Definitions by Uncle Dimma
attach balloons to
(verb) to turn an legal- but still frowned upon by society- behavior into a trend or fad.
N.B: this definition refers to a recent (ca 2008-2011) event in The United States where a man physically attached helium balloons to his lawn chair, trying to build a flying machine. He somewhat succeeded; he took took flight but crashed into some electrical wires a few miles from his house.
N.B: this definition refers to a recent (ca 2008-2011) event in The United States where a man physically attached helium balloons to his lawn chair, trying to build a flying machine. He somewhat succeeded; he took took flight but crashed into some electrical wires a few miles from his house.
a boy starts attaching helium balloons to a lawn chair in his backyard
his mother comes into the backyard and starts shrieking at him: Adam, what the beep are you doing?
Adam: can i finish what I'm doing without being bloody disturbed? I am trying to attach balloons to amateur flying machine building among modern idiotagers, what in previous generations was called teenagers.
mother: stop living underwater you stupid devil.
his mother comes into the backyard and starts shrieking at him: Adam, what the beep are you doing?
Adam: can i finish what I'm doing without being bloody disturbed? I am trying to attach balloons to amateur flying machine building among modern idiotagers, what in previous generations was called teenagers.
mother: stop living underwater you stupid devil.
attach balloons to by Uncle Dimma March 23, 2013
gunnysacking
bringing into a given conflict situation issues from past conflicts that are more than 99.9% of the time absolutely irrelevant to the present conflict
gunnysacking is the worst possible method of conflict resolution; it can make an argument or conflict less controllable and/or more violent than it needs to be.
gunnysacking by Uncle Dimma March 21, 2013
my enemy's enemy is my friend
a phrase used in The United States foreign policy since
the end of The Spanish-American War/Roosevelt Corollary (1898-1902) meaning :
as long as I (or my country) have a common enemy with a given person (or other country) I will take the risk that this friend (or allied country) of mine might later betray me.
the end of The Spanish-American War/Roosevelt Corollary (1898-1902) meaning :
as long as I (or my country) have a common enemy with a given person (or other country) I will take the risk that this friend (or allied country) of mine might later betray me.
Jason: James my man, I am doing a poli sci paper for school and am not sure what would be an appropriate epitome of the phrase my enemy's enemy is my friend.
James: The perfect epitome of this phrase would be IMHO, ask Henry Kissinger, one of the best experts of US Foreign Policy.
James: The perfect epitome of this phrase would be IMHO, ask Henry Kissinger, one of the best experts of US Foreign Policy.
my enemy's enemy is my friend by Uncle Dimma March 20, 2013
medicine you digest so well lately
mother: Joseph, stop interrupting. I don't like that the medicine you digest so well lately; it won't get you anywhere in life. And Joseph, also please improve your vocabulary. I didn't raise you to be such a rotten apple
Joseph: go scratch yourself.
Joseph: go scratch yourself.
medicine you digest so well lately by Uncle Dimma March 19, 2013
imba
boy 1) why are you are so imba at Monopoly?
boy 2) no shit, brother. You need to play Monopoly if you are going to survive in the capitalist world. practice makes perfect
boy 2) no shit, brother. You need to play Monopoly if you are going to survive in the capitalist world. practice makes perfect
imba by Uncle Dimma March 19, 2013
to reform The Church
Initially at least, to the Romans, Jesus was a Jew trying to reform The Church; it is only about the middle of the 2nd century AD, that Jesus became the the religious character he is today.
to reform The Church by Uncle Dimma March 19, 2013
tunnel vision
tunnel vision
(in terms of introspection) to look through one's soul as if it were a tunnel and see nothing but darkness and despair.
(in terms of introspection) to look through one's soul as if it were a tunnel and see nothing but darkness and despair.
depression and drug addiction are hard to treat because the depressed and the addicted often have tunnel vision when it comes to introspection. they sometimes for this reason feel misunderstood by the rest of society.
tunnel vision by Uncle Dimma March 18, 2013