LudwigVan's definitions

serial wife

A woman who gets married more than three times. See also Jennifer Lopez and Elizabeth Taylor.

He left his wife and the mother of his three children for a serial wife he met at church - herself recently divorced from a deacon.

by LudwigVan June 6, 2004

lota

A bottle of water kept by the toilet for personal hygeine.

Lotas are commonly associated with Muslims in the Indian Subcontinent.

by LudwigVan October 1, 2004

beaut

Aussie slang for beauty, something or someone beautiful.

Oi mate, that sheila's a beaut! Is she single?

by LudwigVan October 1, 2004

pochemuchka

Russian, means "a person who asks too many questions".

Quit being such a pochemuchka and mind your own business.

by LudwigVan October 1, 2004

mamihlapinatapei

A word in the Fuegian language of Tierra del Fuego in extreme southern South America (in both Chile and Argentina). Holds the Guinness Book of World Records record for "most succinct word".

The word mamihlapinatapei means "a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that neither one wants to start"

by LudwigVan October 1, 2004

fifth column

A group within a state that attempts to subvert and weaken the state in order to assist an enemy. First used during the Spanish Civil War.

The characterization of leftists in the United States as a Communist 'fifth column' by the McCarthyist witchhunters survives today in post-9/11 America; only now Arabs and Muslims are blacklisted.

by LudwigVan October 1, 2004

judicial activism

A charge made by conservative activists against liberal judges, accusing them of using their office to make laws instead of resolve disputes over laws.

The term 'judicial activist' is almost applied to liberal judges. Conservative judicial activists, on the other hand, are called 'strict constructionists'.

by LudwigVan October 1, 2004