Memere

Sometimes spelled Mere Mere, pronouced "meh-may". French Canadian for grandma.

Memeres and Peperes are the Grandmas and Grandpas of French kids.

by ScottX October 22, 2006

SJ

Abbreviation for Society of Jesus, a religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola. Members are called Jesuits.

Teilhard de Chardin, SJ, was a Jesuit scientist.

by ScottX November 27, 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

minister

a protestant clergyman

A minister, a priest, and a rabbi walk into a bar...What is this, some kind of joke?

by ScottX September 11, 2006

Red Pope

A nickname for the cardinal who heads the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Used because cardinals wear scarlet robes and the congregation has lots of power in missionary countries.

Cardinal Ivan Dias is the current Red Pope.

by ScottX November 28, 2006

Jebbie

Slang for Jesuit or member of the Society of Jesus.

The Jebbies are the intellectuals of the Catholic Church.

by ScottX November 19, 2006

Padre

a Catholic priest; means "Father" in spanish

Really? the San Diego Padres are named after Catholic priests?

by ScottX October 22, 2006