DevilsDictionary: P
| Word | Definition | Rating | Replies | Author | Post date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parents |
People whom you should respect, as they hated you before anyone else did. |
0 | Tigger_ | Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 18:03 | |
| Parks, Rosa |
World's greatest global warming criminal, whose actions made private transport seem never more attractive. |
0 | Tigger_ | Friday, December 19, 2008 - 12:21 | |
| Past, The |
The progressive is always at pains to insist that 1. the future will be better than the present, and 2. the present is much better than the past. Typically progressives utter such culumnies that people in the Middle Ages believed the world was flat, and that it was even mandated by Papal Decree. But not to worry, the people of the Middle Ages will have their poetic justice when a future progressive will insist that we were all ardent believers in Time Cube. |
0 | Tigger_ | Friday, August 14, 2009 - 15:09 | |
| Patriotism |
The condition of loving one's country, while loathing 90% of the people in it. |
0 | Tigger_ | Friday, December 12, 2008 - 05:34 | |
| Permanent Revolution |
A state of stability for tenured academics and bureaucrats, who otherwise may be required to meet performance targets should the revolution momentarily pause for a breath of air. |
0 | Tigger_ | Thursday, January 1, 2009 - 00:24 | |
| PHD |
In comparison to starting a rock band, a more respectable way of avoiding adult responsibility for a few years. |
0 | Tigger_ | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 09:27 | |
| Ponzi Scheme |
Fraudulent investment scheme that pays dividends to old investors from the contributions of new investors. Eventually this collapses when no new investors can be found. The essential difference between a Ponzi Scheme and Keynesian economics is that the former can not print its own money to buy its way out of the hole it dug for itself. |
0 | Tigger_ | Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 23:53 | |
| Poor People |
In much the same way emo girls slash their arms, as if to say accusingly, "Look at what you made me do!", poor people similarly embrace their impecunious life with masochistic gusto. The object being merely to place themselves on a higher moral plane than yourself, as victim looking down upon perpetrator. |
0 | Tigger_ | Friday, December 19, 2008 - 02:13 | |
| Poverty |
Marcus Crassus was the richest man in the ancient world, with a fortune of 200,000,000 sestertii, which at today's exchange rate is estimated to be about US $181 billion. But he still couldn't afford an mp3 player. |
0 | Tigger_ | Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 20:46 | |
| Pretty Woman |
A film much beloved by women as it affirms their hope that being a cheap, dirty slut will not result in rich alpha-males failing to perceive their inner beauty. |
0 | Tigger_ | Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 15:05 |