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Definitions by Uncle Dimma

Pauline Marois 

an eccentric, ethnocentric and somewhat xenophobic Quebec, Canada politician
Pauline Marois, despite having intelligent ideas, can only effectively run a 10, 000 -or so- strong union of Quebec farmers

knocking at your back door 

a) the act of specifically raping a virgin teen girl in the anus

b) arriving somewhere unexpectedly, when they least expect you.
sociologist of criminal behavior, (visiting the cemetery of Marion State Prison, Illinois): Ghost Poinsalet, I hear you are famous, even among ghosts, in this cemetery. What have you been incarcerated, and executed for, 27 years ago?

ghost of Matthew Poinsalet (character from Dead Man Walking): Sir, it was for knocking at your back door, definition b), to the house of 2 virgin teen girls, then committing knocking at your back door, definition a), and then finally murdering my victims.

sociologist (under his breath): How atrocious, may we condemn all child rapists and murderers to the electric chair, Amen.

troglodithe 

a) a term invented by Montesquieu to refer to a myhtical nation he describes in his work The Spirit of The Laws

b) (used by my grandmother on my mom and aunt when they were little):

a term of endearment to small children, calling them cute little baby monsters
mother: Peter, my favorite troglodithe, it's time to pick up your toys and go to bed, sweetheart.

Peter: Lol, since you called me a troglodithe, my nickname is now troglodithe Squirtle, as in one of the three starting Pokémon, since Squirtle is a cute little baby monster

mother: lol, my troglodithe Squirtle, please pick up your toys and go to bed.

Peter (now calling himself troglodithe Squirtle) : okay.
troglodithe by Uncle Dimma May 30, 2015

troglodithe 

a) a term invented by Montesquieu to refer to a myhtical nation he describes in his work The Spirit of The Laws

b) (used by my grandmother on my mom and aunt when they were little):

a term of endearment to small children, calling them cute little baby monsters
mother: Peter, my favorite troglodithe, it's time to pick up your toys and go to bed, sweetheart.

Peter: Lol, since you called me a troglodithe, my nickname is now troglodithe Squirtle, as in one of the three starting Pokémon, since Squirtle is a cute little baby monster

mother: lol, my troglodithe Squirtle, please pick up your toys and go to bed.

Peter (now calling himself troglodithe Squirtle) : okay.
troglodithe by Uncle Dimma May 30, 2015

to pimp the S-1070 

(to be used in a non-sexual context ):

(verb): to hire someone out (non sexual work only) and live off their wage, like a parasite, done regardless of whether you yourself are gainfully employed.
boy a) I don't have a job, what can I do?

boy b) let's try to pimp the S-1070, exploit some illegal immigrants at my father's company. That way, my father pays the immigrants minimum wage, but they do work us, not my dad.

boy a): you are a genius!

parking ticket

a Roman Catholic family in a mainly WASP neighborhood comes home to find the words alieni ite domum scratched into their door.

the father, upon seeing this, says: ah those Confederates again. What a parking ticket.

the son: so now what? we repaint the door?

father: yes, although this act of vandalism is indeed a parking ticket, it isn't as bad a The French Wars of Religion

to institutionalize 

a) (archaic): to forcibly or legally confine someone to 'an institution', often a mental health hospital, a prison or an orphanage

b) (more modern) (verb): to scholarly define- thus making it a part of our political, legal, judicial, social or cultural institutions- using a convoluted vocabulary, a simple word or concept in order to politically manipulate the masses.
boy: father, what is Communism?

father: it's a scholarly term. As far as scholarly terms are concerned anyone, even pseudo-intellectuals, can try to institutionalize, definition b), any term they want.