social good

anything of value that a society has, whether it produced the thing or not, and whether the thing is traded commercially or not.

For example the USA has natural gas (which it did not produce), air (which it did not produce), computers (which it did produce) and personal freedom (which it did produce). Air and personal freedom are not tradeable goods; it's not possible to establish ownership rights for air or freedom.

Philosophers believe that the proper distribution of social goods is still an open question, even if the distribution of economic goods (like computers) is not.

An inequality in the basic structure must always be justified to those in the disadvantaged position. This holds whatever the primary social good and especially for liberty.

John Rawls, *A Theory of Justice*, p.201

social good by Abu Yahya February 14, 2009

Social Nerd 

An admitted nerd by any standards who maintains a public lifestyle despite preferring nerd-like activities.

John just picked up his comic subscriptions with his gorgeous girlfriend and is heading to the nightclub downtown. What an incredibly social nerd.

Social Nerd by TheSocialNerd July 29, 2010

social distortion 

Social Distortion: one of the only punk-surviving bands today. They rock like no one has ever done before.

Mommy's Little Monster, Ball and Chain, Prison Bound, Story of my Life

social distortion by Jax August 27, 2004

Social Needia 

Compulsively checking all social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, OkCupid, Match, Foursquare, etc.), obsessively waiting for a new update or message to come through to give you your fix.

"I just wasted four hours on Facebook today. My social needia is getting to me!"

"My social needia is causing my hands to shake, I have to get my fix of Tweets."

Social Needia by Khump December 24, 2010

social life 

torture dressed as fun

Don't mind the ribbing man, it's just that social life...

social life by wriggler February 21, 2005

Social Anxiety 

Afraid of people, beeing verry self-consciousness always feeling there's something wrong with you and that you're are watched by somebody all the time and you always fear that your peers will judge your actions. Living with social anxiety disorder sucks terribly!!! You want to do something but you can't.. you know that your fear is irational but you can't do nothing about it, something like a mental cage. SOCIAL ANXIETY SUCKS AND I HAVE THE WORST TYPE OF SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER! The one were you're afraid to go outside, talk to friends, strangers, talking on the phone and even chating with people online! How fucked up is that!?!?! ;( . And were not some crazy psychos! We're just normal people that want to do what normal people do, but we have a stupid mental disorder that makes us feel a completly irational fear that won't go away!.Most of the time we only remember the negative remarks that people said about us and usualy those toughts remain in our minds for weeks. We're not emos or goths!!! they don't have damn clue how it is to live with this shit. Social anxiety is like a fear and pain that won't go away!!NEVER!! And most people don't understand us! If you're a person that doesn't have Social Anxiety disorder, you're probably saying somethin like: ahahahaha what a sad fuck!! It's not like that!! We never wanted to have this stupid disorder. We feel lonely, isolated and barren inside :(

Gabriel only wanted to be like everyone else:
-to play sports such as football/basketball or any sport with a bunch of kids his age;
-to be just like everyone else and don't stand out in a crowd;
-to go to parties and have a good time with friends and meet new people;
-to graduate highschool;
Alas, he will never achive this things since he suffers from Social Anxiety Disorder and has isolated himself from his friends and the world for years ;(

Social Anxiety by Gabriel. May 17, 2006

social security 

A pretty bad deal, expect less than a 1% return on your 12.4% payroll tax. Also, reduces the ability and incentive to save for retirement. Involves no creation of wealth, and the Supreme Court ruled that you have no right to social security funds, thus your benefits are highly politized. Maybe its time to start thinking about taking care of ourselves...

we would all be better off without this intergenerational redistribution of wealth

social security by youknow2 May 9, 2005