predator’; the inability to speak words backwards; a
retail decision that is based entirely on the colour of products; descriptive
term for the ages in history before mankind could communicate via speech.
Saturday January 21
Quondom n.
pl. v kwon-dom A form of quontraception and birth quontrol; pestilent mouse-like
animal that burrows enormous holes with its elongated snout; a traditional
African soup, made from simmering water and tree roots; outlawed martial art
from remote regions of Kotakinabalu; having been formerly; former; sometime.
Saturday January 14
TIEFSCHWARZ
n. pl. v Teef-shwort-z A medical
condition which involves the blackening in colour of one’s teeth; a common
variety of provincial rabbit sausage – usually served cold with a refreshing
wheat beer and found in depressing villages across Europe; one of Planet Earth’s
biggest dance music acts, comprising the Schwarz brothers – known for rocking
the very socks off dancefloors from Ibiza to Shanghai … and now Melbourne
clubbing institution, Room680.
Saturday December 17
Frankincense
Pronunciation n. pl. v. Fran-Kin-Sens The
thing that the Three Wise Men gave the little baby Jesus, that wasn’t Mir or
Gold; a hybrid international currency that is used throughout France and the
United States: ‘franc’ is French, ‘cents’ is American; a common aromatic incense
from India that was named after a famous English missionary in nineteenth
century, Frank, who taught many blind people in tiny villages to ‘see’, and
spread a recipe for scones throughout the South Eastern regions of the exotic
continent that is still used today; a word that you will never use unless you
are involved in a Christmas nativity pageant; a polite way of saying ‘fuck’:
e.g. ‘What the Frankincense are you doing?’ or ‘I don’t give a Frankincense what
you think, mate’, or ‘Go Frankincense yourself!’
Saturday December 10
Scratch
n. pl. v. Skrat-shhhh. To use the
nails or claws to dig, scrape, or dent vinyl records; To rub or scrape the skin
to relieve itching, after a tragic accident involving toxic plants; To make a
wicked scraping sound on a Technics 1200 turntable; To gather funds or produce a
living with difficulty; To make a thin shallow cut or mark on (a surface) with a
sharp instrument; To scrape or strike on a vinyl or Compact Disc surface; To
write or draw (something) by scraping a surface: scratched their initials on a
school desk; One of Ivan Gough’s greatest skills.
Saturday December 3
Hero ( n.
pl. v. HEE-ROW In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestry, who is
endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold vinyl exploits,
and favored by the dance music gods; A person noted for feats of courage or
nobility of CDJ purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her
life: DJ’s who are heroes in the dance music war; A person noted for special
achievement in a particular field: the heroes of Volume; The principal male
character in a novel, poem, dramatic presentation, or throbbing Melbourne main
room.
Saturday November 26
Orbitaln.
pl. v. phonetic: ore-bee-tahl The wave function of an electron in an atom or
molecule, indicating the electron's probable location; adj 1: of or relating to
an orbit; "orbital revolution"; "orbital velocity" 2: of or relating to the eye
socket; "orbital scale"; "orbital arch"; one of the most prodigious and
influential dance music acts in the history of the sub-culture – i.e. The same
one that Phil Hartnoll is one half of.
Saturday November 19
Pide () Pronunciation n. pl. v. phonetic:
PI-DAY … A common staple Turkish food that can be found in deli’s and
switched-on cafes all over the country; quite often referred to as ‘Turkish
Pizza’ in touristy areas - but that doesn't really do it justice: in fact, it’s
like calling Pete Tong ‘some DJ’; Pide is a long thin banana shaped bread,
rolled with some skill from a very small ball of dough - the bread is then
covered with an array of toppings and slammed into a large, solid fuel-burning
oven (for about 10 minutes); The average cost of a cooked pide is $2, although
some establishments have been known to sell them for over $12; eg. That pide was
delicious; that pide was cheap and tasty; ‘that pide really hit the spot, I wish
I’d known about them a bit earlier on’.
Saturday November 12
Scorpio n. pl. v A thoughtful, caring and
delicately beautiful person who is as rich in spirit and integrity as they are
in ravishing good looks; The only star sign to be if you’re serious about
hooking up with the best girls and guys that the rest of the Horoscope chart has
to offer; Dave, Alison, and Harley; An abbreviation of the word ‘scorpion’ – the
letter missing is the ‘n’, which 15th century Peruvian legend suggests might be
the result of ‘n’ being decreed a ‘letter of the Devil’ by a highly influential
band of visiting missionaries (in large hats); a kick ass character in the
iconic 1990’s video game, Mortal Kombat – eg. The fat kid I challenged at
Timezone picked Sub-Zero, but I kicked kiss his ass using Scorpio’s fiery
harpoon of unsacred death.
Saturday November 5
Proactive Pronunciation n. pl. v.
adj 1: descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on
events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently; "proactive inhibition";
"proactive interference", “proactive choons”, “proactive rocking with ones hands
in the air” 2: (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by
causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it
happens eg. Ivan Gough proactively took Volume’s main floor on the musical ride
of their lives.
Saturday October 29
Biggest
Pronunciation pl. v. Of considerable
size, number, quantity, magnitude, or extent; large: eg. Volume is Melbourne’s
biggest club night; Of great force – eg. the choons at Volume are big!; strong;
Having or exercising considerable authority, control, or influence:
a big club like Room and a big club night like Volume; Of great
significance; momentous: a big decision; a big victory; Loud and
firm; resounding: the big sound, the big Volume sound.
Saturday October 22
Black
n. pl. v. adj Being of the color
black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no
predominant hue; Having little or no light:
a black, moonless night
; Very dark in color:
rich black soil; black, wavy hair;
Soiled, as from soot; dirty:
feet black from playing outdoors;
Evil; wicked:
the pirates' black
deeds;
the walls at Room680 are black; the ceiling at Room680 is black; the floor at
Room680 is black, too; in fact, next week, everything (including the drinks, the
lights and the Bedroom) will be 100% black.
Saturday October 15
Rad
n.
pl. v. adj. A unit of energy absorbed from ionizing
radiation, equal to 100 ergs per gram or 0.01 joules per kilogram of irradiated
material. It has been replaced as a standard scientific unit by the gray.
Slang: Excellent; wonderful; Volume was totally rad on Saturday night;
Often used in conjunction with other terms like ‘dude’, and ‘man’, or both:
Dude, Andy J’s set at Volume last week was totally rad,
man OR Man, did you see Ivan Gough’s rad set at Room680 on the weekend? It was
totally rad, dude.’
Saturday October 8
Parrot n. pl.
v. Any of numerous tropical and semitropical birds of the order
Psittaciformes, characterized by a short hooked bill, brightly colored plumage,
and, in some species, the ability to mimic human speech, rocking House choons,
filthy writhing Electro, or hands-in-the-air Club bombs; One who imitates the
words or actions of another, especially without understanding them: tr.v.
par·rot·ed, par·rot·ing, par·rots; To repeat or imitate,
especially without understanding; the primary device for Volume’s Spring
campaign; to be drunk and carefree: he/she was as pissed as a parrot, but was
oblivious to his/her inebriated state.
Saturday October 1
Spring
n.
pl. v. An elastic device, such as a piece of DJ only vinyl, that
regains its original shape after being compressed or extended; An actuating
force or factor; a motive; Energetic bounce: a spring to Volume’s step;
The act or an instance of jumping or leaping in the Main Room or Beat
Suite; The season of the year, occurring between winter and summer, during which
the weather becomes warmer, plants revive, and Volume goes off like a frog in a
sock every Saturday night as Melbourne’s exclusive clubbing faithful return in
full flight - extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the vernal equinox to
the summer solstice and popularly considered to comprise March, April, and May;
A time of growth and renewal for birds, bees, flowers, trees, and clubbers
Saturday September 24
Tilt
v. To cause to rock, as by raising the low
end or tweaking the beats; incline:
tilt your head backwards and enjoy
the choons; to charge (an opponent)
with musical force; attack; to favor one DJ over another in a club; lean: “His
choons tilt unmistakably to the House position”; the act of tilting or the
condition of being completely and utterly tilted at Melbourne’s biggest club
night
Saturday September 17
Kingsize
Pronunciation or King-sized Larger or longer than the
usual or standard size beats and peaks: a king-size DJ with king size choons;
king-size vibes; very large in musical scope or intensity: a king-size set;
measuring about 132 BPM by 80 inch; used of a Meat Katie; being of a size that
will fit such a DJ: king-size Melbourne main room..
Saturday September 10
Bomb
( n.
pl. v. An explosive dance music weapon detonated by impact,
proximity to an object, CDJ, 1200 mechanism, or other means; a House or Electro
bomb. Used with the; any of various main floor weapons detonated to
release infectious material, such as beats or sexy vocals; A vinyl vessel for
storing compressed and devastating entertainment.
Saturday September 3
School
pl. v.
1. 1. The large building filled with bossy people and blackboards that
you went to for 12 years of your life.
2. Lots of fish swimming together. Lots and lots and lots of them,
actually.
3. To teach someone something: e.g. “I’m going to school your ass in
Mortal Kombat”.
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