A counter term being used by certain critics of the Occupy Wall Street protesters who are either members of the top 1% of income earners/wealth holders or think they are.
From Wikipedia: In Hawaii the paradise tax is a term used to describe the cost of living difference between Hawaii and the mainland. Alternatively, it has been restated as "The price you pay for paradise" or "the cost of living in paradise".
A ces historiettes s'ajoutent quelques mini-sketches délirants tels que l'intervention du capitaine Koons (Christopher Walken) ou celle du nettoyeur "The Wolf" (Harvey Keitel)
Salon.com: Wolfowitz has tried to cast the scandal as a "painful personal dilemma," as he described it in an April 12 e-mail to outraged employees of the World Bank, who have taken to calling the neoconservative's girlfriend his "neoconcubine."
She adopts the Dionysian-Apollonian dichotomy : "The Dionysian is no picnic. It is the chthonian realities which Apollo evades, the blind grinding of subterranean force, the long slow suck, the murk and ooze."
I appreciate this list. A lot of the words that have meaning to you have meaning to me. Then again. I'm pretty promiscuous with teh words. Thanks for Reaganite and freedom fries
Airstream's appeal seems to have few limits, and indeed a powerful world traveler recently provided proof of its persistent appeal. On a trip to Asia in February, Vice President Dick Cheney traveled in an Airstream — inside an airplane.
Mark Silva, chief of the Washington bureau of The Chicago Tribune, accompanied the vice president as the press corps' pool print reporter. The group flew on a huge gray C-17 cargo plane that the Air Force calls the Spirit of Strom Thurmond, in honor of the late senator. Mr. Silva said that when he boarded he noted the familiar outline of the Airstream roof inside the vast fuselage.
"A specter is haunting the cinema: the specter of narrative. If that apparition is an Angel, we must embrace it; and if it is a Devil, we must cast it out. But we cannot know what it is until we have met it face to face." - Hollis Frampton, Circles of Confusion: Film Photography Video: Texts 1968-1980
I wonder how the plumbing works in someone who's diphallic? It must be related to hermaphroditism. Just a jumble of glands and blood vessels and secretion tubes- not pleasant.
"This is how more and more Americans are living each day of their lives, going through all the motions without the foggiest idea as to why, living lives in a collective state of zombified hypnosis" Gold Eagle blog post
"It's where that little crowd of icons gathers, begging you to post a bit of news to Digg, Reddit, del.icio.us and various other social news and community sites." Wired, December 12, 2006
I saw this word in a sidebar in Spy magazine in 92-93(?). It's a German word that literally means 'peanut butter eater,' but it is a derogatory term for an American.
Comments by spicolli
spicolli commented on the word pythagoras switch
Japanese term for Rube Goldberg machines.
November 18, 2011
spicolli commented on the word one percenter
A counter term being used by certain critics of the Occupy Wall Street protesters who are either members of the top 1% of income earners/wealth holders or think they are.
October 22, 2011
spicolli commented on the word ninety-nine percenter
A term coined by Occupy Wall Street protesters derived from various statistics on income and weath inequality in America.
October 22, 2011
spicolli commented on the word fifty-three percenter
A term coined in response to "ninety-nine percenter" referring to the fact that only 53% of American's pay federal income tax.
October 22, 2011
spicolli commented on the word paradise tax
From Wikipedia: In Hawaii the paradise tax is a term used to describe the cost of living difference between Hawaii and the mainland. Alternatively, it has been restated as "The price you pay for paradise" or "the cost of living in paradise".
May 10, 2010
spicolli commented on the word kuliana
Used in contemporary Hawaii like bailiwick as in 'not my bailiwick' becomes not my kuliana
May 7, 2010
spicolli commented on the word turd hearse
Colloquial term in rural northeastern Wisconsin for large industrial manure spreaders.
September 25, 2009
spicolli commented on the word souse
Barton Fink (1991):
Geisler: Mayhew, some help, the guy's a souse!
Barton: He's a great writer...
Geisler: A great souse!
Barton: You don't understand...
Geisler: Souse!
Barton: He's in pain, because he can't write...
Geisler: Souse! Souse! Can't write? He manages to write his name on the back of his paycheck every week!
September 6, 2009
spicolli commented on the list how-does-that-coincide-with-your-post-war-commie-conspiracy-huh
Great list!
August 1, 2009
spicolli commented on the word gargantuan
"You know, I've always liked that word... 'gargantuan'... so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence." Kill Bill Vol. 2
June 14, 2009
spicolli commented on the word homo-loving
As in "you commie homo-loving sons-of-guns" from Sean Penn's acceptance speech for Milk at the Academy Awards.
February 25, 2009
spicolli commented on the word nettoyeur
A ces historiettes s'ajoutent quelques mini-sketches délirants tels que l'intervention du capitaine Koons (Christopher Walken) ou celle du nettoyeur "The Wolf" (Harvey Keitel)
I don't know French but I know Tarantino.
May 12, 2007
spicolli commented on the user sarahtonin
A great 120 words so far!
May 12, 2007
spicolli commented on the list words-that-don-t-shouldn-t-exist
Let me ax you a question.
May 12, 2007
spicolli commented on the word 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
Argh! Avast ye pirates!
May 4, 2007
spicolli commented on the list words-because-of-the-literature
Great list. I had no idea that there was a Mrs. Malaprop until I had to go look it up.
April 26, 2007
spicolli commented on the word hoi-toider
Thanks Abraxas
April 24, 2007
spicolli commented on the word sluttony
Corey's word for lust in action.
April 23, 2007
spicolli commented on the word du jour
Wordie is my online time waster du jour.
April 22, 2007
spicolli commented on the word neoconcubine
Salon.com: Wolfowitz has tried to cast the scandal as a "painful personal dilemma," as he described it in an April 12 e-mail to outraged employees of the World Bank, who have taken to calling the neoconservative's girlfriend his "neoconcubine."
April 21, 2007
spicolli commented on the list american-regional-nicknames
Thanks for those seanahan
April 21, 2007
spicolli commented on the word dionysian
She adopts the Dionysian-Apollonian dichotomy : "The Dionysian is no picnic. It is the chthonian realities which Apollo evades, the blind grinding of subterranean force, the long slow suck, the murk and ooze."
April 21, 2007
spicolli commented on the word verisimilitude
One of the Top Ten Words That Sound Great When Spoken by James Earl Jones
April 20, 2007
spicolli commented on the word analrapist
A portmaneau. A cross between an analyst and a therapist. From Arrested Development.
April 20, 2007
spicolli commented on the word gaijin
Great word!
April 20, 2007
spicolli commented on the list american-regional-nicknames
Hey. I've really only lived two places. Can you help me out with this one?
April 20, 2007
spicolli commented on the word sclm
The so-called liberal media
April 20, 2007
spicolli commented on the word gak
I think it's Dutch.
April 19, 2007
spicolli commented on the word nihilist
Nihilists! F**k me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
- Walter Sobchack, in the Big Liebowski
April 17, 2007
spicolli commented on the list watch-your-language-young-man
This brings to mind some of the dubs of Tarantino movies for network broadcast. My favorites: forget you, melonfeeler and motherfather.
April 17, 2007
spicolli commented on the list seanahan-s-words
I appreciate this list. A lot of the words that have meaning to you have meaning to me. Then again. I'm pretty promiscuous with teh words. Thanks for Reaganite and freedom fries
April 17, 2007
spicolli commented on the list the-feminist-outcry
Wow, ombudsperson made me do a double-take
April 16, 2007
spicolli commented on the list a-few-of-my-favorite-things
I love this list. Lots of great old-fashioned, Victorian era words that surprise in everyday use.
April 16, 2007
spicolli commented on the word airstream
From the New York Times:
Airstream's appeal seems to have few limits, and indeed a powerful world traveler recently provided proof of its persistent appeal. On a trip to Asia in February, Vice President Dick Cheney traveled in an Airstream — inside an airplane.
Mark Silva, chief of the Washington bureau of The Chicago Tribune, accompanied the vice president as the press corps' pool print reporter. The group flew on a huge gray C-17 cargo plane that the Air Force calls the Spirit of Strom Thurmond, in honor of the late senator. Mr. Silva said that when he boarded he noted the familiar outline of the Airstream roof inside the vast fuselage.
April 15, 2007
spicolli commented on the list palooka-s-words
Hey, at the risk of seeming like a logroller this is a great list.
April 15, 2007
spicolli commented on the word googlewhack
I first heard this word in an interview with Dave Gorman on the BBC. He traveled the world looking for other googlewhackers and wrote a book about it.
April 15, 2007
spicolli commented on the word acme
The Original Acme Catalog
April 15, 2007
spicolli commented on the word paraskavedekatriaphobia
Fear of Friday the 13th.
April 15, 2007
spicolli commented on the word o rly
rotfl
April 14, 2007
spicolli commented on the list experimental-film-titles
"A specter is haunting the cinema: the specter of narrative. If that apparition is an Angel, we must embrace it; and if it is a Devil, we must cast it out. But we cannot know what it is until we have met it face to face." - Hollis Frampton, Circles of Confusion: Film Photography Video: Texts 1968-1980
Zorn's Lemma by Hollis Frampton
April 14, 2007
spicolli commented on the list you-know-like-____-s-work
Thanks!
April 14, 2007
spicolli commented on the word diphallic
I wonder how the plumbing works in someone who's diphallic? It must be related to hermaphroditism. Just a jumble of glands and blood vessels and secretion tubes- not pleasant.
April 14, 2007
spicolli commented on the list words-i-ve-heard-pronounced-oddly
nuclear
April 14, 2007
spicolli commented on the list bric-a-brac
tchotchkes
April 14, 2007
spicolli commented on the word pynchonian
Great word. To paraphrase the Simpsons: Thomas Pynchon loves this word almost as much as he loves cameras!
April 14, 2007
spicolli commented on the list medical-terms-i-learned-watching-house
Great list! I remember the episode with the fatal echovirus outbreak in neonatal
April 5, 2007
spicolli commented on the list ou-ise-appreciation-list
I don't think I've ever seen it spelled compromize?
March 23, 2007
spicolli commented on the word mcnosis
"This is how more and more Americans are living each day of their lives, going through all the motions without the foggiest idea as to why, living lives in a collective state of zombified hypnosis" Gold Eagle blog post
March 15, 2007
spicolli commented on the word iconistan
"It's where that little crowd of icons gathers, begging you to post a bit of news to Digg, Reddit, del.icio.us and various other social news and community sites." Wired, December 12, 2006
March 15, 2007
spicolli commented on the word haplography
Variant of haplology
March 14, 2007
spicolli commented on the list list-of-isms
What about antidisestablishmentarianism?
March 13, 2007
spicolli commented on the word erdnußbutterfresser
I saw this word in a sidebar in Spy magazine in 92-93(?). It's a German word that literally means 'peanut butter eater,' but it is a derogatory term for an American.
March 13, 2007