1) Making a situation more awkward by mocking how awkward it is. The situation need not be awkward in the first place.
Apparently coined by Washington Post columnist Monica Hesse.
2) Mocking someone in an awkward — and thereby probably unsuccessful — manner.
Apparently coined by then-Columbia Journalism Review assistant editor Megan Garber.
Someone asked to define the word "awkward" will often resort to describing the task as "awkward," which is just mockward. When someone does the same with "mockward," it's meta-mockward.
n.
1. One who loosely practices vegetarianism.
2. A fake, wannabe or former herbivore.
adj.
1. Kind of or somewhat relating to vegetarianism or vegetarians, but only when it is convenient or ‘cool’ to do so.
2. Not consisting primarily or wholly of vegetables and vegetable products, consumes a lot of seafood especially salmon and shrimp (sushi is a huge weakness) and loves animal products such as stinky cheese.
mike was a vegetarian....no chicken, no beef, no seafood. he now eats seafood therefore he is no longer a vegetarian, but a mockatarian.
A non-alcoholic kids' beverage made to look and taste like a cocktail and marketed specifically to children, often with names like Green Grasshopper (green grenadine and soda water), Shirley Temple (sweet soda), Mocktini (lemon-lime soda with a marachino cherry), Mockmo (cranberry juice and soda water), Hattie (ginger ale and a cherry), etc.
Boy, this restaurant has a huge menu of mocktails for the kiddies!
Texas is categorized as a swing state in presidential elections, but has voted for Republicans more times than for Democrats in recent history. As such, as demographics change political alignments, some Democrats believe that Texaswill vote blue, or Democratic, due to their Hispanic and African American voters, who often align themselves with the Democratic Party's liberal wing.
Blexas has been cited as possible in the upcoming decades, but only if Democrats continue to win the Hispanic vote in bigger margins.
Democrat 1: What is your prediction for the 2024 presidential election?
Democrat 2: Well uh, Blexas!
Democrat 1: You've been saying that since 2008 though.
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
A bath consisting of a variety of slats, oils, soaps or any other added ingredients such as fruits, milks, herbs or any other spices for health or beautifying benifits.
She brought home alot of stuff and took it to the bathroom. She must be taking a witch bath.