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Wikipedia

An online encyclopedia, Wikipedia was founded by Jimmy Wales. Meant to be a "free encyclopedia", it has since become a controversial and questionable source of information.

While Wikipedia is good for basic facts, it must be taken with a grain of salt, especially since many of its editors are agenda driven ideologues in one or another way.

by Nickidewbear March 6, 2014

Hell on wheels

Figurative for a hard-driven person with a mean streak.

An infamous nun in the Seton Keough community in Baltimore County, Maryland was actually called "Hell on Wheels"-- because of her name (Sister Helen Mercedes, which was obviously to pun) and her reputation for cruelty toward students at Seton Keough High School (which was two separate schools while "Hell on Wheels" was there).

by Nickidewbear August 22, 2011

Caffeine drip

A literal IV drip filled with caffeine. Apparently, a caffeine drip is not a joke.

I myself can't quit caffeine. I was in withdrawal so badly during surgery that I could not hold down even water as much. They literally had to hook me up to a caffeine drip. The drip rate was two hours instead of one hour because the nurse did not want to blow out my vein.

by Nickidewbear May 11, 2014

mixed bag

Paradoxical or contradictory. Has both good and bad aspects and/or sides, but the bad may or does outweigh the good.

Dude, he's a mixed bag. I'm not entirely sure that I'd trust him.

by Nickidewbear June 14, 2013

Jews For Jesus

Messianic Jews, Jewish Christians, etc.

The term comes from a Messianic Jewish organization founded by the late Moishe (ne Martin, 1932-2010) and Celia Starr Rosen. Called "Jews for Jesus", the organization is a 501(c)3 Messianic Jewish ministry which is often targeted for vile persecution by groups such as the Antimissionary organization Jews for Judaism.

by Nickidewbear August 22, 2011

Andrulewicz

Slavic and especially-Ashkenazic Jewish surname. Variant of "Anderson" or "Andrews".

In 1906, a Buzhanka, Zvenigorodka, Kiev (now Buzhanka, Cherkas'ka Oblast)-based Jew named Vilgelm Andrulevich (Wilgelm Andrulewicz) voted in the Duma elections. His voting record for 1906 appears on JewishGen.org and Ancestry.com.

by Nickidewbear August 15, 2011

Suwałki

A former gubernia or district in the Polish and Lithuanian divisions of the Russian Empire, Suwałki was one of the main areas of the Jewish Diaspora in Eastern Europe. Today, it is divided into areas in Podlaskie Province.

Suwałki City is in Northeastern Poland. From the former Suwałki gubernia area hails Jewish Diasporan fashion designer Marcela J. "Mia" Daniłowicz.

by Nickidewbear August 25, 2011