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Definitions by Uncle Dimma

panem et circenses 

panem et circenses:

a) (direct translation) :bread and circuses in Latin

b) (adj): something that exists purely f-sag with no real concrete purpose
The United Nations today is nothing more than a panem et circenses, a political circus that performs only for the media.

grab life by the horns 

(motto of the Ford F-150 commercial): one of the possible English transliterations of the Latin phrase carpe diem
If you take the phrase 'grab life by the horns' out it's commercial context , it becomes one of the possible English translations of the Latin phrase carpe diem.

Facebook communication vessel 

on Facebook, a trusted friend you ask (as a favor to you) to say hello- or send any other messages- on your behalf to another Facebook user who either deleted their account or doesn't want to talk to you on Facebook.
My friend Steven actually invented the phrase Facebook communication vessel when I asked him to say hello on my behalf to another common friend of ours who didn't want to talk to me and Steven refused.

CL fuck bunny

(very offensive term) :a sexually promiscuous teenage girl who spends all her time outside of high school and homework trawling Craigslist for a craigs-hook and/or a one night stand
John Walsh of America's Most Wanted would agree that with the rise of chat rooms and the perceived privacy online sexual predators, not only should every police department in North America have a sexual cyber crime unit, but it should also IMHO hire an ex-CL fuck bunny to help them solve a bigger percentage of cold cases involving online sexual predators.
CL fuck bunny by Uncle Dimma October 1, 2013

putting words in the horse's mouth 

the anti-social habit of interrupting someone by finishing their sentences/words for them
boy, in an argument with his father:

boy: dad, sorry, I'll skip dinner tonight and (...)

father: (...) finish your chemistry and physics projects you are working on? That sure would be nice.

kodem koll, dad, stop putting words in the horse's mouth, it's rude. And FYI it's actually Spanish and Latin homework I was going to work on. I'll work on the chemistry and physics later,

plutogarchy 

(a combination of the words plutocracy and oligarchy)

a political regime, where not only are the politicians a privileged elite (oligarchy) but also their privilege is based on money (plutocracy)
son: is Putin's Russia a plutocracy or an oligarchy?

father: no, Putin has actually turned Russia into a plutogarchy.

son: so it's an oligarchy based on the notion of a plutocracy?

father: yes.
plutogarchy by Uncle Dimma October 1, 2013

social retard 

A person in North America, who is past 18 years of age and who is still virgin for non religious reasons
Among modern North American teenagers obsessed with swag and yolo, it is not flash to be a social retard.
social retard by Uncle Dimma September 30, 2013