Definitions by Crawdad Nelson

Triggered 

A trivialization of the psychological term for the effect wrought on an individual when items or events remind them of trauma they have suffered; an attempt to smear the holder of an opinion which with one disagrees; a simple-minded reply to any evidence which one has been told is fake news.

A: Climate change , by altering world weather patterns and sea levels, among other effects, threatens to cause traumatic dislocation and famine.
B: Triggered!

Triggered by Crawdad Nelson March 18, 2017

Yeah, No 

An expression used to agree with a negative assessment of something, such as a bad pizza or sour beer; a verbal tic which people say when they want to agree but also to imply that their agreement is in some way mistaken or excessive.

"Yeah, no, I didn't think much of that fish soup...it was a little too fishy for my taste.

Yeah, No by Crawdad Nelson January 13, 2017

russian hackers

The villains du jour; imaginary nefarious agents of chaos; a group of 400 pound high school students in a dark suburban basement.

Those Russian hackers stole the election!

russian hackers by Crawdad Nelson December 14, 2016

truth 

Whatever the person speaking thinks, has heard, or has read online.

You'd be shocked if you knew the truth about 911.

truth by Crawdad Nelson December 13, 2016

Libtard 

Liberal of stunning intellectual achievement

That Obama's a real libtard

Libtard by Crawdad Nelson December 7, 2016

conservative intellectual opinion 

A handful of free-range nutjobs like Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh

Donald Trump bases his policies on the grand traditions of conservative intellectual opinion.

conservative intellectual opinion by Crawdad Nelson December 3, 2016

trumparoma 

The smell that occurs when a swamp is drained and replaced with raw sewage and other kinds of stinking waste.

There's been a hell of a trumparoma around here since they drained that swamp and filled it with sewage.

trumparoma by Crawdad Nelson December 2, 2016