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Tuesday, November 14, 2000 254 'boy words' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor's note: The following column contains content of a sexual nature that some readers may find objectionable. Those debating whether homosexuals should be scout leaders should take a look at the dictionary to help decide whether or not homosexuals have an inordinate interest in young boys. Or is it really as gay rights leaders say -- they just labor in young boys' best interests. Let's look it up and see if pederasts (men who sexually assault boys) comprise just a small cadre within the much larger male homosexual population. The dictionary I...
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If you are from the northern states and planning on visiting or moving to the South, there are a few things you should know that will help you adapt to the difference in lifestyles: If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them; just stay out of their way. This is what they live for. Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store. Don't buy food at this store. Remember, "y'all" is singular,...
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It's very difficult keeping up with Mideast news due to the Orwellian newspeak coming from Washington. So here's a handy list of key terms, translated into simple English. • Liberation – Invasion. • Coalition – The U.S. and British invaders, plus some troops from rent-a-nations like Romania and Poland. In the past, "the coalition" would have been called imperial forces and mercenary auxiliaries. • Dictator – A ruler you don't like, or who does not cooperate. • Statesman – A cooperative dictator. • Stability – when things go the way Uncle Sam likes, ie., the status quo. • Instability –...
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Y'all are being discriminated against. Maybe I should say, "y'all" is. The discriminators are the editors of some of our nation's dictionaries. They ain't from here.For instance, Webster's New World College Dictionary, which I use at work, offers such helpful entries as "grossularite," "cootie," "gill fungus" and "a**hole."But no "y'all," y'all.Other dictionaries are equally snooty. So I wanted to see if "y'all" made it into the new, 11th edition of the popular Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, rolled out, officially, on Tuesday.Some 10,000 "new" terms impregnate this lexicological work of art, including "frankenfood": genetically engineered grub; "dead presidents": paper money; "longneck": beer...
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On any given day you may have interaction with someone who leans left of center; most likely you will hear many canned terms. The following are explanations of what is really meant by the words and phrases used by liberals. Public Interest: A liberal cause. Special Interest: A conservative cause. Federal Spending: The consistent wasting of tax money for unconstitutional expenditures that have no positive benefits for its actual source (i.e. Tax Payers). Democracy: Letting us [i.e. liberals] choose your leaders. Peace: When all opposition to the socialist movement has been silenced through propaganda, imprisonment or violence. Truth: A bit...
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Grim's New Age, New World Lexicon: Marxist , n. 1. An aficionado of the comic style of Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo and Gummo Marx, who are best known for their slapstick comedies A Day at the Races and A Night at the Opera. 2. An aficionado of the comic style of Karl Marx, who is best known for his slapstick comedy Das Kapital . Marxism has spawned several sequels, including Leninism, Trotskyism and Stalinism. Marxists are nowadays only found in comedy clubs in Havana, Cuba, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Berkeley, California. Weasel, n. 1. A filthy, vicious, back-stabbing, dishonest creature that typically...
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Vegetarian , n. People who believe that opposition to eating animal flesh makes them exempt from all moral laws. Famous vegetarians include Hitler, Pol Pot and Susan Sarandon. Washington Insider, n. A person whose only acquaintances are named Unnamed Source and Deep Background. Tolerance, n. 1. A condition that conservatives are said to possess when they abandon their principles. Liberals claim to have tolerance for all beliefs with the exceptions of Christianity, Judaism, truth, justice and patriotism....
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In the last couple of decades, the conservative movement has grown so large, and subdivided into so many factions, that even discriminating observers can be forgiven for confusing one with another. Just who are these "neoconservatives," who are allegedly so influential in the Bush administration, and how do they differ from ordinary, garden-variety conservatives? Where did the "paleoconservatives" come from? What exactly do they stand for? I offer the following definitions to navigate through the swamps of terminology. Back in the late 1950s, most of the conservative movement could and did meet for lunch in the company dining room of...
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A HIGH COURT judge as good as admitted yesterday that the wilder shores of the English language were utterly beyond his comprehension. Faced with making a reasoned judgment on the true meaning of the phrase “shizzle my nizzle”, Mr Justice Lewison was forced to conclude that the lyrics of rap records were, for all practical purposes, a foreign language. He dismissed the case. In a hearing that may have some resonance on the streets of Brixton but which will produce only mystification in Bournemouth, Buxton and Berwick, Andrew Alcee, a writer of garage music, claimed that his original composition had...
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Glossary for the Liberal Media By Larry Elder www.FrontPageMagazine.com | July 12, 2002 http://FrontPageMagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=1856 Death tax vs. estate tax -- preferred term: Estate tax. Republicans call the taxes assessed on an estate valued at a million dollars or more a "death tax," while Democrats generally call it an "estate tax." "Death tax" -- used by conservative outlets like Fox -- sounds appropriately ominous. But most outlets like CNN and the Washington Post insist on the more benign and less unobjectionable term "estate tax." Preferences vs. affirmative action -- preferred term: Affirmative action. In Colin Powell's autobiography, "My American Journey," he...
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Thread pulled? Just because it was lame? Not fair! I still don't know what desiderata and abecedary mean. How am I supposed to learn how to speak Leftist in time for my final?
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Over the years, the concept of republicanism has been diluted by overt abuse of its name. I will seek to correct some of the misconceptions about this concept within this document. Please be sure to read the Disclaimers at the end of this document before sending me hate mail. What is "Little-R" republicanism? True republicanism (which I will refer to as Little-R republicanism) is the concept that decentralizes government power as much as possible, to the point of allowing local governments to have greater control over their citizens than central governments. It can also be called government by Local Rule....
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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language." --Ludwig Wittgenstein Words are power in motion. The war over words and how they're used by our society has become the new battleground of the Left. The primary tool in their arsenal is an effort to change the conventional meanings of words used in our daily communication. The morphing of our language is now the front line of the war on our culture and a powerful means for gaining political ground for the Left. Just as many sports fans need a program to see who's who...
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With the campaign to liberate Iraq victorious, it is, perhaps, time for Muslims to review the improper use, not to say outright abuse, of the term "jihad." Can the concept of jihad be reduced to one of a call for taking up arms to defend just anyone? Can any Tom, Dick or Harry declare jihad? The first so-called jihad fatwa in support of Saddam Hussein came from the fugitive terrorist Osama bin Laden. (Or whoever pretends to be him -- in this writer's opinion, bin Laden has long been dead.) That fatwa, of course, had no value because bin Laden,...
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French Dictionary: ~ Conflict Resolution: see "SURRENDER"
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A controversial new Vatican (news - web sites) glossary of sexual terms says homosexuals are not normal and that countries which allow gay marriages are inhabited by people with "profoundly disordered minds." Italy's gay community immediately condemned the glossary of nearly 900 pages, which hit the bookstores on Monday, as part of what they called a new anti-homosexual crusade. The glossary, prepared by the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family, covers themes such as sexuality, condoms, abortion, birth control and genetic manipulation. A section on "Homosexuality and Homophobia" says homosexuality stems from an "unresolved psychological conflict."...
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How Are Army Divisions Numbered? By Phillip Carter Posted Friday, March 28, 2003, at 3:18 PM PT Anyone watching Iraq war coverage has seen a stream of numbers go by, identifying particular Army divisions—the 101st Airborne, the 3rd Infantry, etc. What do these numbers mean? And if there's a 101st Airborne, what happened to the 100th and 102nd? The first thing to know is that the Army's divisions were numbered in the order they were created. So the 1st Division was actually the first division; then came the 2nd, 3rd, etc. There are, of course, gaps in the sequence. Today's...
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William Safire writes a New York Times column entitled "On Language" in which he explores the evolving meaning of commonly used words. His March 9 installment discusses our favorite word: embedded. Unfortunately, to read it you register on the site and pay a fee. Mr. Safire tackles a usage rooted in the current Iraq conflict. He quotes Newsweek's Verne Gay: "[embedded is] military jargon for a reporter who is to be stationed with a 'unit', which is more jargon for a division, or corps, or perhaps an aircraft carrier group. Hundreds of reporters will be embedded in units during a...
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As it would seem that with the advent of the current anti-war movement the meanings of any number of words and phrases have dramatically changed, on behalf of Webster's, here is an addendum to go by until you get a chance to pick up a 2003 dictionary; Censorship was to ban one from speaking or writing now to allow someone to criticize an anti-war activist either in speech or writing in use We cannot allow the current regime to continue with its policy of censorship in America. Just last night, I heard G. Rush O'Reilly criticizing my Op-ed in the...
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