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Definitions by Hugh Johnson

zoned out 

Spaced out, stoned, unaware, oblivious, unconscious, drugged, narcotized.

Derived from the 70's phrase "lost in the ozone", which led to the related terms "ozoned", "zoned", and "zoned out".
I got kinda zoned out listening to Green Day and forgot to finish my term paper.

Dubya got zoned out at the Cabinet meeting and decided to invade Iraq without a legitimate cause.
zoned out by Hugh Johnson November 18, 2005
1. A "Silent But Deadly" fart. See also "ghost turd" and "air biscuit".

2. The airport code for San Bernardino International Airport.

3. The Douglass Dauntless, an American World War II dive-bomber aircraft.
I can still fly my fume-belching SBD out fo SBD because it's quiet enough.
SBD by Hugh Johnson October 3, 2005

Pretzeldent Bush

On January 13, 2002 appointed U.S. "President" George W. Bush fainted after choking on a pretzel, gouging his head on a table.
"You really think that Pretzeldent Bush would know how to respond to a disaster?"
Pretzeldent Bush by Hugh Johnson September 21, 2005

Berkeley 

A politically progressive California city of 110,000 across the Bay from San Francisco.

Home of the Free Speech Movement, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Green Day, Counting Crows, and the University of California (Go Bears!) a.k.a. "Cal".

The elements Berkelium (Bk), Californium (Cf), and Americium (Am), among others, were discovered at U.C. Berkeley.

The cradle of the anti-Vietnam war movement (which led to Goveror Ronald Regan tear-gassing his own citizens). Early opponents to the "Patriot Act" and the Iraq war.

First city to:
-- divest (remove investments) from South Africa, accelerating the end of Apartheid.
-- covert its entire diesel fleet to biodiesel fuel.
-- enact a comprehensive smoking ban.
-- voluntarily implement city-wide school busing.
-- implement curb-side recycling.
-- install curb cuts in sidewalks for wheelchairs and bicycles.
-- prohibit the sale of ozone-destroying styrofoan fast-food cups and clam-shell containers.

Barbara Lee, the only U.S. Congressman to vote against giving Pretzeldent Bush the authority to attach Afghanistan and Iraq, represents Berkeley.

Home to the "How Berkeley Can You Be" parade each September.
"When something happens in Berkeley, it spreads."

-- Tom Bates
Berkeley by Hugh Johnson September 20, 2005

driving the Bronco 

An accomplice or accessory to an act.

A reference to A.C. Cowlings driving O.J. Simpson on a nationally televised slow-speed freeway chase after the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
"Did you get your little brother drunk at that underage party?"

"Naw, but I guess I was driving the Bronco since I told him about it."
driving the Bronco by Hugh Johnson September 6, 2005

shit factory 

A worthless, good-for-nothing person just taking up valuable space on the planet.
"Why do you hang around with that crackhead? He's just a shit factory"
shit factory by Hugh Johnson August 30, 2005
Short for shit factory, a worthless, good-for-nothing person just taking up valuable space on the planet.
"That worthless scum is just a factory, using resources without contributing anything of value."
factory by Hugh Johnson August 30, 2005