taxes

Another necessary evil perpetrated by the government, which is itself a necessary evil. While many people disagree over just how much taxes they need to pay, it is stunningly obvious that we need to pay some taxes. Running the country, after all, isn't a part-time job.

The general reaction to taxes is high, usually because people are very attached to the small green slips of paper they call 'money.'
1: I'm a Democrat! I want higher taxes!
2: I'm a Republican! I want lower taxes!
3: I'm an Urban Dictionarian! I want no taxes!
by Daedalus January 07, 2004
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Science

An attempt to understand the world around us through observation of natural phenomenon. One of the most important concepts in science is the scientific method - a series of steps designed to allow us to learn about our surrounding efficiently and without misunderstanding.

Science is also sometimes posed in opposition to religion. While the two are not necessarily incompatible, there are several points on which they disagree, and there is also a major difference in their underlying principles: Science fits the theory to the evidence. Religion fits the evidence to the theory.
Science allows us to learn about the world.
by Daedalus January 07, 2004
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War

1. A pastime of many major governments, particularly the United States of America.
2. Organized mass-murder.
3. A way of keeping the population down, the people receptive to propaganda, the rate of technological invention up, and unemployment down.
4. The opposite of peace.
5. A very common state of affairs, possibly due to mankind's seemingly inherent tendency to, when confronted with a problem, find someone to blame and proceed to bash their head in.
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God

A concept of which almost all definitions of at urbandictionary.com are 'recommended for deletion'.
Atheist browsing site: "Hmm, this definition supports God. I'm going to recommend it for deletion.

Monotheist browsing site: "Hmm, this definition does not support God. I'm going to recommend it for deletion.
by Daedalus July 28, 2004
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Photon

A wave (or particle) that makes up electromagnetic radiation, or 'light.' This particle is also the quantization of the electromagnetic force. A vibrating electron will release a photon.

Scientists are still not sure whether photons are particles or waves. In reality, they have characteristics of both, leading some to suggest that they are particles which ride on an electromagnetic wave like surfers. One wonders what would happen if they fell off their hypothetical surfboards.

"Photon" is also used in The Hitchhiker Trilogy as a curse word, as in "What the photon is it, Ford?"
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something

Some-thing. Very simple, really. The name says it all.
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