by mlhiss April 25, 2017
Get the basic misunderstandingmug. A insult much worse than saying "you will lose" since it states the opponent will submit to losing. Wrestlers and boxers and others use the phrase to harass an opponent in sports.
by mlhiss June 01, 2020
Get the you will submitmug. by mlhiss April 29, 2008
Get the frugalingmug. Republican party members in the Panhandle of Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, etc. who are now homeless because of the lack of relief after hurricanes. This element of the party will likely grow significantly if global climate change continues to increase the number of high-intensity hurricanes and tornadoes, and as relief aid diminishes.
by mlhiss August 14, 2019
Get the Blue Tarp Republicansmug. Mass media "filters" filtered out new stories and facts that are presented in major local, regional, national and international news media outlets. The five classes of media "filters" are:
1) Ownership, especially when media ownership is consolidated and participatory with regards to self and special interests.
2) Funding sources include both internal and external sources of financing the reporting.
3) Sourcing - where sources can influence action taking advantage of their value to the source, and which can negatively affect access and reliability, and punish those that negatively impact the source or the sources constituents.
4) Flak - negative responses to a media statement, article, or program. It can be lawsuits, intimidation, violence, boycott and destroying livelihood.
5) "being branded fear activating ideology that is not accepted by the hegemony". - communist, socialist, liberal, etc.
1) Ownership, especially when media ownership is consolidated and participatory with regards to self and special interests.
2) Funding sources include both internal and external sources of financing the reporting.
3) Sourcing - where sources can influence action taking advantage of their value to the source, and which can negatively affect access and reliability, and punish those that negatively impact the source or the sources constituents.
4) Flak - negative responses to a media statement, article, or program. It can be lawsuits, intimidation, violence, boycott and destroying livelihood.
5) "being branded fear activating ideology that is not accepted by the hegemony". - communist, socialist, liberal, etc.
The reporter could not get past the media filters with his highly controversial stories, even though they were well documented and fact-checked.
by mlhiss December 15, 2019
Get the media filtermug. A person who has not developed the use of speaking from reading and writing, but instead from conversation or freestyle speaking. At best they speak in rhythmatic style with bunches of words. It may be explicitly implied that the person does not get their facts from non-fiction or understanding of life from literature.
by mlhiss December 24, 2019
Get the preliteratemug. Political nepotism is back with ICU hires, to assure the government is completely dysfunctional. They have purged the government of highly qualified and successful people. They are now going for ICU hires to assure that no possible good will come from the government.
by mlhiss March 19, 2025
Get the ICU hiresmug.