Lepidometer

Lepidometer: The unfortunate portmanteau of Lepidoptera and barometer. The use of this Order of insect by science as sort of a Coal Mine Canary to measure the negative effects of humankind's activities/pressures on the environment and/or biosphere and not actual barometric pressure.

References: Butterflies tracked as a barometer, Lepidoptera, Barometer and Coal Mine Canary.





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The White Ale House or The White Public House

The White Ale House / The White Public House: The (unfortunate?) collision of The White House with Public House or Ale House. We know, we know, 'The Beer Summit', 'Beer Diplomacy', we believe we've heard it all too. And, we know 17th century humor doesn't translate well to our time.

References: Obama more bartender than mediator at beer summit, Hopes for 'positive lesson' from beer chat, Ale House or Public House, The White House, Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates, Henry Louis Gates arrest.




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S-POG

S-POG: Acronym for the Second President (of the United States) of Gender (Female). Meaning: Hilary, 2017! Sorry Sarah!

References: Sarah Hardcastle, Sarah Palin,
F-POD, and F-FLOD.






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F-POG

F-POG: Acronym for First President (of the USA) Of Gender (Female). Meaning: Sarah Palin, 2013. Sorry Hilary!

References: Sarah Hardcastle, Sarah Palin,
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Sarah Hardcastle

Sarah Hardcastle: Sigh...we debated this one...it is the (unfortunate?) combination of Sarah Palin with the name of the fictional heroine Kate Hardcastle from Goldsmith's enduring play: She Stoops to Conquer. By resigning her governorship, we wonder, is she really planning a Nixonian rise from her political ashes to that of the Presidency? Are we looking at the first female President of the USA in 2013? (Sorry Hilary!). Is she planning her political ascendency a la Obama? Don't get us wrong, we recognize the lampoonery she has endured (suffered?) of late at the hands of the media and her critics. But, it is evident that this lady might have some fight left in her (a la Richard Nixon...).

References: Barack Obama presidential campaign of 2008, Sarah Palin, She Stoops to Conquer and Richard Nixon.




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fIrePod

fIrePod: The very unfortunate collision of fire and iPod. What allegedly appears to be happening to some iPods in a limited number of cases (in catching fire)?

References: Is Apple hiding problems with fiery iPods? and IPod.




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Zeus Bot

Zeus Bot: Not a new term, nor do we know who coined it, but one you should be aware of. A Bot Net disguised as a standard, innocuous-looking email postcard that carries a virus linking it to the most pervasive Bot Net known. We're not sure of the term's derivation, but Zeus -being the mythical Greek god of thunder, might liken it to clicking on this phony link like being struck by lightning - it will steal your passwords, your bank information, your money, everything it can link to in your profile.

References: Computer Forensics Links Internet Postcards To Virus (Science Daily) and Bot Net.




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Cashotic

Cashotic: A portmanteau of cash and narcotic. Concerning the recently discovered pain relieving properties of cash and/or money.

References: Money Relieves Pain and monegesic.






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Monegesic

Monegesic: A portmanteau of money and analgesic. Concerning the analgesic properties recently discovered in cash.



Reference: Money Relieves Pain and Cashotic.







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Fanker or Phanker

Fanker / Phanker: The unfortunate portmanteau of fake/phony and banker. One who 'operates' a fank - or a fake bank. Definition might also be applied to those like Madoff.

References: Ugandan shock as bank disappears and fank.




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Fank or Phank

Fank / Phank: The unfortunate portmanteau of fake/phony and bank. Literally, a fake bank.

Reference: Ugandan shock as bank disappears.





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Digital Eraser or Digital Disintegrator

Digital Eraser / Digital Disintegrator: No, not like the "eraser" tool you might find on Paintbrush and other imaging software. (1) A software tool that allows one to permanently delete emails and other personal digital data, records and so on in a limited time frame making them permanently unreadable. (2) A software tool that allows you to 'disintegrate' email and other electronic records. (Based on 'Vanish's' mode of action, theory of operation).

References: This Article Will Self-destruct: Tool To Make Online Personal Data Vanish and Vanish Paper & Prototype.

Revised: Sunday, July 26, 2009.







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Gating

Gating: The very unfortunate redefinition of severe restrictions placed on a gated community or a non-gated one. The rather ironic eponym for the infamous incident/arrest experienced by Dr. Gates and others related to egocrimes and EWB or RWB.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming, Gating.







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American Apartheid

American Apartheid: [Though vastly different from the real Apartheid once practiced in South Africa, we vigorously argued the publication of this definition with our senior editor. But, our editor was alive and very much aware of the practice in his younger days. He argued that this kind of (negative) awareness is a very powerful tool for fighting racism and its proponents. Witness the election of Nelson Mandela to the Presidency of South Africa]. The very visible yet -surrounded by an 'invisible barrier' - of active racial discrimination by an emerging (?) police state in the USA. The American equivalent of Apartheid. See the case of Henry Louis Gates, Ph. D. - who was arrested and prevented from entering his own house the other day.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming








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EAST or PEAST

EAST / PEAST: The acronym for Ethnic Awareness Sensitivity Training or Police Ethnic Awareness Sensitivity Training. The proposed sensitivity training for police forces in the public eye for racial profiling arrest cases.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming.







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Egocrime

Egocrime: Literally, the 'crime' of being who you are. Being singled out as a 'criminal suspect' by a police state for being a diverse or otherwise ethnic person or persons. A result of racial profiling where/when there is no real guilt nor crime having been committed - except perhaps by the authorities...

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming.









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EWB or RWB

EWB / RWB: (Not to be confused with Engineers Without Borders nor Reporters Without Borders). Literally, Entering-While-Black or Residing-While-Black. Similar to the semi-urban myth egocrime (the 'crime' of being who you are) of DWB.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming, racial profiling.

Please Note: We are completely on the side of Professor Gates. We believe that he (an eminent man) was wronged and that the arrest/incident was a travesty.







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Zig-Zag Scam

Zig-Zag Scam: Not one of our terms. A rather complicated scam concerning the international airport(s) at B******, T*******, the duty free shops and the policing authorities. Routinely (?), visitors to the duty free shop are 'pinched' for shoplifting (whether they have the goods or not...), detained, interrogated (separately), told they are 'in serious trouble', have their passports confiscated, held in a shabby hotel and taken to an ATM to withdraw a large sum of cash to pay their "bail".

Note: If you plan to use or publish this term, do not visit T*******.

Reference(s): Tourists warned of Thailand airport scam, Bangkok International Airport(s) and Duty Free Shop.




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Brassassin

Brassassin: The very unfortunate portmanteau of brass and assassin. (1) Referring to the almost secret, bold, brazen plan to eliminate members of Al Qaeda through CIA 'hit squads'. (2) A failed or near-failed plan or plot to use assassins (particularly by a democracy...) to liquidate members/terrorists of a terrorist organization.

Reference: Did Advisor Put Bush Above the Law? (MSNBC – Countdown).




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Ocean Sprawl

Ocean Sprawl: Not a new term, but one requiring definition and attention. See references. The (over)crowding of the world's oceans/waters by vehicles, humans, waste, flotsam and jetsam and other articles. Similar to 'urban sprawl'.

Reference(s): Governments trying to reel in 'ocean sprawl' and Urban Sprawl.




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The White Crib

The White Crib: 'Hip', new term for the White House.

The idea for this new term came from Chris Matthew's referring to the White House as 'the playpen' of the Bush Administration. If the Obamas were truly 'hip', wouldn't they refer to the White House as 'the White Crib', or just 'The Crib' (or wouldn't they...or did we miss that one...)?

(Note we almost died laughing at the Wikipedia page photo of the Obamas...they posed with somebody in an Easter Bunny costume...).

References: Did Dick Cheney Overextend His Authority? (MSNBC Hardball) and The White House.




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Loyalty Creep

Loyalty Creep: (1) The return and/or expansion of loyalty to a past authority figure who currently occupies/d a new public office with no valid governing authority (such as the Vice President). (2) The apparent expansion of authority conferred to a public official for being the first in the line of succession - even though their current/past public office has no valid governing authority.

References: Did Dick Cheney Overextend His Authority? (MSNBC Hardball), Rollover Authority, Dick Cheney and Mission Creep.




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Rollover Authority

Rollover Authority: (1) The tacit acceptance of the authority of a public official due to a previous position of authority in government, administration, politics, bureaucracy and the like - even though their current office confers no valid governing authority (such as the Vice President). (2) The tacit acceptance of the authority of said official for being the first in the line of succession - even though their current office confers no valid governing authority.

This term arose out of Chris Matthew's interesting speculation(s) on the fact that former Vice President Dick Cheney had no real authority giving orders to the CIA. It is remembered that Mr. Cheney was a former Secretary of Defense (17th) and a minority whip and that memories of this may have conferred some authority upon him through 'loyalty creep' (a suggested form of Mission Creep).

References: Did Dick Cheney Overextend His Authority? (MSNBC Hardball), Line of Succession, Dick Cheney, Mission Creep and Loyalty Creep.





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Ripjack Omega

Ripjack Omega: Building on some previous definitions - one of which is 'ours' - (see Ripjack Request or Ripjack Program and Omega number) - an 'infinite loop' program designed to shut down all computers, software, hardware, routers, servers and the like when requested to find an infinitely long number with characters that are by nature indefinable. Potentially even shutting down quantum computers. A very controversial and possibly even subversive program capable of shutting down all of civilization. If say, other advanced civilizations exist(ed), a Ripjack Omega request/program might explain their apparent absence on the cosmic scene.






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Twitterpe

Twitterpe: (Twitter-pee). To transmit or receive recipes via Twitter.

Reference: Smthg gr8 4 brkfst? Twitter's recipes




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CHideA

CHideA: (See-Hide-Ey). The Central Hiding Agency.

Reference: Cheney 'ordered CIA to hide plan'.




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$pale

$pale: (Pronounced Spayle, if you like...). The rather unfortunate portmanteau of dollars, sale, spoil , $palin and the name of a prominent political figure in the headlines. (1) The sale or exchange for departing, resigning, ceding or otherwise spoiling by allegedly leaving a political office or seat for personal gain. (2) To bail out of public office allegedly for personal and or monetary gain.

References: Bristol's ex talks about Palin's resignation, Levi: Palin Quit To Cash In On Fame, Was Money Palin’s Real Motivation? (MSNBC Countdown), bail out and $palin.

Revised/Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2009.





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$palin

$palin: (Pronounced Spay-lin', if you like). The rather unfortunate portmanteau of dollars, sale, spoiling and the name of a major political figure in the headlines. The resignation, departure, ceding or otherwise spoiling a political office or seat allegedly for cash money.

References: Bristol's ex talks about Palin's resignation, Levi: Palin Quit To Cash In On Fame , Was Money Palin's Real Motivation? (Countdown) , and $pale.





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Ripjack Request or Ripjack Program

Ripjack Request / Ripjack Program: An instruction or program meant to send an infected computer, program, website, server, router and/or other hardware and software into an infinite loop cycle. Like the recent cyber attacks being experienced worldwide. The term itself is based on an old Star Trek (sigh...) episode 'Wolf in the Fold'. Spock commanded the ship computer (infected by the alien spirit of Jack the Ripper, memorably voiced by John Fiedler) to compute pi to the last decimal (impossible, of course). We suppose, theoretically, any computer could be thrown into an infinite loop with a large enough request.

References: July 2009 Cyber Attacks, Computers in U.S. Linked to Cyber Attack, PCs could be hit next in Web attack, PCs could be hit next in Web attack: South Korea, South Korea blocks IP addresses spreading computer virus , Debate over possible responses to cyber attacks, Experts work to untangle cyber attacks, and Griditration or Gridthreat.







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CLieA

CLieA: The Central Lie Agency.

References: Rep. Holt on Countdown on CIA Witholding Info for 8 years, Howard Fineman on Countdown on CIA Witholding Info for 8 years, Lawmaker: Panetta terminated secret program, Jan Schakowsky and Leon Panetta




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Synthetic Sperm

Synthetic Sperm: Term for sperm (sorry, rhyme not intended) created from stem cells. No, we're not kidding...But, a notable link for those seeking to mitigate fertility problems...

References: Scientists claim sperm 'first' and stem cells.




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Bluit or Bloot

Bluit / Bloot: The unfortunate portmanteau of Blog and lawsuit. To be threatened with legal action if a blog post contains allegedly defamatory or otherwise damaging material or content.

References: Pluit or Ploot and Palin Attorney Threatens Lawsuits.



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Pluit or Ploot

Pluit / Ploot: The unfortunate portmanteau of Palin and lawsuit. To be threatened with legal action if a blog post contains (alleged) irresponsible speculation(s) or otherwise damaging material or content in regards to Sarah Palin.

References: Palin Attorney Threatens Lawsuits and Bluit or Bloot.





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Ixox

Ixox: Not to be confused with the music page, ixox.net. Name of one of the Collaborators in The China Party. Although it is thought to be a future corruption of the name Jesus, the character bearing the name is still female, as are all creatures in the year 3084.




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Shreeping

Shreeping: The unfortunate portmanteau of sheep and shrinking. The reduction of a species' size caused by global warming.

References: Global warming causing birds to shrink , 'Stress' is shrinking polar bears and Climate change is shrinking sheep.

Revised / Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Tuesday, August 25, 2009.

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Cankle

'Attack of the Cankle!' image licensed under Creative Commons by Matt Rheinbold


Cankle: Not one of our terms. The unfortunate and seamless merging of the calf and the ankle into a near-single or single form.





Reference: Capri pants bare scourge of summer: ‘cankles’


Updated/Revised: Friday, July 3, 2009.






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