ORD ELLIS's definitions

self-advising

'Self-Advising' is the term for doing what you ought not, KNOWING BEFOREHAND that you ought NOT and yet . . . you do it anyway. This is especially true of calling with a known dead hand in poker. Against our own best advice to ourselves and gut instincts (and sometimes even the odds), we do what we know is wrong because . . . well, you know the list of reasons, we all have them and interchange and use them at random.

When am I going to start listening to myself and STOP! listening to myself? That's what I get for self-advising again.

by ORD ELLIS September 14, 2007

self relient

The act of being able to cover your previous prevarications effectively with new untruths that support the orginal ones in question well enough such that they will no longer be suspect.

Our son has such a great future ahead of him. He is so self relient.

by ORD ELLIS September 15, 2007

poker

A game of skill played with a normal deck of playing cards but often incorrectly considered a game of chance by 95% of the population who can't play the game properly and those politician's who feel that 10 Million to One odds on a state lottery ticket is morally acceptable while poker is not.

You can make a living playing poker - those that understand the game do so regularly - while no one I know ever made a living playing the lottery.

Politicians are attempting to ban your rights to play poker on the internet but not your rights to buy their state lottery tickets. Which one has the worst odds of winning, a dollar spent on poker (even by a donk player) or a dollar spent on a powerball ticket?

by ORD Ellis March 6, 2007

self defecation

Self defecation is the act of being able to make fun and/or light of yourself in an effort toward 'humanizing' yourself. Actually that is the definition of 'self deprecation' however self defecation is self deprecation BUT to the 'Nth' degree. To further explain, the antonym of being self deprecative would be 'pompous' while the antonym of being self defecative would be that of a 'complete pompous ass'.

He was trying too hard to fit in by using some self defecation humour and ended up making himself not only the butt of his own jokes, but everyone else's as well. What a complete ass, he sure went overboard.

by ORD ELLIS September 15, 2007

self awareness

The sense of always knowing where the 'X' is, as in 'You are here. (with arrow pointing to an 'X')' Especially important trait to know you have if you always seem to be finding yourself in some kind of spot, as 'X' always marks the spot. So where else would you have expected to be then? However, most people who are REALLY self aware have no clue so they continue to blame others. Once you come to understand that you have this self awareness, then you can effectively begin to accept this challenge of always being on the 'spot' because you now know where you are and can begin to constructively and successfully deal with it. Almost everyone has this self awareness, but very few are truly aware of it. These folks are also said to be 'soul searching' and look most often EVERYWHERE but inside themselves where it always resides.

I sure wish she'd show more self awareness. She excuses it as she's 'soul searching' but quite often I don't think she even knows what planet she's on.

by ORD ELLIS September 14, 2007

self control

Being able to retain ownership of the remote in a large family is known as having self control.

He can watch anything he wants, anytime he wants regardless of how many others would rather be watching something different. Now that's what I call self control.

by ORD ELLIS September 15, 2007

transientmental meditation

A 'heightened' heightened sense of self awareness brought on by un-conscious thoughts so deep into one's own psyche as to cause the condition of schizophrenia. These people are usually only a danger to themselves, unless of course, they get elected to public office. Then they are a danger to the real world as we know it and are then to be known by the group name: Democrats.

Here's another bill introduced into Congress for a study to determine how to reduce the current wave of senseless spending by 6 Billion dollars. This bill will probably pass as it brings Trillions of dollars into the sponsor's home district required to complete the study. He must have come up with this one during a recent transientmental meditation.

by ORD ELLIS September 15, 2007