Astor G.'s definitions
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. 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. 1. What a credit company or subprime mortgage agent has in you when you are maxed out, can't pay and they've tripled the interest rate they charge.
2. A lending company that deliberately suckers in distressed lenders knowing they'll pay the minimum while they can raise their interest rates upteen million times. The act of making them pay through the nose is having their greedhooks in their "customers."
greed + meathooks
2. A lending company that deliberately suckers in distressed lenders knowing they'll pay the minimum while they can raise their interest rates upteen million times. The act of making them pay through the nose is having their greedhooks in their "customers."
greed + meathooks
ABC credit lending gave me a preapproved $5000.00 loan, so I took it because I had bills piling up. Now I got in an accident and lost my job. Now the company has their greedhooks in me.
by Astor G. March 20, 2008
Get the greedhooksmug. Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation
A corporate bullying lawsuit filed against a person or a group with the express purpose of silencing their protests. Usually under the pretext of "slander" or "libel" and the targets are often whistle-blowers.
A corporate bullying lawsuit filed against a person or a group with the express purpose of silencing their protests. Usually under the pretext of "slander" or "libel" and the targets are often whistle-blowers.
A scrap metal company filed a 5 million dollar SLAPP in 2005 against an environmental non-profit after it blew the whistle on chemical runoff seeping into a sensitive salmon spawning river, claiming they were slandered. It's just another example of corporate bully-suing.
by Astor G. April 30, 2008
Get the SLAPPmug. by Astor G. October 25, 2007
Get the bikini beardmug. 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. 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.