When there is not enough food to feed everybody. Usually used for humans, but other animals also suffer.
Famine can be caused by naturally (by drought or excessive rain, by diseases or other factors) or can be man-made (by war or political matters) or even a mix of both (those in power take advantage of the food shortage for their own gain).
Famine can be caused by naturally (by drought or excessive rain, by diseases or other factors) or can be man-made (by war or political matters) or even a mix of both (those in power take advantage of the food shortage for their own gain).
Natural case point: Europe's Great Famine of 1315-1317, when a spell of cold weather and heavy rains ruined crops, driving people to infanticide, child abandonment, and cannibalism.
Man-made case point: the Holodomor in 1932 Ukraine, when Stalin's policies of collectivism starved up to ten million Ukrainians, driving some to cannibalism to survive. Most of the victims were peasants who had their crops, livestock, and food stolen from them pointblank by "activist" soldiers.
Mixture case-point: Irish potato famine (An Gorta Mor) of 1845-1849, when a blight ruined potato crops and excess grain exports on the part of British authorities starved over a million Irish peasants and caused a similar number of people to flee from Ireland.
The Donner Party, whose poor choice of shortcuts cost them many resources and precious days before winter, suffered their own famine in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Man-made case point: the Holodomor in 1932 Ukraine, when Stalin's policies of collectivism starved up to ten million Ukrainians, driving some to cannibalism to survive. Most of the victims were peasants who had their crops, livestock, and food stolen from them pointblank by "activist" soldiers.
Mixture case-point: Irish potato famine (An Gorta Mor) of 1845-1849, when a blight ruined potato crops and excess grain exports on the part of British authorities starved over a million Irish peasants and caused a similar number of people to flee from Ireland.
The Donner Party, whose poor choice of shortcuts cost them many resources and precious days before winter, suffered their own famine in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
by Lorelili April 10, 2010
Get the faminemug. A great alternative to "grow a pair" or "grow some balls". A phrase largely attributed to Betty White.
Why would anybody want to grow such sensitive organs when babies pass through the vagina nine months after penetration by a penis?
Why would anybody want to grow such sensitive organs when babies pass through the vagina nine months after penetration by a penis?
"Why do people say, 'Grow some balls'? Balls are weak and sensitive! If you really want to get tough, grow a vagina! Those things take a pounding!" -Betty White.
If someone bitchslaps a man in the balls, he cries and collapses in a heap; if someone bitchslaps a woman in the vulva, it pisses her off royally. It's men who need to woman up and grow a vagina!
If someone bitchslaps a man in the balls, he cries and collapses in a heap; if someone bitchslaps a woman in the vulva, it pisses her off royally. It's men who need to woman up and grow a vagina!
by Lorelili November 26, 2011
Get the grow a vaginamug. Scottish Gaelic for bitch. "Galla" is used to describe somebody (male or female) who is a nasty or annoying peronality or as an explitive: "A ghalla!" ("Oh fuck!")
A ghalla! Thug thu chreach dhomh!": "Fuck! You screwed me over!" (lit. "Oh bitch! You gave ruin to me!")
Taigh na Galla ort!: "Fuck/damn you!" (lit. "House of the Bitch on you!")
Càr na Galla!: "Damned/fucking/bloody car!" (lit. "Car of the Bitch!")
Tha Ann Coulter 'na siùrsach na Galla: "Ann Coulter is a fucking bitch." (lit. "Ann Coulter is a whore of the Bitch.")
Taigh na Galla ort!: "Fuck/damn you!" (lit. "House of the Bitch on you!")
Càr na Galla!: "Damned/fucking/bloody car!" (lit. "Car of the Bitch!")
Tha Ann Coulter 'na siùrsach na Galla: "Ann Coulter is a fucking bitch." (lit. "Ann Coulter is a whore of the Bitch.")
by Lorelili February 14, 2006
Get the gallamug. Translated from the old Spanish phrase "sangre azul", blue blood derives from the Medieval belief in Europe (among other places) that the blood of the royalty and nobility was blue; since the royal family and aristocrats were wealthy and powerful enough to pay commoners to labor in the fields for them, their skin was translucent and pale enough for their blue veins to stand out.
It also refers to old money families: families that have been aristocrats for many generations.
It also refers to old money families: families that have been aristocrats for many generations.
The blue blood disdainfully looked upon the unrefined manners of the nouveau riche (aka "new money").
The blue blood of the elite could not be tainted by the blood of commoners, lest the whole line be polluted (disregarding the risks of inbreeding).
The blue blood of the elite could not be tainted by the blood of commoners, lest the whole line be polluted (disregarding the risks of inbreeding).
by Lorelili March 01, 2011
Get the blue bloodmug. Promoting health or well-being of body, mind, and/or soul.
Sound in body, mind, or morals.
Somebody who is pure of heart, devoid of corruption or malice, modest, stable, virtuous, and all-around sweet and compassionate.
Sound in body, mind, or morals.
Somebody who is pure of heart, devoid of corruption or malice, modest, stable, virtuous, and all-around sweet and compassionate.
The actor playing the boy next door endeared himself with his wholesome, naive aura and his cherubic good looks. The equally wholesome girl next door held her own with her eager puppy charm and wide-eyed cuteness.
Katie and Laurel were the best of friends that anyone could have. Raised in small towns, their sweetness and wholesome nature stood out in the jaded streets of Santa Monica.
Katie and Laurel were the best of friends that anyone could have. Raised in small towns, their sweetness and wholesome nature stood out in the jaded streets of Santa Monica.
by Lorelili July 11, 2011
Get the wholesomemug. (1485-1536) Katherine of Aragon was the first wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Mary Tudor, also known as "Bloody Mary".
Katherine and Henry were married for 24 years until Henry divorced her for Anne Boleyn; Henry's desire for an heir had led him to defy the Catholic church and would lead to the English Reformation.
However much prowess that Katherine showed as a ruler, however humanitarian that she was, however popular that she was among her people, it all came to nothing as her six pregnancies produced only one surviving child, a daughter, and her looks were ravaged by time, stress, and constant pregnancy.
Katherine and Henry were married for 24 years until Henry divorced her for Anne Boleyn; Henry's desire for an heir had led him to defy the Catholic church and would lead to the English Reformation.
However much prowess that Katherine showed as a ruler, however humanitarian that she was, however popular that she was among her people, it all came to nothing as her six pregnancies produced only one surviving child, a daughter, and her looks were ravaged by time, stress, and constant pregnancy.
"...For my part, I pardon thou everything, and I desire to devoutly pray God that He will pardon thou also. For the rest, I commend unto thou our doughtere Mary, beseeching thou to be a good father unto her... Lastly, I makest this vouge (vow), that mine eyes desire thou aboufe all things."
-from Katherine of Aragon's deathbed letter to Henry VIII
A petite, buxom redhead and the daughter of warrior monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, Katherine of Aragon would have ended very differently had her sons survived. The love of her people, her own determination, and the support of foreign allies could not stop Henry from banishing her. Even her daughter was prevented from seeing her.
-from Katherine of Aragon's deathbed letter to Henry VIII
A petite, buxom redhead and the daughter of warrior monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, Katherine of Aragon would have ended very differently had her sons survived. The love of her people, her own determination, and the support of foreign allies could not stop Henry from banishing her. Even her daughter was prevented from seeing her.
by Lorelili January 26, 2011
Get the Katherine of Aragonmug. The practice of marrying more than one spouse.
To become specific, polygyny is a man (or woman) marrying multiple women (74% of societies are known for men taking many wives), and polyandry is a woman (or man) marrying multiple men (only about 2% of societies practice polyandry).
Also see monogamy.
To become specific, polygyny is a man (or woman) marrying multiple women (74% of societies are known for men taking many wives), and polyandry is a woman (or man) marrying multiple men (only about 2% of societies practice polyandry).
Also see monogamy.
by Lorelili November 16, 2006
Get the polygamymug.