(noun) A person, especially a member of a political party or a military organization, who is hardcore, who endures during hard times. The opposite of "summer soldier", a phrase used by Thomas Paine to denote (and mock) men who signed up for the Revolutionary War and then quit when the going got tough.
by anarcissie May 21, 2008
Get the winter soldiermug. To alter or adjust accounting or other records ("books"), evidence, statements, etc., usually fraudulently or unethically, in such a way as to make them take on a different meaning or appearance.
"That company is actually bankrupt, but they are going to cook the books to make it appear solvent."
"Joe's experiments all failed, but he cooked the records and now everyone thinks he's a genius."
"Joe's experiments all failed, but he cooked the records and now everyone thinks he's a genius."
by anarcissie May 17, 2008
Get the cookmug. (verb) of a computer or other machine, or a set of them: to stop functioning in the middle of a job or operation, to enter a suspended state, especially unexpectedly and without giving any indication of the cause.
"Morris's message ordered each receiving machine to send out a dozen like it, causing the whole network to hang."
"My computer mysteriously hangs every morning at 9:30."
"My computer mysteriously hangs every morning at 9:30."
by anarcissie May 28, 2008
Get the hangmug.