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grinding their axes and sharpening their pencils

Pretending or appearing to be busy while doing nothing.

The inability to accomplish a task due to laziness, incompetence, political posturing, lack of ability, stubbornness or other reason that has no relation to the problem at hand.

Worthless posturing, yelling and fighting among politicians that comes to nothing when they are done.

Congress spend 8 months grinding their axes and sharpening their pencils and were only able to reduce the national debt by $10.

by JavaJaneOhio January 6, 2012

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landslide

To win by an overwhelming majority.

With 88% of the vote, the incumbent won by a landslide.

by JavaJaneOhio July 30, 2010

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sissy terms

explaining something in simple terms for uninitiated persons, especially highly technical information put into terms even a child would understand. Making tech talk understandable by the masses.

I couldn't understand TCP/IP until my buddy put it in sissy terms for me.

by JavaJaneOhio September 26, 2011

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junkspeak

The ramblings of politicians. The meaningless jumble of catch-phrases, buzzwords, sound bites and cliches by which politicians communicate to their followers.

The candidate's rally speech was so full of junkspeak that only his disciples understood him.

by JavaJaneOhio November 3, 2010

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Toth factor

The loss of real estate value caused by a bad, sloppy or lazy neighbor, as compared to comparable homes in the neighborhood that don't abut the bad neighbor. The difference in resale value between a home with good neighbors and a similar one with a bad neighbor.

My nasty neighbors next door kept bothering prospective buyers during showings, so I ended up selling for 20% less than the appraised value. The toth factor cost me thousands!

by JavaJaneOhio April 16, 2011

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