MoribundMurdoch's definitions

Credentialatry

worship of educational, academic, legal, or regulatory qualifications

Brasidas evinced his credentialatry via not listening to those without the proper qualifications and also by worshipping/blindly listening to those with qualifications without critical thought.

by MoribundMurdoch May 11, 2021

Opinion Stenosis

1. An abnormal narrowing of acceptable opinions or thoughts.

2. The process of truncating the scope of acceptable opinions in a society

Maeve was brassed off by the bigwigs' attempt to categorize her formerly nigh ubiquitous opinion that David Bowie is our lord and savior as fringe -- such irksome opinion stenosis she thought.

by MoribundMurdoch September 16, 2020

Babefuge

A substance, medicine or device used to drive away a babe.

In my experience, an eight-day, Star Trek binge — accompanied by wearing a specific babefuge called a fedora — is the most successful treatment. Especially when one is a sufferer of a spate of flirts from a superfluity of babes.

by MoribundMurdoch June 13, 2021

Tycheist

1. A follower or devotee of Tyche, the Greek goddess of fortune and chance.

2. Someone who practices rituals or adheres to beliefs aimed at appeasing Tyche or influencing their own fortune.

3. (by extension) Someone who embraces chance and takes risks, believing that fortune favors the bold.

4. A person who believes in the significant influence of chance on events.

5. Someone who studies the role of chance and unforeseen circumstances in various fields.

In his book "The Black Swan," Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a Tycheist who studies the role of chance and unforeseen circumstances, argues that society often fails to prepare for highly improbable events with massive consequences.

by MoribundMurdoch March 10, 2024

The Divorce Party

A single-issue political party that advocates for a disunion of factions that vitiate each others plans instead of working together to improve their country.

The conspicuous incompatibility of the republican & democratic parties' policies evinced a need for " the divorce party " to advocate for a disunion.

by MoribundMurdoch May 18, 2021

Pteridaboo

A person who is obsessed with or romanticizes ferns.

Merely liking to grow ferns does not make you a pteridaboo.

by MoribundMurdoch September 23, 2022

Bowiehood

An association, society, or community of people linked by a common interest in David Bowie.

To prove she was apart of the bowiehood she recited all the lyrics from David Bowie's "Young Americans" album.

by MoribundMurdoch July 12, 2021