Healing Practitioner17b's definitions

shrewed businessman

A male member of the business class

that has been reduced in stature
to the level of a shrew,
or one who is henpecked;
not to be confused with a shrewd one.

Abbr: shrew'd

"That Wally was a shrewed businessman!"

"Yup, built hisself quite a empyre!"

by Healing Practitioner17b June 20, 2009

pole of totem

1. Non-magnetic, highly subjective,
internal compass orientation
with interspherionic calibrations.

2. A tradional, carved vertical sculpture,
usually of potent influences,
arranged in ascending order of wig size.

3. A shaman or mystic,
of Eastern European origins.

1. That guy's pole of totem
is pointed towards a pyramid,
while that other one seems to navigate
by the heavenly bodies.

2. The intricacies of detail
and overall effect, including height,
are elements to be considered
in comparing poles of totem.

3. The local pole of totem
cured my stomach ailment
with fermented cabbage.

see also: poll of totem

by Healing Practitioner17b July 21, 2009

idiotsyncracy

Any method or procedure
based in ritual or dogma
that continues by force of momentum
beyond the limits of common sense,
excepting personal, faith-based sacraments, of course.

The idiotsyncracy of democracy
evolved solutions to its own travesties...
the 'square deal, square meal' plan, for example.

by Healing Practitioner17b July 21, 2009

mamkind

A gender-neutral term embracing the sum-total of humanity by reference to the presence of mammalian nurturing apparatus in both the male and female of the species; those in the male tending toward dormancy to varying degrees, though potentially stimulated by a suitable hormonal cocktail.

Some might argue that over the history of mamkind, males have been responsible for considerable aggression, females considerable emotion. Others might dodge the question altogether.

by Healing Practitioner17b May 10, 2009

thanatacrat

Any member of any party
who wields death as retribution
or instrument of oppression
while purporting to be 'pro-life'.

Seemingly capable of maintaining conflicting views without awareness of contradiction,
the thanatacrat might defend the potential for life of a cell mass,
that could not become human without the care of a mother,
while ordering young, autonomous humans
to kill or be killed by bureaucratic decree.

see also: fanaticrat

by Healing Practitioner17b July 17, 2009

fanaticrat

One who exhibits an excessive
or overzealous level of political enthusiasm.

Oddly, the fanaticrats of opposing teams
paint their faces in similar colors,
leaving only the slant of their bluster
to distinguish them one from another.

see also: franticrat

by Healing Practitioner17b July 17, 2009

cattlepitism

Well, it used to be pronounced differently
back when the pit wasn't quite so deep,

to say nothing of the pendulums.

Under the tenets of cattlepitism,
it would appear that material necessities were kept scarce
at the lowest levels
in order to boost profitability for the highest ones.

The invention of electronic blips of currency,
in lieu of the actual minted variety,
made possible the removal of real value
from the commerce of the people who created it
to the digit banks of those who exploit them.

Imaginary funds were rented to the poor
while wavering economic policies
created boom and bust cycles of foreclosure
or should we say 'garage sales' of property
for the moneyed interests who,
having commissioned the rules themselves,
manage to retain their bonuses, even when times are 'tough'
for the people who move more than blips
in the course of their workdays.

by Healing Practitioner17b July 17, 2009