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to institutionalize 

(verb): to scholarly define a word or concept in order to manipulate to your political advantage the ignorant masses.
boy: father, what is xenophobia? I found in internet chat room

father: I don't know, but it sounds like a scholarly term. Maybe we should try to institutionalize it and use it to manipulate the ignorant masses. What du think?

boy: I'll ask at the Political Science department of Mcgill University. Maybe they could help me there?

father: sounds like a plan to me.
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to institutionalize 

a) (archaic): to forcibly or legally confine someone to 'an institution', often a mental health hospital, a prison or an orphanage

b) (more modern) (verb): to scholarly define- thus making it a part of our political, legal, judicial, social or cultural institutions- using a convoluted vocabulary, a simple word or concept in order to politically manipulate the masses.
boy: father, what is Communism?

father: it's a scholarly term. As far as scholarly terms are concerned anyone, even pseudo-intellectuals, can try to institutionalize, definition b), any term they want.

to institutionalize 

Verb

A)( archaic): to forcibly or legally place someone in an institution, notably a mental health hospital, a prison or orphanage

B) ( modern): to legally define, in convoluted terms,- and thus make part of scholarly society- very simple concepts solely to manipulate the ignorant masses.
If you want to institutionalize, definition b) any word, you need to work in the media first

to institutionalise

(verb): to scholarly define using a complicated, convoluted vocabulary) a word or concept in order to manipulate the politically passive and/or ignorant masses of our mediacratic society.

N.B: not to be confused under any circumstances with the verb to institutionalize, i.e to stow away, under lock and key, someone in an (in most cases mental or penal) institution !
boy: father, what is Communism?

father: it's a scholarly term. As far as scholarly terms are concerned, even if you are a pundit, any one can, in our own mediacracy, try to institutionalise any term they want.

boy: So Karl Marx was the first to institutionalise the term communism?

father: yes.
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'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
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Walky-Talky 

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
Word of the Day on August 3, 2026

Scrapnel 

(N) :
All pieces left over after an art project or home improvement.
"After we made the decorations for the party, there was 'scrapnel' all over the floor"
Scrapnel by IceSniper February 22, 2025
Word of the Day on August 2, 2026