jon davis's definitions

debt money

Money that is borrowed, or money that has a negative value, as with an invoice or bill but with a facade of having inherent tangible value.

$USD currency is debt money.

by Jon Davis January 14, 2004

federal debt

The perpetual and perpetually increasing debt that the United States of America has due to the federal government's unlimited debting power with the Federal Reserve.

Federal deficit.

The federal deficit will never go away as long as we have the Federal Reserve and as long as the Fourteenth Amendment exists.

by Jon Davis January 14, 2004

tree hugger

A slightly derogatory term describing an employee of a company who stays in the same position for many, many years. This term is usually used in industries such as software engineering where the dynamics of the profession are always changing and it is not unusual for other people in the same field to change jobs every few years. This term was often used in the Silicon Valley during the dot-com bubble (late 1990s).

The opposite of a job hopper is a tree hugger.

by Jon Davis January 1, 2009

court

1. The act of dating a person with the intent to marry.

2. A game where a black robe and some people in suits and ties dance around and pretend to establish justice on behalf of a terrorized victim of society.

1. I courted her for a while but realized that she wasn't The One.

2. The innocent man went to court and was thrown in prison for five years.

by Jon Davis January 14, 2004