2 definitions by pete mac

Modest Proposal

/n/ suggestion made in satire, from the famous original by Jonathan Swift, in which he suggested solving the Irish potato famine by eating babies. See also straw man

A modest proposal: our new school dress policy should require all students to go entirely without clothes or jewelry, to reduce rampant comsumerism and objectionable messages on T-Shirts.

by pete mac April 27, 2007

Swiftian

/adj/ (1) Satirical
(2) Of or pertaining to Jonathan Swift.
(3) Dire, in the manner of Modest Proposal

Today President Bush made another all-to-Swiftian proposal for welfare reform.

by pete mac April 27, 2007