11 definitions by Chuck Hastings

scrunch

To simultaneously Squeeze and CRUNCH.

The classic problem of trying to scrunch twenty-eight poinds of
shit into a twenty-seven-pound basket.

by Chuck Hastings June 28, 2003

fundamentalist

One who believes that principles are more important than people, or results.

Osama bin Laden
Tomas Torquemada
Jerry Falwell
Meir Kahane
Ted Unabomber

One can be a fundamentalist in any religious or secular creed.

by Chuck Hastings June 28, 2003

gonif

A Hebrew/Yiddish word, often used (and spelled various ways) in English; particularly used in southern California. There is no exact English equivalent word; `operator' is maybe the closest. A gonif operates on the shadowy borders of illegality and/or impropriety, and gets away with it, and is not quite an outright crook. The word seems to combine proper moral disapproval with sneaking admiration. Reference: 'The Joys of Yiddish,' by Leo Rosten.

Seymour was an accomplished and clever gonif. He could con birds out of trees, and could figure out how to game any bureaucratic system within a few minutes.

by Chuck Hastings June 30, 2003

mugwump

A political fence-sitter, who won't come down on either side of the fence and tries to have things both ways. Originally an Algonquin Indian word; used in American politics for more than a century.

He was a mugwump about supporting the Iraq war. He had his mug on one side of that issue, and his wump on the other.

by Chuck Hastings June 30, 2003