Monday, February 20, 2006

The American Winglish Dictionary

I've been thinking about doing something like this...but Mark Kleiman actually did it. That's the difference between him and me...

Possible new entries:

*Patriot /n./ Member of the Republican party.

*Real American /n./ See Patriot.

*Religion /n./
1. Christianity
2. Real Christianity (see Fundamentalism)

*Treason /n./ The act of questioning the actions of a Republican president.

Feel free to add your own.

8 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

High crime or misdemeanor /n./ Getting a blow job while in office

Free and fair elections /n./
1.One in which Republicans win
2.One in which the right people win (see Democracy)

Torture /n./ Infliction of severe physical pain by listening to democrats whine about interogation tactics.

Democracy /n./
1. Government by fiat, exercised either directly by Donald Rumsfeld, or through appointed proxies
2. The principle that some people are more equal than others.

5:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

balance /n/ brief acknowledgement that there is a liberal side, even if it is obviously deranged

environmental protection /n/ refuge offered by gated communities

integrity /n/ absence of blow jobs

national interest /n/ that which redounds to the benefit of George W. Bush

politicize /vi/ ask a Republican to explain anything

sacrifice /n/ how their betters let the little people feel good about their contribution to American

ultraliberal /n/ anyone to the left of Joe Lieberman

8:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

evolution: a scientific theory as to the origins of terrestrial life (SEE: theory, scientific)

founding fathers: (1) the group of infallible affluent white men who wrote documents such as the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; all such documents were intended to be replaced by a powerless judiciary, an all-powerful executive, and a legislative corporate oligarchy in the early 21st century...also, free assault rifles for Christians (2) Ronald Reagan

global warming: (1) summertime (2) a treasonous scientific theory (SEE: treason; theory, scientific)

intelligent design: a credible theory as to the origins of terrestrial life (SEE: theory, credible)

theory, credible: in the Bible, or otherwise religious in origin (SEE: religion)

theory, scientific: just a theory, not a fact; the jury is still out

4:29 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

*sovereignty /n./* Acquiescence to U.S. rule as exercised by a sovereign or sovereign state.

8:10 AM  
Blogger Bird Dog said...

What a stupid, disengenuous post. I'm sorry I wasted my time clicking here.

9:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

*disingenuous /adj./* Esp. when spelled "disengenuous," defies easy definition by becoming truly autological!

10:15 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Charles Bird /n./ A propagandist of the late 20th century. Has now become slang for any class of people too clueless to understand that they're behind the eight ball of history.

10:50 AM  
Blogger Winston Smith said...

Ouch

Remind me not to piss you guys off...

4:22 PM  

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