256 definitions by IAN
by IAN March 21, 2005
by IAN August 17, 2004
An empire on the verge of collapse, named after a main-sequence star. When a main-sequence star has burned through its hydrogen, it switches to helium and bloats into a red giant, though it's essentially being hollowed out inside. Eventually, because it has lost the mass that could sustain its volume, it collapses. If it was an average-sized star, into a white dwarf, or a black hole if above average.
Its sapped of all its strength but its military, and now its burning that. Like a red giant, its imperial swelling is a sign of decay, not health. And its unsustainable. Collapse is inevitable. Possibly, given its size, into a black hole, which will suck the whole world in after it.
Its sapped of all its strength but its military, and now its burning that. Like a red giant, its imperial swelling is a sign of decay, not health. And its unsustainable. Collapse is inevitable. Possibly, given its size, into a black hole, which will suck the whole world in after it.
Do you think America is a main-sequence empire that has reached the red giant stage, having burned through its resources, its economic and fiscal vitality, its moral capital?
by IAN December 9, 2004
"Is that a pubic hair in my coke," the judge said to his staffer, which is why the Clarence Cola incident was addressed at his confirmation hearing.
by IAN December 7, 2004
by IAN February 9, 2005
A: "Dude, check out the blonde over there slamming Jag."
B: "Work it."
C: "What do you think of the 9 in the side pocket?"
B: "Work it."
B: "Work it."
C: "What do you think of the 9 in the side pocket?"
B: "Work it."
by IAN January 23, 2004