Aeneas

The hero of the epic poem by the Roman poet Virgil, The Aeneid, and also a character in The Iliad, another book length poem ascribed to the Greek poet Homer. He was cousin to King Priam of Troy, and the son of Anchises and Venus. In mythic geneology he was the ancestor of the Caesars.
In mythic history, Aeneas' escape from the fall of Troy and his journey to Italy was instrumental to the founding of Rome.
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junk science

Science manufactured by individuals paid by special interest groups. Most commonly used by big corporations to dupe governments and nations into approving unsafe products, ignoring health and safety risks, or ignoring environmental problems.
The reason people are just starting to believe in climate change is because the oil magnates have been producing junk science to debunk it for years.

Monsanto consistently uses junk science to assert the safety of genetically engineered food.
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zinester

A noun denoting an individual who creates, and usually distributes their own zine or zines. It may be extended to someone who does not strictly make zines who runs a distro.
JJ Tawd has been a hardcore zinester for years, she has made over 30 different mini-zines.
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snip

Worthy of attention, hip, awesome, cool. Snip is an adjective with no pejorative connotation. It is often used as an interjection.
Snip!

Wow, that band was totally snip.

Check out this snip book.
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basement freak

A noun describing a freakishly cool wierdo, very likely a zinester, or someone soon to become a zinester who currently lives in a basement, or lived a large portion of their adolecent lives in a basement.
Anarchy Ashley, maker of the zine 'Alien Basement Food' is a prototypical basement freak.
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gateway to the north

Prince George, British Columbia is also known as the gateway to the north.
People call Prince George the gateway to the north because it is a major center where several highways and railroads meet.
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Dixie-Chicked

The past tense of the verb "to Dixie Chick", a verb meaning to express a contraversial opinion from a place of artistic privledge.

It comes from the name of a band, the Dixie Chicks, who were simultaniously applauded and reviled for speaking out against the 2002 war of the United States against Iraq.
"Everyone is scared of being Dixie Chicked. You say one bad thing about your government and you might lose a large portion of your fans. Good. who wants a bunch of idiots for fans anyways?" -- 'Fat' Mike Burkett
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