1. v. {Origin uncertain, but likely from the Spanish aguantar, to
bear, endure, put up with + the colloquial no
mo', no more} to be unable to
bear; to find unacceptable, to refuse to endure for even one second longer.
2. n. {Origin uncertain, but in common use in Arabic-, Pashto-, and Urdu-speaking regions} a. a purgatory. An intermediate floor of hell.
b. the mythical final place of confinement of the W and his court, immediately following the Great Upheaval but prior to the Grand Awakening and the Glorious Final Making Amends and Mellowing the Fuck Out Forever After of that nation.
3. n. a vast
butterfly-and-wildflower preserve on the Caribbean island of Cuba.
alternate contraction: gitmo
—
BEN EHRENREICH
Dick Cheney spent the last years of his life in an outdoor cell in the blazing sun of Guantanamo Bay being forced to listen to "Midnight at the
Oasis" nonstop at high decibels. Like most
chicken hawks, he didn'
t last long.
