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History Angel

A History Angel is someone who preserves a piece of history that would have been lost forever.
Bob is a history angel for keeping that photo album.
by Miles Bighorse January 2, 2019
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historicism

Phenology in which the process-of-ontologization (making-of) of an object demonstrates itself in the final object as a narrative (motif (product)).

Part of the historicist (heuristicist) sequence: materialism, constructivism, and substantivism (substantialism).
"Heuristicism is a morpheme of the word "historicism."
by tomorrowtomorrow January 20, 2019
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historical dumbfounding

The tendency to assume that because something is old, it never existed.
The tendency to believe that just because something happened a long time ago, it is rendered invalid.
The inability to realize that the age of an event does not negate its authenticity.
The inability to realize that just because something is not happening now does not mean it never happened.
1. Izzy was a victim of historical dumbfounding. Izzy hated reading history books because it all just happened too long ago.

2. Jim often found himself subject to historical dumbfounding. He couldn't believe that people existed before him that thought the same thing he did.

3. Alexandria was constantly in a state of historical dumbfounding. Alexandria didn't believe the fact that nearly 38 million people died of starvation and overwork in the Great Leap Forward, which lasted four years. It happened too long ago.
by kudzu62 October 8, 2019
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History Dick

History dick is the embarrassing ailment you get when you hook up with someone you’ve got too much history with. Similar to whiskey dick though not as easily explainable, you’re penis simply refuses to accept your ( alienated and likely crying) partner as anything other than platernal and remains stoically placid despite things getting real, and ignoring any yelling in bathrooms you may throw at it.
“ Man, I hooked up with Ladyface last night

“ Oh shit, you two been friends forever, was it weird? Was it peculiar?”

Yeah man, got a bad case of the history dick, my weenus packed up and left me standing there naked with a flaccid mole rat between my legs.”
by Macguyverwasntreal November 15, 2019
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history

History means history
I hate History class!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by THE BIG JEFFF November 30, 2019
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histography

The joining of history and geography. This is what you say if your like both!
I like history and geography so i like Histography
by memerman October 27, 2019
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historical dialecticity

The thesis that history is a struggle between people who believe in power and people who don't believe in power.
Historical dialecticity is a logical conclusion of historical materialism: that history is a struggle between agents of heirarchy and equality.
by sandraxine August 22, 2020
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