wclay1's definitions

mainstay

-- main support
-- primary constituent

Objective, definitive and authoritative word meanings are the mainstay of language

by wclay1 September 2, 2009

sourceable

Verifiable by reference to an authority, source or expert quote.

Everything he says is subjective, personal opinion and not sourceable.

by wclay1 July 2, 2011

gibber

-- to equivocate
-- a person prone to equivocation, indecision and starts to talk gibberish before they put their brain in gear.

You don't know what you're talking about and you are a cowardly gibber!

by wclay1 September 10, 2009

reach out

A phrase that inherently implies the person being reached out to has distanced themselves from the reacher or the world.

People who post on Urban Dictionary and swear or trash-talk simultaneously reach out to the audience while distancing themselves from a perceived threat, supplanting their fear with anger in a somewhat conflicted cyclic redundancy.

by wclay1 August 31, 2010

majorally

majorally is to majority what mostly is to most

mostly

The votes were majorally in his favor.

by wclay1 February 25, 2011

Soapboxing

to speak AT an audience (1) instead of WITH them; (2) instead of engaging in a dialogue whereby corresponding 'sourceable' facts and verifiable observations are exchanged in a spirit of respect for objective truth.

He's just soapboxing because he just ignores the points you make and responds with subjective personal opinion.

by wclay1 July 2, 2011

secondhander

Someone who gets their ideas, opinions and values exclusively form society and from others as opposed to getting: an idea from within oneself; a value from a personal rational process; an opinion from an experience.

Ayn Rand pointed out that Peter Keating was a secondhander because he stole all his ideas.

by wclay1 July 1, 2011