74 definitions by Peter Kobs

1. A legal term that means: "We did it, but you can't prove it. And even if you CAN prove it, we'll drag out the litigation until your great-grandchildren are dead."

Corporate attorneys frequently use this phrase to defend their clients against civil lawsuits. And they get $500 a hour for this nonsense?

2. A kneejerk reaction to any accusation of white collar crime.

Someone who makes money by stealing books from the local public library, then reselling them online, after removing the security tags and identifying marks.

1. A lightning-fast, incredibly accurate pass from Drew Brees, quarterback of the New Orleans Saints.

2. The weapon that propelled the Saints to victory in Superbowl XLIV.

1. The downward transformation of one economic class into another.

2. The gradual descent from relative prosperity to grinding poverty, usually among formerly middle-class families.

Someone who brags excessively; an ostentatious self-promoter.

1. The banning of all Blackberry smart phones by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Republic starting in late July 2010.

Because Blackberries use data encryption for transmitting text over the airways, the security forces of those two countries can't "monitor" e-mail traffic from them. Afraid that anti-government forces will use Blackberries for nefarious purposes, they simply banned the devices entirely. Other authoritarian countries are expected to follow suit. Welcome to the 21st century!

1. The belief that you should reject anything proposed by another political party or group, no matter what it is or how it might benefit others.

2. A kneejerk reaction to anything that isn't "ideologically pure."

3. The attitude that you can honestly reject an idea even if you don't what it is -- or that you can reject a proposal without even reading it -- simply based on its origin.