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the echo chamber

Public Relations slang for the tactic of repeating some fake factoid so loudly and so often that many people start to believe it. It is even more effective if public figures and celebrities are used in the echo chamber.

This technique was used for years to debunk those who noted the first signs of climate change.
the echo chamber was used for years by the tabacco industry to deny the health effects of smoking.
by moonbug November 17, 2006
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Anchises

A proper name. Anchises was the father of Aeneas through Venus and is a major character in the epic poem by Virgil, the Aeneid.
Aged Anchises was led from the smoking ruins of Troy by his son, Aeneas.
by moonbug April 7, 2005
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Dixie-Chicked

The past tense of the verb "to Dixie Chick", a verb meaning to express a contraversial opinion from a place of artistic privledge.

It comes from the name of a band, the Dixie Chicks, who were simultaniously applauded and reviled for speaking out against the 2002 war of the United States against Iraq.
"Everyone is scared of being Dixie Chicked. You say one bad thing about your government and you might lose a large portion of your fans. Good. who wants a bunch of idiots for fans anyways?" -- 'Fat' Mike Burkett
by moonbug April 6, 2005
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gateway to the north

Prince George, British Columbia is also known as the gateway to the north.
People call Prince George the gateway to the north because it is a major center where several highways and railroads meet.
by moonbug November 13, 2006
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envirotard

Derogatory adjective used to disparage enviromentally conscious people. An envirotard may simply like eating organic food, or they may be really active in the enviromental movement. People who, for some reason, find taking care of the earth offensive or somehow stupid, call people who care envirotards.
Man, I wanted to bone that chick but she is a vegan envirotard who won't fuck smokers or men that eat meat. What a commie bitchwad!
by moonbug November 17, 2006
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Aeneas

The hero of the epic poem by the Roman poet Virgil, The Aeneid, and also a character in The Iliad, another book length poem ascribed to the Greek poet Homer. He was cousin to King Priam of Troy, and the son of Anchises and Venus. In mythic geneology he was the ancestor of the Caesars.
In mythic history, Aeneas' escape from the fall of Troy and his journey to Italy was instrumental to the founding of Rome.
by moonbug April 6, 2005
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yamtacular

An adjective used to describe something that is spectacular, awesome, cool, or otherwise great to the highest degree. A portmanteau word formed from the words spectacular and yam, the word yamtacular borrows from the greatness of that orange root that tastes so yummy.
Thank you for that yamtacular dinner; it was so good I want to vomit so I can eat some more.
by moonbug November 17, 2006
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