A dictionary/glossary/lexicon as sort of a cosmic, meeting of the minds, collaboration of the likes of Dan Webster, Sam Johnson, Ambrose Bierce, Hunter S. Thompson, Wm. F. Buckley, Grouch Marx, W. C. Fields and many more... even though its editors are obscure unknowns with dreadfully dangerous senses of humor. WARNING: This website may contain some slightly adult content - get parental viewing approval if you are 18 or under!
Sucker Coup: We know this phrase/word is out there. We recall hearing the Louie DePalma character on the old TV show "Taxi" using it one time. Yet, we could not find it in the slang dictionary on line. We will attempt the definition herein. See the phrase in our posting: The Al Gore Sucker Coup. "To overthrow one's apparent political rivals, parties, and so on by achievement of phenomenal success in one's arena of choice or skill/expertise by applying the force of the same to one's political advantage. In other words, to sucker the competition by the application of tremendous force, success, accomplishment and so on."
iBrick: We did NOT create the word. We are just adding our definition, to wit: What you get when you try to disconnect your phone service and connect with a third party phone service or attempting to install other third party applications. From the Daily Tech report: Apple, AT&T Sued for iBricking, Monopolistic Behavior. A quote from the report: ...'The suit further points to Apple's actions with its latest firmware update which unlawfully restrict consumer choice by preventing people from "unlocking" their iPhones, locking out third party applications from its file system and disabling unlocked iPhones turning them into "iBricks".'...
In case you missed it, one of our tweets was mentioned on The Twitter Report on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. We were thrilled that they chose it. Please see the video embed below.
Again, Fair Use of the video embed is claimed for humorous self-reference. We thought Keith did a very humorous on-air performance after the tweet (acting as though our avatar is President James Garfield).
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Hello, if you keep up with The Anti-Zen Dictionary, you probably noticed a strange new twist to it. That is because we have experienced a sudden burst of creativity and we are writing a novel set in the year 3084 called The China Party. Unsure of where to put some of the new definitions being used in the novel we decided to put them in our Dictionary. We apologize for any inconvenience. Hope you find it interesting.
Lives of the Lexicographers
Samuel Johnson: (Updated: Monday, May 18, 2009). Recently checked out of our local library: Samuel Johnson - The Struggle by Jeffrey Meyers. The prolific Mr. Meyers outdoes himself right in the introduction and zaps us with a very intimate glimpse into the sex life of the great Samuel Johnson. Some very florid comments and great pathos by Samuel Johnson are reported almost right at the start. Well, he's still our hero. We're still wading through this 500+ page tome - but it is keeping our interest. Not for the 18 and under crowd - the language is a little too graphic and a little too suggestive, at times.But, we think it is worth the cover price ($ 35.00) of purchase if you are into Johnson or great biographies. However, we do suggest checking it out at your library or purchasing a second-hand copy. Caveat emptor - we offer no guarantees - it may not be worth your purposes! Of course, if you're into Johnson, biographies, literature, intellectualism or even pseudo-intellectualism (like us! - actually our senior editor has an IQ of 131, but we digress...) you don't need the hyperlinks. Our apologies. Also, we have not read Boswell'sLife of Johnson! If you care to donate us a copy, please do and we'll review it here and credit your donation if you wish.
More: Sam began his academic career at Oxford. Unfortunately - in that time period - Oxford had an abysmal reputation for teaching. Even the great Edward Gibbon (possibly the greatest author of his day) left this institution after one year. Most students used tutors, but even these were inadequate at times.
Physical/Medical Indications: Due to his wild gesticulations and mannerisms, Sam may have suffered from Tourette Syndrome. Even so, though this repulsed most other folk, it seemed to make the author/playwright Frances Burney adore him all the more. For an image of a bust of Sam Johnson, link here. For image of a statue of Sam, link here. Johnson was well known for his physical prowess (for example, his horsemanship) and his physical power. Not one to take insults or sarcasms lightly, Johnson was reputed to have knocked over his adversaries or even to have delivered severe beatings upon them (if he felt they were deserving of it...)
Other women: Hester Thrale. He did have an extraordinary 18 year relationship with a married woman.
Rating of this biography: Excellent. We believe the book deserves this rating (or any biography that causes this sensation) because we felt as though we had lived with the man himself.
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