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punditocracy

The universe of the mainstream media (pundits) talking heads who tell the general population what to think. Their aim is to influence the political landscape by their erudite utterances. Their stock and trade is opinion, rather than fact with both generally being pulled out of their asses. The punditocracy thinks more of itself than those who listen to it.
Rush Limbaugh. Robert Novack. Ann Coulter. Cal Thomas.
by fugitive October 1, 2004
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Facebook pundit

A person who uses Facebook to make political comments and advocate a particular point of view. Said person is inclined to get involved in debates with other Facebook users by exchanging comments on a post.
Girl 1: What does John talk about on Facebook?
Girl 2: Oh, I usually just skip over his posts. He's always talking about political stuff. He's such a Facebook pundit.
by JPJP January 24, 2010
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Pandaism

Pandaism is an ideological view that emphasizes the lovely subjectivity and fluffy agency of pandas. The philosophical doctrine of pandaism can be best illustrated by da Vinci's Vitruvian Panda and Mona Panda.
Compared to humanism, pandaism is a lot more interesting!
by Pandada Pandavsky April 24, 2019
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corculis punjai

The nasty infected cheese surrounding your toes.
Dude, I have to start treating my corculis punjai.
by Phartman July 9, 2004
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pundit

TV talking heads. Many offering view concerning politics.
George Will is a pundit
by Charles October 19, 2003
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pundit

A person who claims to be an expert and markets him or herself as such, but has no discernable income or prior background being a practitioner in the subject matter they purport to represent. These individuals are usually offered talking points and a buried stipend (read: paid off) by a special interest group, such as a political party or industry lobby then go on to blog or make media appearances promoting their point of view to the detriment of people who are real-life practitioners and subject matter experts.
Andy is a pundit on technology issues but doesn't seem to have any real-world experience doing the things he promotes. Through some digging we can discover he is actually an industry shill.
by hot east August 2, 2012
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Punding

Punding :

Punding is human activity characterized by compulsive fascination with and performance of repetitive, mechanical tasks, such as assembling and disassembling, collecting, or sorting household objects. For example, punding may consist of activities such as:

- Collecting pebbles and lining them up as perfectly as possible,
- Disassembling doorknobs and putting them back together again,

People engaging in punding find immersion in such activities comforting, even when it serves no purpose, and generally find it very frustrating to be diverted from them.

Punding is the result of dopamine overactivity. It is commonly associated with side effects of drugs used against Parkinson's disease and with the use of methamphetamine (in which context it is known as tweaking), which increases dopamine release and blocks its uptake.

In Parkinson's Disease it can be cured by lowering the medication dose, or adding (atypical) antipsychotics, which act by counteracting the effect of dopamine.

Punding is also similar to behaviors associated with autism.
When my Adderal starts to wear off, I start punding, you know? Like. I have to use graph paper for EVERYTHING so it all lines up right...
by Hitokai December 30, 2007
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