james william's definitions

watergate

Any incredibly long, boring and mystifying process; something bad, tedious and of interest only to fools. A show put on for the public to convince them that the government is accountable and journalists have teeth. A settling of scores between rival corrupt elements of the elite. Also now used for any case of corruption, eg, Zipper-Gate, Monica-Gate, etc. Surely there should be a Gates-Gate involving Bill Gates - we just have to hope for that.

Woodward and Bernstein preen themselves that they brought down Nixon over Watergate, as if that would be allowed to happen! Nixon was obviously doomed for some reason we are not told about.

by James William June 7, 2005

royalty

Children of a famous popstar, rock musician, movie star, etc. Never used nowadays for real royal families, who are "monarchy". Often have strange "rock royalty" or "Hollywood royalty" names handed out by drug-crazed parents shortly after the (Caesarian) birth. Usually chronically over-indulged, leading to severely disordered personalities in later life that have to be "recovered" from.

Moon Unit Zappa, Liv Tyler. ("rock royalty").
Gwyneth Paltrow, Jane Fonda. ("Hollywood royalty").

by James William June 7, 2005