Apparently A word or phrase considered in general to be bigoted, but claimed by its user to be a descriptive truth that is suppressed by political correctness. Sometimes used to just mean bigoted language in general.
I'm not exactly sure (because I cannot find a free copy of the entire originating article), but it seems to originally be an inside joke shared among people who have studied semantics, a phrase coined by then Institute of General Semantics executive director Steve Stockdale in a 2007 article entitled, "A Fence Sieve Language," which appears in the publication by the General Semantics Institute called, Calling Out the Symbol Rulers.
"Fence sieve" appears to be an ironic take on a quote from Aldous Huxley's 1963 article, "Culture and the Individual":
"A culture cannot be discriminatingly accepted, much less be modified, except by persons who have seen through it─by persons who have cut holes in the confining stockade of verbalized symbols and so are able to look at the world and, by reflection at themselves, in a relatively new and unprejudiced way."
I'm not exactly sure (because I cannot find a free copy of the entire originating article), but it seems to originally be an inside joke shared among people who have studied semantics, a phrase coined by then Institute of General Semantics executive director Steve Stockdale in a 2007 article entitled, "A Fence Sieve Language," which appears in the publication by the General Semantics Institute called, Calling Out the Symbol Rulers.
"Fence sieve" appears to be an ironic take on a quote from Aldous Huxley's 1963 article, "Culture and the Individual":
"A culture cannot be discriminatingly accepted, much less be modified, except by persons who have seen through it─by persons who have cut holes in the confining stockade of verbalized symbols and so are able to look at the world and, by reflection at themselves, in a relatively new and unprejudiced way."
by Genepoz March 29, 2024
Get the fence sievemug. by Fencemower October 23, 2016
Get the Mow the fencemug. A barrier between you and your annoying neighbors or so your rabbid dog doesn’t escape from your yard. If you have a fence you either have neighbors that you absolutely despise or a dog that you cannot have your trust with, a Fence kind of looks like a mini version of the White House
by Grapey..whaype March 8, 2020
Get the Fencemug. by 240HazMat May 24, 2019
Get the Anal fencingmug. by findogbungislavder December 14, 2019
Get the Fence Panelmug. A girl who with her infinite hotness is surrounded by a group of guys at all times thus forming the "dick fence"
Usually occurs in undisclosed deployed locations
Usually occurs in undisclosed deployed locations
Me: "Hey bro look at that group of guys following around that girl."
Bro: " Yeah man, that what you call a dick fence."
Bro: " Yeah man, that what you call a dick fence."
by dRocl October 12, 2015
Get the Dick Fencemug. Literal Meaning:
There is no point in keeping up a fence if it is worn down- unable to do its job
Figurative Meaning:
At times there is no need for unnecessary doubt when it is incapable of preventing the inevitable
- Dmitri Milan Mikhailov
There is no point in keeping up a fence if it is worn down- unable to do its job
Figurative Meaning:
At times there is no need for unnecessary doubt when it is incapable of preventing the inevitable
- Dmitri Milan Mikhailov
Individual A: "I find myself completely distraught, whatever am I supposed to do dear compadre?"
Individual B: "Fret not my dear, for what Need for a Fence that is on the verge of decay?"
Individual B: "Fret not my dear, for what Need for a Fence that is on the verge of decay?"
by Dmitri Theodore Mikhailov August 21, 2024
Get the What Need For a Fence That Is On The Verge Of Decaymug.