celebrity by proxy

Close relative to the professional celebrity you are famous because you are related(not quite) to someone famous.

The future(?) son-in-law of the former presidential candidate has become famous as a celebrity by proxy.

by Stephan Smolka November 25, 2009

That's strange

The response a technical support person gives you when they can't solve your problem.

After calling the 900 number that was printed on the package for help, the customer rep said "That's strange!!" And I knew that I was truly fucked.

by Stephan Smolka January 31, 2010

Repeaters

First Introduced by David Icke. A repeater just repeats what he or she just was told without thinking about it, frustrating someone who finds out whats repeated is a lie. Usually found in government bureaucracies.

Repeaters at the doctors office kept telling me that drugs and surgery are the only cures to what ails me.

by Stephan Smolka January 03, 2009

Smolka's Postulate

There is a fundamental connection between technology, physical reality and nature. And the parallels between technology and nature are astounding.

Smolka's Postulate reveals that cars have systems that match that of animals; ie: gas tank - stomach, catalytic converter - liver, carburetor - lungs and so on. A computer hard drive needs to defrag every so often, like a mind needs to dream(believing that doing so consolidates information in the brain).

by Stephan Smolka September 05, 2009

Social Leverage

The ability for the least prosperous of the masses to reach the most number of people.

Through the technology of the internet, there is more social leverage, opposed to newspapers and radio.

by Stephan Smolka January 06, 2009

Ruinism

The art and science of destroying freedom by allowing people to make bad decisions. Peripherating through society but not limited to legalization of drugs, college education for the unmotivated and home ownership for the financially irresponsible. The end result being martial law and bigger government as a solution to the problems it creates.

Making welfare and food stamps easier than earning money at a trade is an example of Ruinism.

by Stephan Smolka January 09, 2009

yellow light effect

When a law or rule has the dubious distinction of making you do the opposite of what was intended.

A literal example of the yellow light effect is to speed up when you see a yellow light. Figuratively, you do the opposite.

by Stephan Smolka April 03, 2009