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Duggar

noun

The head hypocrite. A duggar not only rails against behaviour he gleefully does in private, but he leads the parade against said behaviour.

In Psychoanalysis there is a defense mechanism called reaction formation where a person behaves in an opposite way to his private behaviour, which is fueled by a repressed impulse. The duggar, however, is conscious of and delights in the forbidden private behaviour.

The orders of magnitude are thus: There is denial; reaction formation is denial on steroids; being a duggar is reaction formation on steroids.
Larry Craig was, for the most part, a hapless guy in denial, but Ted Haggard was a full-blown duggar.

hypocrite denial reaction formation
by thistlebottom October 22, 2015
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smugnacious

Smugnacious is a portmanteau combining smug and pugnacious--hence, arrogant and punitive.
As toxic people go, smugnacious people are some of the worst.
by thistlebottom October 8, 2022
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fairy-dusting

An act of protest in the name of Gay Rights where a hater is showered with glitter. For best effect, rainbow colored glitter is used while loudly announcing “STOP THE HATE.”
Sam: Saw all these Con-serves posting comments about what a criminal Robert Erickson is for fairy-dusting Newt Gingrich and his wife.

Ella: The irony--sprinkling them with glitter on he same day the story broke about Newt Blingrich’s enormous bill at Tiffany's.

Sam: Oh, maybe that’s why Newt was smiling in the photo–he must have thought Erickson was a Tiffany Rep declaring him their millionth customer.
by thistlebottom June 12, 2011
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Tarantino

Verb form of The Tarantino.

Alternate name the US Senate filibuster because it kills bills. On her self-named show on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow felt that the word filibuster puts people to sleep, and the issue of filibuster abuse was too important to have a sleepy electorate.
When they Tarantino a bill, you could also call it constitutional blockage because the filibuster is like an impacted colon in the body politic. The Senate needs a good cleanse of the obstructionist! Then, maybe things will get moving!
by thistlebottom March 19, 2010
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political-polly-parrot

Often pronounced with a parrot squawk at the end (rahahk)

Also known as a triple-P

A political-polly-parrot is a person who:
1. Espouses the same right-wing talking points on any media available.
2. Gets all of his or her opinions from right wing media–mostly television and radio.

Both types of triple-P’s repeat the same whole phrases.
For example, on health care every triple-P was crying:

“Don’t cram this bill down our throats.”

“We have to start over.”

Reconciliation is a sleazy trick.”

“...Death panels...”

“...a plot to kill grandma ...”

“...27-hundred page bill...”
Sue: The political-polly-parrots-rahahk have done every dirty trick in the book to tarantino health care; now they are whining about ordinary House and Senate rules.

Bill: Yeah, all they did on health care when they had total control of everything is to pass an unfunded medicare drug benefit with a donut hole big enough to swallow up both grandma and grandpa!
by thistlebottom December 23, 2010
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sudafedification

Casting a wide net to target a small target group.
Changes in pain killers--is this just more sudafedification of medicine?
by thistlebottom January 27, 2013
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deer truffles

M: You should see my tulips. I planted $60 of bulbs last fall.
J: Oh, I can’t grow tulips anymore because of the deer. They love tulip bulbs.
M: How do they even find them?
J: They find them somehow, and dig them up.
M: They must smell them like pigs smell truffles.
J: Yeah, I’ll be darned if I spend money planting deer truffles.
by thistlebottom April 18, 2010
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