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Definitions by davezawislak

The interviewer didn't like to inject native ads in the podcaster, v4v was the way to get paid on the honor system.
v4v by davezawislak October 13, 2022

gerry-rigging 

Redrawing a voting district map to ensure the party in power gets to stay in power by selecting voters, making the elections effectively rigged.
There were too many opposition party member in the state legislature, so the majority party started gerry-rigging s the nearby districts to get their party voters as a majority soon after the census.
gerry-rigging by davezawislak June 17, 2016

liquidarian 

A person on a diet just considing of liquids or foods processed to a liquid consistancy.
After breaking my jaw, I couldn't chew any food, so I became a liquidarian drinking thru a straw for 12 weeks.
liquidarian by davezawislak November 4, 2013

burrocracy

A body, usually a governmental entity, that exists solely to make difficult the receiving of permission for an action which should be simple, but required.
I need to work in 4 Canadian provinces, so I need to get work permission from each burrocracy, not just the Canadian government.
burrocracy by davezawislak April 1, 2010
A small demand in a detailed contract that creates an easily testable adherence and understanding of the details.
David Lee Roth inserted a concert contract stipulation about having a bowl of m&ms back stage, with no brown m&ms, to see how careful the stage managers would handle the electrical aspects of stage show.
Brown m&m by davezawislak January 5, 2010

Caterpillar house 

A house in such bad shape that it would be easier and more cost effective to bulldoze it.
Sure, you could lay new flooring and put in new windows, but it's would still be a Caterpillar house.

Jethro bowl

A enormous bowl used for eating, as typified by Jethro Bodine on the Beverly Hillbillies T.V. show.
I went to a restaurant for some soup and sushi, but they gave be a Jethro bowl for the soup, so I had to take the sushi to-go.
Jethro bowl by davezawislak December 21, 2008