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Parsesearch for term

1. What a Versailles courtier does with words, to evade detection or indictment. 2. To decode such evasions.

Synonyms: Parsing
Partisansearch for term

Adj. Speaking without deference.

Phonebooth Theorysearch for term

Of Obama: Run as Clark Kent, govern as Progressive Superman. Na ga happen

Ponysearch for term

n. 1. An intensely desired but extremely unlikely outcome. 2. A magical but non-existent creature. 3. Of Obama: Perceived expectations for "hope" and "change." Usage example: "I'm gonna get a pony!!!!!!"

Synonyms: Ponies
Ponyismsearch for term

The belief that a particular politician will give everyone a pony and that criticism of said politician hurts the ponies and/or one's chance of getting one. See also.

POTLsearch for term

POTL, n. People Of The Lie. Coined by Christian psychiatrist and theologian M. Scott Peck in his book The People of the Lie, which is, among other things, an examination of the nature of human evil. Peck quotes Martin Buber:

Since the primary motive of evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church.

Additional excerpts can be found here. "Utterly dedicated to preserving their self-image of perfection, they are unceasingly engaged in the effort to maintain the appearance of moral purity. They are acutely sensitive to social norms and what others might think of them. They seem to live lives that are above reproach. The words "image", "appearance" and "outwardly" are crucial to understanding the morality of 'the evil'. While they lack any motivation to be good, they intensely desire to appear good. Their goodness is all on a level of pretense. It is in effect a lie. Actually the lie is designed not so much to deceive others as to deceive themselves. We lie only when we are attempting to cover up something we know to be illicit. At one and the same time 'the evil' are aware of their evil and desperately trying to avoid the awareness." Peck's material, I feel, has great potential for analyzing and deconstructing the nature and behavior of the wing of the Republican party that has captured our government. With the caveats, that Peck raises, that evil is very dangerous to analyze--since we are, after all, all vulnerable to it.

See also: VRWC
Pravdasearch for term

Also, Pravda on the Potomac. The Washington Post.