Terminology: The Roz

Occasionally here at the Judith Light Conspiracy Theory, we feel the need to define some terms. That's because we throw around a lot of lingo. And if you're not hip to our jargon, you feel like a killdozer in a flabbapatch.

OK, I made those two words up. But a real term we use while watching Lifetime movies and discussing them amongst ourselves is The Roz. See, most Liftetime movies have a main heroine, and, to move the plot along, that heroine needs a friend. Sometimes that friend is what we currently call "The Black Friend." (We're working on a better term.) But often the heroine's friend is a slightly-less-attractive white friend and/or coworker. We like to call this person "Roz." Why? Because weren't all those kind-of-dumpy, wisecracking-but-bitter, hug-sharing teachers you had in high school named "Roz"? They're weren't? Well, they should've been. Shame on them.

Usually The Roz is just there for comic relief, double-clutching, and asking appropriate questions so that the heroine can move the plot along. It's a thankless job being a Roz, but for some ladies it's just their lot in life(time).

(Above: Rachel Dratch kinda seems like a Roz.)