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herstory 

Herstory: a word invented in the late 20th century to mean "history", that is, history not written by men but by women, hence "herstory" (her story) rather than "history" (his story). The word "herstory" was invented because certain people with feminist predelictions thought the word "history" means, literally, "his" "story", as if to mean the story belongs to him, male possessive pronoun. Naturally, any person who is even a tad more than illiterate will realize that the word "history" derives from the Greek word "historia", which means "to inquire into". Thus "history" has absolutely nothing to do with male possessions, or even maleness. It appears that illiteracy was the standard of the day, being that it was enough for the word to "sound like" male possession of the story, instead of looking into (inquire into?) the true meaning of the word (history, that is).
Her story (herstory) appears to have been omitted from the narrative because some neglected to look into the history of the word "history". The history of herstory is one of smug satisfaction with the condition of illiteracy.
herstory by wingtai August 8, 2006

facebook pergatory 

when you or someone sits in the awaiting friend confirmation section of the facebook for an extended period of time.
I don't really like the guy so he's been in facebook pergatory for the last 8 months.
facebook pergatory by Mirkman November 16, 2010

herstory 

Feminist version of the word "history".
Word is often used as an example of radical fememinism.
Joan of Arc was one of the greatest women in herstory.
herstory by Jason February 5, 2005

pergatory 

its not just hell see the children are reaching for heaven but there souls are traped in "pergatory" it is when your soul is caught between the living and the dead!
whats sizzlin demonds angels and cavilians welcome to my pergatory party.
pergatory by Andrew H. January 27, 2004

ergatory 

The hell of using a tool or instrument of poor ergonomic design.
1. Man, the design of this new hand piece is putting me in ergatory.
ergatory by rwcornwell April 1, 2008

Herstory 

A specific body of work done by feminist scholars and researchers which attempts to reconstruct historical records believed to have been deliberately altered to exclude or denigrate the roles of women in history, politics, society and religion. Could be described as Feminist Revisionism
The First Sex, written by Elizabeth Gould Davis, was the first published work of Herstory, proposing an alternate reading of the historical record from a feminist perspective.
Herstory by Hestia Alexandra April 13, 2009