addendment

A malaprop combining the words addendum and amendment.

WTF, Mike just said "addendment" - is that even a word? Moar beer plz.

by ehhhh87132 June 5, 2009

Addendment

A combination addendum and amendment added to a bill during the Bush Administration

We would like the DOMA to become an addendment to the constitution

by DR=rewlng505 July 9, 2012

67th amendment

The refusal to testify on the grounds that a person's lungs (or other organs) will be viciously chopped up into that of a hamburger.

"I um...can't testify. I fear that my organs will be chopped up into a patty."
"Ah, the 67th amendment."

by Yams April 22, 2008

1st Amendment

The first of ten amendments of the Bill of Rights to the American Consitution. It essentially grants citizens freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. The literal text is as follows.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

If one does mot approve of something, he or she has the right to peacefully protest because of the 1st Amendment.

by anpacaal June 25, 2017

amendments

A change that is made to a law or legal document.

The bill of rights are examples of amendments.

by Miranda (Mandy) September 26, 2006

First Amendment

The First Amendment allows the people of the United States to voice unpopular opinions, preventing tyranny by the majority. It also allows people to assembly peaceable and allows the press to report fact and voice opinion without prior restraint. If we cannot petition our government for the redress of grievances we risk the hardening of a permanent majority into a self-enforcing bureaucracy.

Thomas Jefferson once said that if forced to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, he wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter. Assembly, the exchange of ideas, and understanding the actions of society keep us free, and are why the press was intended to be a de facto fourth branch of government.

"Free Speech is the right to yell, "Theater!" at a crowded fire."

- Abbie Hoffman, radical, describing the First Amendment

by Memphis Jay March 7, 2008

4th Amendment

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Your 4th Amendment rights _should_ allow you to say no to the bored, profiling highway cop when he wants to tear apart your car looking for god-knows-what, but some states have loopholes these assholes can use. If you're not doing anything wrong, you don't need to be submissive to their whims and attitudes.

by ebbing October 24, 2010