Category Archives: Word For The Day

Word For The Day: Green Jobs II: Response

Misanthrope: Noun – A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. Harsh! But perhaps I had it coming. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Welfare Hours

Welfare Hours – noun: The hours of the week which were historically associated with work. Generally between 9 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Grandma Test

Grandma Test – noun: The evaluation of prepared food before it is eaten in the light of what someone’s grandma in 1880 would think of it. Continue reading

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COGs: Citizens Who Were Originally Generic

Citizens who were Originally Generic (COG) – Noun; A member of the formerly populous but now increasingly rare demographic remarkable in their ability to keep civilization going merely by behaving themselves. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Green Jobs

Here’s the deal. There are jobs and there is bullshit. Adding an adjective in front is irrelevant. Continue reading

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Crusader Product Inhibition: Part II: Adaptive Eyewear

There’s a link for donations but they’re not for sale at any price. That’s horrible… Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Crusader Product Inhibition: Part I

A test to see if a product is subject to CPI is to buy it. If a flashy website asks for donations but won’t sell it at any price, then CPI has turned it into a marketing tool. It’ll be a cold day in hell before an actual product is delivered to anyone. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Punitive Ineffectualism: (A.K.A. 2011 Tour of Reality Denial: Part II)

Punitive Ineffectualism: When a person or organization deliberately chooses to be outrageously incompetent to piss people off. Example; “I’d ask Bill to pick up beer for the hunting trip but he doesn’t drink alcohol and he’d buy Zima or some … Continue reading

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Word For The Day: TURD Attack

Time to point out a tempest in the teapot that is CNN’s Eatocracy.  Eatocracy posted an innocuous little ditty called “Five Reasons to buy from your local 4H“.  The article should be about as controversial as beige paint. Unexpectedly some … Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Triage Mowing

Winter held on doggedly and springtime was as cold and unforgiving as an accountant’s frown. Farmers whined about unplowable fields, the woodpile ran out, and the dirt road turned into a quagmire. (Global warming my ass: this is all because … Continue reading

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