Definitions by mados123

pettifog 

The method in which Fox News resorts to, in order to take the steam out of President Obama's approval ratings after the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

falafel: "Should we do some real, investigative journalism today based on historical facts?"

Roger Ailes: "Nah, keep up with the pettifog!"

pettifog by mados123 June 11, 2011

squirmish 

A word that a rural, inconsequential uneducated woman uses when trying to explain foreign policy decisions that are beyond her understanding and in a country outside the view of her porch.

...do we use the word war, do we use the word intervention, do we use the word squirmish?

squirmish by mados123 April 16, 2011