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Definitions by Downstrike

corporation

An entity that remains free to continue to do as it damn well pleases after being convicted of criminal activity that would have been a capital offense if an individual had committed it.
Corporations have more rights than people do.
corporation by Downstrike June 5, 2004

Bureaucracy

1. A form of government in which the true power lies in the hands of committees who dictate policy and bureaus that carry them out, with little accountability to the constituency.

2. A form of government, the authority of which is not so much to accomplish anything, but to obstruct accomplishment by anyone else.

3. The form of government that the United States of America really practices while the politicians distract the constituency.
Many nations and corporations are governed as bureaucracies.
Bureaucracy by Downstrike June 5, 2004

quadraphonic

What surround sound was called before it went out of style in the 70s. Frequently abbreviated as quad.
You should have heard Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here in quadraphonic.
quadraphonic by Downstrike June 5, 2004
In mechanics, a vehicle's transmission.
Pull that tranny so we can overhaul it.
tranny by Downstrike June 4, 2004

Jehovas Witness 

For the correct spelling and grammar, see Jehovah's Witnesses.
"Jehovas Witness" is misspelled and grammatically incorrect.

Multi-Level Marketing 

The full version of the more commonly used abbreviation, MLM.
MLM stands for Multi-Level Marketing.
1. To extract a substance from the source.

2. To remove a part from the whole.

3. To discontinue selling merchandise.
1. We pull gold from the ore.

2. Pull that tranny so we can rebuild it.

3. Pull that tainted food from the shelves.
Pull by Downstrike June 4, 2004