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by Downstrike December 26, 2004
Get the Artesiansmug. One of a group of people sent by one civilization to another land for the purposing of "civilizing" the civilization that is already there, under the assumption that the existing civilization is not civilized. See bigot and racism.
Europeans thought that having more powerful weapons and larger armies, (see army), made them more civilized than anyone else, so they sent colonists to bring all the other civilizations down to their level.
by Downstrike May 23, 2004
Get the colonistmug. by Downstrike December 14, 2004
Get the if it ain't broke, don't fix itmug. 1. n., Peeps who rigorously eschew all forms of mental stimulation, on the feeble premise that either God or evolution will teach us all that we need to know. They may vocally oppose education, and believe that writing is something that only writers do. They sometimes brag about having no sense of size, quantity, or direction.
The militantly ignorant rarely read books or even magazines or newspapers, admit that they don't enjoy the fine arts, have a poor sense of history, can't find Nevada or Pakistan on a globe, and avoid watching the news on TV. They don't own library cards or use technology, except as a joke or novelty, believing digital productivity and entertainment to be waning fads, and are easily recognized by holding materials upside down while reading, unless they contain pretty pictures. What informational channels they do expose themselves to through TV or movies are usually either drivel or very low-grade.
They are greatly relieved to be unaware of the existence of resources such as NPR or the Internet. They can't read, spell, or even speak very well, don't recognize or use many words, frequently substitute similarly sounding words for what they really mean, take violent offense at innocent comments, and otherwise misconstrue most statements containing words longer than three syllables.
Unfortunately, such people rarely study or try to improve themselves or their work, (if they actually do any), and can only poorly define their misconceptions, much less defend them. Should they attempt to describe a problem, they will most likely describe it as a thingy that acted funny. This may have seemed cute when they were small, but if such seemingly cute ignorance is excessively rewarded when people are small, they learn to adopt ignorance as a strategy for obtaining affection, and eventually their brains atrophy from disuse and they can't learn more mature strategies.
(Source: jehovah.to/glos/=M.html #militantly_ignorant)
2. adj., Stupid on purpose.
The militantly ignorant rarely read books or even magazines or newspapers, admit that they don't enjoy the fine arts, have a poor sense of history, can't find Nevada or Pakistan on a globe, and avoid watching the news on TV. They don't own library cards or use technology, except as a joke or novelty, believing digital productivity and entertainment to be waning fads, and are easily recognized by holding materials upside down while reading, unless they contain pretty pictures. What informational channels they do expose themselves to through TV or movies are usually either drivel or very low-grade.
They are greatly relieved to be unaware of the existence of resources such as NPR or the Internet. They can't read, spell, or even speak very well, don't recognize or use many words, frequently substitute similarly sounding words for what they really mean, take violent offense at innocent comments, and otherwise misconstrue most statements containing words longer than three syllables.
Unfortunately, such people rarely study or try to improve themselves or their work, (if they actually do any), and can only poorly define their misconceptions, much less defend them. Should they attempt to describe a problem, they will most likely describe it as a thingy that acted funny. This may have seemed cute when they were small, but if such seemingly cute ignorance is excessively rewarded when people are small, they learn to adopt ignorance as a strategy for obtaining affection, and eventually their brains atrophy from disuse and they can't learn more mature strategies.
(Source: jehovah.to/glos/=M.html #militantly_ignorant)
2. adj., Stupid on purpose.
In order to be understood by the militantly ignorant, it's best to limit your sentences to two or three words.
Quotations from the militantly ignorant:
``Persons go to college so they can evolve into apes.''
``I don't know much about ____ but I know what I like!''
``Lemme see, did Moses live before or after Jesus?''
``But the news is on at the same time as Beavis and Butthead!''
``Ha ha ha---math was always my worst subject in school!''
``No way! The minute you leave California you're in Utah.''
``Since that commercial came out, everbuddy knows the capitol of Arkansas is Phoenix, not Puhonix! Arkansas, Arizona, same smell! Flagstaff?!? Ha ha ha ha!''
Quotations from the militantly ignorant:
``Persons go to college so they can evolve into apes.''
``I don't know much about ____ but I know what I like!''
``Lemme see, did Moses live before or after Jesus?''
``But the news is on at the same time as Beavis and Butthead!''
``Ha ha ha---math was always my worst subject in school!''
``No way! The minute you leave California you're in Utah.''
``Since that commercial came out, everbuddy knows the capitol of Arkansas is Phoenix, not Puhonix! Arkansas, Arizona, same smell! Flagstaff?!? Ha ha ha ha!''
by Downstrike December 28, 2005
Get the militantly ignorantmug. 1. What people do when they know better.
2. What a corporation or government remains free to continue to do after being convicted of criminal activity that would have been a capital offense if an individual had been convicted of it. See also committee and bureaucracy.
2. What a corporation or government remains free to continue to do after being convicted of criminal activity that would have been a capital offense if an individual had been convicted of it. See also committee and bureaucracy.
Due to legal doctrines such as corporate personhood, corporations and governments have more rights than people do, so they do what ever they damn well please.
by Downstrike September 20, 2004
Get the damn well pleasemug. 1. The one instance of a particular word in what you've written that will bring out stampeding herds of duh-weebs to point out to you the correct spelling of the word - and a few more incorrect ways to spell it - even though every other instance of the word is spelled correctly.
2. A correctly spelled word that illiterate duh-weebs are unfamiliar with, and will mistake for misspellings of other words.
3. The reason why spell-checkers were invented.
2. A correctly spelled word that illiterate duh-weebs are unfamiliar with, and will mistake for misspellings of other words.
3. The reason why spell-checkers were invented.
1. "The correct spelling of yelow is yellow."
"Maybe that's why I spelled it that way the other 36 times I used that word."
2. "You left the P out of homepage."
"If I had wanted to call my homage a homepage, I would have."
3. "I spell everything correctly! I use a spell-checker!"
"Spell-checkers don't know the difference between there, their, and they're, and neither do you."
"Maybe that's why I spelled it that way the other 36 times I used that word."
2. "You left the P out of homepage."
"If I had wanted to call my homage a homepage, I would have."
3. "I spell everything correctly! I use a spell-checker!"
"Spell-checkers don't know the difference between there, their, and they're, and neither do you."
by Downstrike May 30, 2004
Get the Typomug. The dialect of slang, or euphemismistic speech used by diplomats and politicians when they want to say something terrible about someone, but don't want to pay the consequences of saying such a terrible thing.
From NY Times, 10/22/05: 'Mr. Bolton, who termed Mr. Mekdad's denials "ridiculous," accused Syria of failing to cooperate with the investigators, which, he said, was "diplospeak for obstruction of justice."'
by Downstrike October 23, 2005
Get the diplospeakmug.