Bastardisation

To bastardise something.
To make something very uncool out of something that used to be cool.

"Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice is a bastardisation of a Queen's "Under Pressure".
"I'll Be Missing You" by Diddy and Faith Evans is a bastradisation of "Every Breathe You Take" by The police.

by CRAIGJJAMES May 27, 2010

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Happy Holidays You Bastards

An act of defiance, to not come home for christmas because of ongoing conflict with your family. This conflict can be past or present.

(Incoming call from your brother back home)...Gabe you should really come back home with the family for the holidays this year.

Gabe: Happy Holidays You Bastards!!!!

by E-bag December 23, 2009

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nil bastardum carborundum

Literally: Don't let the bastards get you down. ie Keep up your struggle against unfair treatment. ("Bastards" in the sense of people who treat you unfairly).

"Are you struggling to obtain your legal rights? Nil Bastardum Carborundum." meaning, literally "don't let the bastards get you down" or "don't give up in your struggle against unfair treatment."

It is a phrase of made-up words designed to sound like a traditional Latin (the language of ancient Rome) motto as used by many schools, universities and similar organizations, also by wealthy high status families or anyone who aspires to such a condition. This type of made-up pseudo- (ie fake) latin is sometimes called cod latinor "pig latin" Compare with J.K. Rowling's motto for Hogwarts school Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus The wrong use of the latin-sounding words is intentionally ironic and carries an implication of a lower class or self- educated person sticking it to "the man", who presumably could afford a classical education.

by T. Regina March 25, 2011

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