The Definition of Environmentalism

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In response to the posturing of the public relations firms and their fat advertising budgets, I offer the following alternative definition of what it means to be an environmentalist.

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Retirement: Definition, New American English

Retirement: Noun, New American English. 1) The final stage of life when, upon reaching the age of 65, people work just one job instead of two; 2) What Republicans and Democratic politicians alike are conspiring to do to Medicare and …

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Elevated Means Something Again: Terrorist Threat Level Dropped to Zero

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el·e·vat·ed adj. raised up, especially above the ground or above the normal level – Random House Dictionary el·e·vat·ed adj. the lowest terrorist threat level during the years of 2001-2010 – George W. Bush Administrative Dictionary If we’re speaking English, an …

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The Ravening

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Ravening: Hybridized noun, a feeling of desperate, predatory hunger, such as that felt by a monstrous raven, looming over a subdued animal that it intends to enjoy as its next meal. Ravening is also a t-shirt, featuring a graphic image …

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Becarefulling

The verb of the day has just been declared by my three year-old son. Becareful: Verb. To be careful. Usage: “The toy man at the top of the tall tower is becarefulling.”

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Not Helpfull Dictionary

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I got a big scowl when I presented my son with the dictionary. When I came back to check on him a few minutes later, I saw that I had received something else as well

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Defining Your Religion

To ponder, while sinking your toes in the hot sand: What is the definition of the word RELIGION? …no, don’t go with the definition they’ve got in the printed in the big-bound dictionary. Share the definition as you think the …

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I Call Them Cold Earthers

Cold Earther: A person who chooses to ignore the evidence of human-caused global warming.

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Solar Dynamics Observatory An Example Of Great Government

Big government got this for us to see. No big business, or big church, or big music festival, or big anything else but government has gotten anywhere close to the sophistication necessary to gather these images.

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Irregular Dictionary: Good-Hearted

Good-Hearted n (Homelandian; early 21st century): illegal. see especially Caproni, Valerie.

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Breaking News From the 1800s!

About 15,000 people are thought to live on boats in canals in London. Some real gongoozlers can be found over at the Canal Card Collectors Circle, which is affiliated with, but not completely consumed by, the Inland Waterways Association.

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What Kind of Juggernaut is General Motors?

Is General Motors still a juggernaut? That depends on which definition of the word you use.

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Irregular Dictionary: Bitter

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Hat tip to My First Dictionary.

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Soft Tyranny: Anything That Drives Republicans Crazy

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If we’re going to bother as citizens to oppose acts of tyranny in the Obama Administration, let’s focus on acts of hard tyranny such as these, rather than the supposed soft tyranny of using government funds to promote the general welfare, as the Constitution suggests. Soft tyranny, after all, appears not to really be tyranny at all, but mere inconvenience for an elite few.

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Blind Deterrent

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Those people who are calling upon the government to cut spending ought to take aim at our military’s nuclear submarines, which present a threat to the entire world, even if they never fire a shot.

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Obamanglish Definition For The Word Unequivocal

Unequivocal – 1) adjective, English: Admitting no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition) ; 2) adjective, Obamanglish: Completely the opposite of one’s true intentions (Pragmatic Dictionary of Political Science, First Edition)

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The Audacity of Per Se

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Per Se: A phrase used by politicians to signal to supporters that they’re about to break a promise. Example: “The issue of the phone companies per se is not one that overrides the security of the American people.” – Barack Obama, June 2008

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Pluto is a Zipthwat

You could say, “Hey, they discovered a new zipthwat today!” Your friend would respond, “What’s a zipthwat?” You could respond with “A zipthwat is that group of big objects in the solar system like Pluto that are no longer classified as planets.” Your friend would not respond to that with, “Yeah, but what are they?” Your friend would say, “Oh, cool. Zipthwats.” He would then go call the woman he wanted to date and ask her if she wanted to come over so they could talk about zipthwats.

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