EvaLissens's definitions

proposition

An indecent offer. An offer that would preclued marriage.

To say that if we get married we will have separate vacations is a proposition.

by EvaLissens September 17, 2009

local customs

The specific habits of a particular job, office, or place of work.

You have to know what the core elements of the job are and what are the local customs.

by EvaLissens September 20, 2009

spiritual growth

To believe in miracles.

To have spiritual growth is to think that there were miracles in the past and there can be miracles in the future.

by EvaLissens September 20, 2009

miracle

An act of God, the creator and ruler of the universe.

It was a miracle that I was able to calculate the curve of the road when my boss gave me the formula without allowing me the opportunity to write it down.

by EvaLissens September 20, 2009

W.A.S.P.

A term of abuse and hatred used in high school against someone who never heard the term Anglo-Saxon, hardly ever went to church, and of course, is white. Which Protestant Church to go to is not clear.

The same person might not be invited to a 'coming out' ball for being a Jew, which they never heard of before, either, and then get two invitations a both a stolen a all the attendees at the paaty a appose a be hoes.

"You're a W.A.S.P.!!"

"A what?"

"A wasp!"

"What's that?"

The teacher assigns you to write a research paper in literature on: "The Lost Cause Of The South" and you write an excellent paper and you can see that the grade is an 'A', but she hands it "back" to another girl and the other girl gets a prize from DuPont at graduation because she is supposedly so smart.

by EvaLissens September 20, 2009

corporate accountability

the process by which a corporation is held accountable for its effects on the environment and the community that it is in.

Some corporations pollute the environment and our human resources laws affect how a corporation relates to individuals in the community. Corporate accountability relates to limits on the pollution of the environment and it also relates to the following of human resources laws.

by EvaLissens September 20, 2009

anal retentive

people who call other people anal retentive, who talk about Freud defining anal retentive, who ask people when was the last time they wet their pants or pooped in their diaper and who ask silly annoying questions and refuse to pay proper attention to the rules of the game

Someone who thinks being orderly and clean or striving for perfection is nitpicking or anal retentive are anal retentive themselves.

by EvaLissens September 20, 2009