Monday, January 22, 2007
Xyster
A xyster is pretty frightening. It's a surgical instrument for scraping bones. All the nurse and doctor bloggers out there would have known that one, of course. "Pass the xyster, nurse." "Of course, doctor. Right away." The thought of scraping bones is one I've decided not to dwell on, though. One of the reasons I wasn't keen to follow a career in medicine. I really liked Shari's meaning and it was the favourite on the poll too, so there you go. Full points to you, Shari.
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I think it's someone who makes a song and dance of traveling up and down both axes, weaving ornate graphs as he goes.
xyster - A child with shyster-like tendancies.
Upon seeing that she wasn't going to beat the running race with her brother to the front seat of the car, Annie xysterly collapsed to the ground pretending she had hurt herself, so that her mother would take pity on her and tell her brother to let her ride shot-gun.
Xysters are the Generation Xers that are within five years of the Generation Y age group.
Surveys show that the Xysters will change careers at least seven times in their lifetimes. Seven.
According to the study, most of the jobs in the future are going to be consumer service/relations and information technology.
Xyster is the word used to describe the sting one feels when being hit with non lethal gun ammo, such as from a pellet gun.
"Why is Annie limping? Oh she's suffering from a xyster. Her brother "accidentally" shot her with his bb gun."
someone who wanders onto a shooting range.
Annie should have known she was being a xyster, then she wouldn't be limping.
Xyster: a person who sporadically acts in an uncharacteristically impulsive and/or random manner for a limited period of time, before returning to his/her customary state of quiet normality. A xyster generally exhibits a shy and retiring nature until such time as an unknown catalyst will cause him/her to aberate from their usual pattern of behaviour and do something unexpected and possibly risky, like riding a unicycle blindfolded through a pond of raspberry jelly, or snubbing their mother-in-law's lap dog.
Xysters are rare types who often go undetected until a sudden, short-lived change in temperament gives them away, e.g.:
Sara: Whoa, did you see what Fran just did? She never normally swings from light fixtures like that! I mean, she's usually so..._normal_.
Grace: Yeah, it won't last long - I think she's a bit of a xyster.
A xyster is the person who comes into an office specifically to water and care for the plants around the building.
While xysters once primarily worked with shopping malls, even small companies now utilize their services in caring for their rented plants.
A xyster is a folicle of hair that eludes a woman who is in menapause.
"I lokked and felt all over, but I still couldn't find that xyster!"
A Xyster is the correct name for somebody who plays the Xylophone professionally. There's not many of them left unfortunately as even though they have tried to teach their skill to the younger generation, all they seem to be interested in is iPods.
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