a polite way to take the Lord's name in vein popular in rural Vermont.
An example of the use of Jeezum Crow can be seen in the nickname of Vermont's independent senator, James Jeffords. His nickname is "Jeezum Jim," which referenced his propensity to annoy Republicans, a party of which he was nominally a member.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”