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Playa Lingo 2003: the Lexicon of Black Rock City
anti-warhead
a "free-love" poseur
bad grapevine connection
a possibly misinformed private-party playa rumor
Baker original
anyone who went to Burning Man before 1990; a true veteran Burner
birthday suiting up
popping a boner on the playa, i.e. getting an erection in public
Black Rock starstruck
being rendered speechless while within Larry Harvey's vicinity
blue room
classy slang for a porta-potty, making it sound more like a VIP lounge, rather than a toilet
cactus diet
a preference for eating peyote
decompression junkie
a person who thinks that Burning Man is a rip-off, or who doesn't "have the time to go," but never misses the after-parties
E-tards
Ranger term for people on Ecstacy
The Ethical Slut
mandatory reading for Black Rock City relationship etiquette
expanding your whorizons
making a quick pit stop at Penetration Village, aka Jiffy Lube
flambé nerd
someone who goes to the Burning Man pre-parties, but never makes it out to the playa
giving Johnny the cold shoulder
using the toilet of a comfortable, air-conditioned RV
Golden Gate breaker
a San Francisco six-stepper; someone from the Bay Area who 'falls off the wagon' while at Burning Man
half asleep in frog pajamas
a slowly-evolving individual, often a former yahoo.
H.G. wells
Harvey's Groupie/concubine beverage service
hippiecrit
hippies who drive SUVs
hot sex
slightly sarcastic slang for "right on"
jonesing for a 'Nectar fix
looking for a camp where DJ Lorin Bassnectar is spinning
the Julia Butterfly Hill episode
the infamous episode of The Simpsons that name-drops Burning Man
panty liner
playa dust in the underpants
perfect record
eighteen years of attending Burning Man, never missing a single one
playa faerie
a fresh fruit-bearing female
playa-amourous
fancy way to say you're a slut at Burning Man. See The Ethical Slut
playaitis
the "sickness" one has upon returning to the Real World, resulting in calling in sick on Tuesday
pulling a lazy grandmother
forwarding the dead granny excuse, unedited, to your boss
ranch handshake
a lubricated DPW encounter
Rumfielder
a barter bar expert
Rohphynol fiddler
an eerily-generous liquor offering
the Sadie Hawkins waiting room
exhibiting impressive patience for incoming pussy; hanging around a girl all night long with the intent of getting laid
spectator sports fan
a voyeuristic creep on the hunt for viewing public sex on the sidelines
stealth virgin
a Newbie who acts so much like a jaded veteran, that you'd never know they'd never been to Burning Man before
stepping out for a buzz
making a trip to the Center Camp Cafe
VFW
a jaded camp
- Orange Peel Moses and Adrian Roberts
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