ScottX's definitions

ego-friend

a person who pretends to be your friend in order to boost his or her own self-worth or importance

Jay is just an ego-friend. He wants to see if he can add you to his lists of conquests in order to boost his self-importance.

by ScottX December 23, 2006

white pope

The bishop of Rome, the successor of St. Peter, the vicar of Jesus Christ, the leader of all Christians in the world.

The Roman Catholic pope is sometimes called the white pope, in distinction to the "black pope" or the "red pope".

by ScottX January 10, 2007

Black Pope

A nickname for the superior general of the Jesuits. Used because he wears a black robe and rules over the largest religious order in the Catholic Church.

Hans Kolvenbach, SJ, is the current Black Pope.

by ScottX November 28, 2006

cardinal

a "prince" of the Catholic Church; cardinals elect the pope. They are usually bishops. They wear scarlet dresses.

Are the St. Louis cardinals named after birds or the "princes" of the Catholic Church?

by ScottX October 22, 2006

tinhorn

A cheap, showy, gambling, unscrupulous shyster of the old American West.

That tinhorn cheated at craps! After him, boys!

by ScottX March 25, 2008

Jebbie

Slang for Jesuit or member of the Society of Jesus.

The Jebbies are the intellectuals of the Catholic Church.

by ScottX November 20, 2006

Ihs

Abbreviation for 'Ihsous', Greek for Jesus.

Ihs does not mean 'In his service' or 'I have suffered' or 'Iesus Hominem Salvator'. It just means 'Jesus'.

by ScottX November 27, 2006