(n.) people within an organization commonly giving disproportionate weight to trivial issues.
(also: peter's principle)
(n.) a drink (often alcoholic) poured out as an offering -- ideally, onto the soil but a vessel works for the act, too. it can be offered to a god, an ancestor, or simply a deceased loved one. it can be offered in special ceremony or in daily life.
the Japanese will often have a small household table/ shrine with a photo of their passed one(s) and put out a meal and drink for them.
(also: offering)
(also: brimming)
the Japanese will often have a small household table/ shrine with a photo of their passed one(s) and put out a meal and drink for them.
(also: offering)
(also: brimming)
describing the middle class who ascended to prominence and superceded the landed aristocracy in the seventeenth century. they successfully embarrassed their social betters by proving there was a path to success beyond an inborn divine mandate, while selling out the lower class by perpetuating the cycle of labor exploitation.
also their taste in decor leans incontestably toward the brummagem.
also their taste in decor leans incontestably toward the brummagem.
In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.
csrthrsth
separated from one's base instincts by a step of indirection.
(1162 – 1227) – Military and political leader of the Mongols.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: genghis kahn quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: genghis kahn quotes)
One of two primary sources of food for Italians.
(n.) a professional who upholds the rule of law by finding ways for people to get around it
an antiquated slang term for a plainclothes detective. the name probably originates from the popular image of them sneaking about as if wearing gumshoes- that is, galoshes, rubberized boots worn in mud or other messy conditions, in which one would feel compelled to walk more gingerly.
there is no known tendency for detectives or people in galoshes to get gum on a shoe. it could happen, sure, but still.
there is no known tendency for detectives or people in galoshes to get gum on a shoe. it could happen, sure, but still.
(also: bypasses)
also a way of removing unsightly bikini-area hair in one fell stroke
(570 – 632 AD) Prophet of Islam.
(also: quotes of muhammet)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: quotes of muhammet)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: toxic)
(n.) one who can of course quit anytime they want but they're still working out how to want.
(also: drunk)
(also: drunk)
phrase used to get you to stop repeating the joke
the smallest particle, which cannot be subdivided into "sub-atomic particles"
To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden. (From zed, z, and jag, an Icelandic word of unknown meaning.)
He zedjagged so uncomen wyde
Thet non coude pas on eyder syde;
So, to com saufly thruh, I been
Constreynet for to doodge betwene.
—Munwele
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
He zedjagged so uncomen wyde
Thet non coude pas on eyder syde;
So, to com saufly thruh, I been
Constreynet for to doodge betwene.
—Munwele
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
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