print, broadcast or online content, especially that distributed by a commercial entity, which is so stultifyingly stupid and/or devoid of actual news or information that it can only be considered an insult to the intelligence of (and may even induce fits of rage in) the viewer.
i told my dad he needs to start watching something other than the o'reilly factor. all that insultainment's no good for his blood pressure!
by aarrgghh January 01, 2008
to inadvertently cause harm to a loved one through your own thoughtless and/or venial and/or petty actions against someone else.
suzie's mom got chuckrolled when suzie's ex forwarded her the photos that suzie sent him of her balling her new dude.
(named for the now-infamous chuck kroll, who got his wife fired from 1-800-flowers after sending a death threat using her company email account.)
(named for the now-infamous chuck kroll, who got his wife fired from 1-800-flowers after sending a death threat using her company email account.)
by aarrgghh August 11, 2008
an attempt by an unpopular leader to rehabilitate his failed legacy by naming as his successor a person so corrupt and/or incompetent that the predictably disastrous reign to follow would make his own epic failure look like an epic win in comparison.
the tiberius gambit was named after the unpopular roman emperor tiberius who named as his successor his notoriously capricious and probably insane grandson caligula, who instituted a bloody reign of terror of the like even rome had never seen.
the tiberius gambit was named after the unpopular roman emperor tiberius who named as his successor his notoriously capricious and probably insane grandson caligula, who instituted a bloody reign of terror of the like even rome had never seen.
john mccain's nomination of sarah palin as his vice president has to be the first time i've ever seen anyone slap down a tiberius gambit even before they've become president.
by aarrgghh March 24, 2009
a true statement, accidently uttered in public, that is embarrassing and something everyone in earshot would rather ignore.
joe let go a little truth fart when he mentioned jenny's abortion. no one said anything but you could tell by their cringes that everyone smelled it.
by aarrgghh January 14, 2009
musician julian lennon, the son of british former beatle john lennon and japanese artist yoko ono, is a halfanese celebrity. so was deceased actor brandon lee, son of martial arts superstar bruce lee and american teacher linda lee caldwell.
by aarrgghh May 28, 2010
the principle demonstrated when an organization promotes one or more individuals so far above their level of competence as to precipitate or hasten its own sorry demise.
the ultimate culmination of the peter principle.
the ultimate culmination of the peter principle.
the palin principle is named after governor of alaska sarah palin, whose nomination as the republican vice presidential candidate, despite initial fanfare, ultimately proved to be the undoing of the presidential aspirations of her nominator john mccain, as well as the undoing of their party, likely for decades to follow. see also: the tiberius gambit.
by aarrgghh March 24, 2009
a loved one who becomes the inadvertent victim of thoughtless and/or venial and/or petty actions aimed at someone else.
suzie's mom became the krollateral damage after suzie's ex forwarded her the photos that suzie sent him of her balling her new dude.
(named for the now-infamous chuck kroll, who got his wife fired from 1-800-flowers after sending a death threat using her company email account.)
(named for the now-infamous chuck kroll, who got his wife fired from 1-800-flowers after sending a death threat using her company email account.)
by aarrgghh August 11, 2008