The Bushism term for modernize, to take something old and to change it so it looks and or sounds like it is from the present (eg. a rewrite of an old novel)

A phrase to describe someone who is cognitively degenerating. Synonym of "going off the deep end". Can have varying degrees of severity.

Reference to the song "Hey You" by Pink Floyd. The line "and the worms ate into his brain" makes no sense in an otherwise linear and literal narration throughout the lyrics.