by raag suresh August 15, 2009
Get the nadding mug.Nodding Donkeys - A disapprobation applied to the 'Yes-persons' surrounding a totalitarian leader.
Etymology of the phrase - Although it is commonly believed that the phrase evolved as a critical reference to members of the Democratic Party (given that the Donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party), and more particularly to the members of President Obama's administration, that is not so. In point of fact, the phrase was coined by Albert Speer, the Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich. Speer was Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming ministerial office. Speer was contemptuous of those who surrounded Hitler (Goebbels, von Ribbentrop, Himmler, et al) because of their servile obsequiousness, and referred to them as 'Nodding Donkeys'.
Some have protested that usage of the phrase in reference to members of the Obama administration and Democratic Party confirms Godwin's Law. However, there seems to be no marked contrast between the fellow-traveling sycophancy of members Democratic Party and the Obama administration, and that demonstrated by Hitler's underlings. The Donkey symbol of the Democratic Party only serves to lend irony to the usage.
Etymology of the phrase - Although it is commonly believed that the phrase evolved as a critical reference to members of the Democratic Party (given that the Donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party), and more particularly to the members of President Obama's administration, that is not so. In point of fact, the phrase was coined by Albert Speer, the Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich. Speer was Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming ministerial office. Speer was contemptuous of those who surrounded Hitler (Goebbels, von Ribbentrop, Himmler, et al) because of their servile obsequiousness, and referred to them as 'Nodding Donkeys'.
Some have protested that usage of the phrase in reference to members of the Obama administration and Democratic Party confirms Godwin's Law. However, there seems to be no marked contrast between the fellow-traveling sycophancy of members Democratic Party and the Obama administration, and that demonstrated by Hitler's underlings. The Donkey symbol of the Democratic Party only serves to lend irony to the usage.
Uncritical approval of President Obama's policies is the hallmark of the Nodding Donkeys which comprise his party and administration.
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I shot about 6 bags of potent heroin earlier today, and now I'm having a tough time staying awake, aka nodding out.
by Smack Attack June 12, 2008
Get the Nodding out mug.The act of being overly nice, or nice too often, to the point of it being a detriment to oneself or one's friends.
Miranda: *Says "After you!" and smiles as she lets everyone cut in front of her on the bus.*
Amy: What the? We were the first ones waiting for the bus and the last ones on! Now we don't have a seat! You need to quit with the nedding.
Amy: What the? We were the first ones waiting for the bus and the last ones on! Now we don't have a seat! You need to quit with the nedding.
by SwychbladeSaint December 28, 2013
Get the Nedding mug.The practice (or perhaps art) of "nudging" one's code into submission. This involves taking code that is mostly correct and twiddling some bits or adding/removing lines, without really having any specific reason to do so, until the code starts to work. Also, a terrible way to write code.
by divpwr2 September 6, 2011
Get the code nudging mug.A woman, usually drunk and ugly, performing oral sex in the back seat of a car. In reference to the bobble head 'nodding' characters British people would put in the rear window of there car, often a Churchill Dog.
Office manager Rupert received the full nodding dog treatment from the drunk PA Mary in the taxi on the way home from the office party.
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