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Definitions by Uncle Dimma

sword over pen 

When military aggression is chosen over any form of rational negotiation when dealing with an enemy
While to some history majors the Crusades were an incomprehensible exercise in futility, to others it is a sword over pen solution to our religious differences

fact .vs. fiction 

A dichotomy that the modern American media has trouble understanding
How can Hilary Clinton the candidate, NOT Hilary Clinton the private citizen, understand what fact .vs. fiction is , if she doesn't understand that she is corrupt on a subconscious level?

Tommy-pick a bastard 

( the Tommy must always be with a capital T, in commemoration of the Thompson submachine gun): to kill a police officer or g-man using , as the name suggests, a Tommy gun.
If you are going to Tommy-pick a bastard, you might as well become a brave patriot and die a death worthy of John Dillinger or Baby Face Nelson

cowboy update 

A) (Verb, to get): to get your news on soc-med such as Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites

B) ( noun): the news items that's available through social media like the news column on Facebook' s right hand side.
If you are going to get a cowboy update definition a ), from such semi believable sources such as Facebook's cowboy update definition b), please learn how to think critically

hold someone's feet to the fire 

Verb: to hold someone responsible for their
Person a) let's hold someone's feet to the fire

Person b) who are you referring to?

Person a) Hilary Clinton, among others

cowboy up 

(an insult used between men): to metaphorically " grown an extra pair of balls" and assume your responsibilities like a grown
Not very bright teenage son: dad I got my girlfriend pregnant. What do I do?

Father: all you have to do is cowboy up son, and btw, I am busy ( closes the study door in son's face)
cowboy up by Uncle Dimma May 30, 2016

definition of insanity 

( a phrase invented by Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham of Fox News): doing the same retargerous stuff over and over again, hoping to somehow get a different result
Apparently people who refuse to learn what the definition of insanity is, well, they are incapable of learning from their mistakes. Donald Trump would probably have redefined the definition of insanity and terned it " an exercise in futility " instead.