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Definitions by Uncle Dimma

troglodyte 

( a term invented by Montesquieu in his Spirit of the Laws)

A term of endearment used for small misbehaving children
Mother: Peter please pick up your toys and go to bed

Peter: lol I demand to be called troglodyte Peter.

Mother : well troglodyte Peter, pick up your toys please and go to bed?

Peter: okay
troglodyte by Uncle Dimma March 11, 2017

cougar's life

( from the internet site cougarslife.com): a life based on hedonism and sexual immorality
For a cougar's life experience, go see Hugh Hefner or Bernie Maddoff

blushmoji 

A New name for the blush face emoji on in your online conversation.
If someone tells you to stop using the blush emoji, tell them it's now called a blushmoji
blushmoji by Uncle Dimma March 9, 2017
named after a girl by the name of Tiffany that I know): personal space where people go when they like rejecting modern technology
Please don't go back to your tiff-cave, intergrate into the modern world.
tiff-cave by Uncle Dimma March 7, 2017

praelfie 

do not give your praelfie to your boyfriend; even more retargerous would be to put your praelfie as your profile picture on a soc-med site.
praelfie by Uncle Dimma March 5, 2017

to discover

a) (in terms of forensic and criminal investigations): not to be confused with, and the exact opposite of, to invent.

b) (in terms of technological/medical/scientific progress): to use methods that have been used in the past (on issues that are no longer relevant in one's own society) to tackle modern issues
in terms of definition a) forensic science is there to discover exactly what the 5 journalistic w's and 1h are in your specific case. For definition b) why can't we use methods such as corpse incineration, that have been tried during the Middle Ages on the Black Death, to discover a partial solution to the recent Ebola epidemic?
to discover by Uncle Dimma March 5, 2017

horse dust

Another term for b.s.
Since the term b.s. is too ubiquitous, I like the term horse dust in more polite company.
horse dust by Uncle Dimma March 4, 2017