Astor G.'s definitions
When a large multinational corporation sues an individual who cannot possibly have the financial resources to fight back for the express purpose to "make an example of him/her" but is hoping to intimidate the public into being sheep.
This is a tactic used recently by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) to stop song sharing on {P2P} sites such as {kazaa} but in reality is trying to control the definition of "copyright" by lobbying congress to abide by the rules they set and then sue individual persons to enforce their rules.
This is a tactic used recently by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) to stop song sharing on {P2P} sites such as {kazaa} but in reality is trying to control the definition of "copyright" by lobbying congress to abide by the rules they set and then sue individual persons to enforce their rules.
The RIAA recently won a lawsuit against a Native American woman on a reservation to the tune of $220,000 for 24 songs they allege she shared on Kazaa. They did not have to prove that she actually shared the files, they prove that she intended to share them.
Satisfied, the lawyers then said "this should send a message to the public."
This was a clear cut case of bully-suing.
Satisfied, the lawyers then said "this should send a message to the public."
This was a clear cut case of bully-suing.
by Astor G. October 25, 2007
Get the bully-suingmug. A jokingly "formal" use of hoodie. Rhyming slang based on woody = Woodrow. hoodie = Hoodrow.
Nerdspeak use of Hoodie.
Nerdspeak use of Hoodie.
by Astor G. October 28, 2007
Get the hoodrowmug. by Astor G. October 25, 2007
Get the trunk junglemug. A person who is so stupid that you can throw a boot at him and he will just stand there looking vacant.
Man I ran into a guy who is so dumb he thought a Mac Daddy was an old Apple computer. That guy is a bootpole.
by Astor G. October 26, 2007
Get the bootpolemug. 1. A deceitful spam e-mail whose sender is clearly meant to cheat you out of money and waste your time.
2. A deceitful e-mail that is clearly meant to steal your identity and empty your bank account.
2. A deceitful e-mail that is clearly meant to steal your identity and empty your bank account.
1.I got another one of those Nigerian e-mails again promising me millions of dollars if I would stand in for the next of kin. Come on, that is such a scam spam.
2. My friend got a Job Opportunity spam from China if only I would send my name, phone, addresses, bank account number and a picture of himself.
If that isn't a scam spam, I don't know what is.
2. My friend got a Job Opportunity spam from China if only I would send my name, phone, addresses, bank account number and a picture of himself.
If that isn't a scam spam, I don't know what is.
by Astor G. November 26, 2007
Get the scam spammug. A person who is in a permanent state of being offended because of {political correctness.} No matter what others say or do, they will find a reason to pounce on them for use of a word they don't like. The other party finds they have to walk on eggshells around them.
The guy who used the word niggardly to describe someone who is miserly and he was asked to leave his job by pressure from the perma-offended.
by Astor G. January 2, 2008
Get the perma-offendedmug. A hard-core member of the Religious Right. generally obsessively preaching the Word, telling you you're going to hell and has no tolerance for difference.
Pat Robertson is a fundamentalcase, plain and simple. Don't you get tired of hearing that every natural disaster is caused by gays, feminists, pagans and liberals?
by Astor G. November 26, 2007
Get the fundamentalcasemug.