mlhiss's definitions

retail bros

Exuberant small short term investors in the stock market that pursue get-rich-quick dreams. Dumb small time investors filled with with a passionate intensity of a sports better., and the brains of a bubble head.

The retail bros are on the move, investing so much in duds that the worst possible investments work for those that by low and quickly sell high, but a bust for long term investors.

by mlhiss June 15, 2020

self-impeachable

Openly and blatantly defying the rule of law in full public view. By doing it openly and defiantly it will illogically seem legit.

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives who is responsible for starting the impeachment process felt slighted when the President was increasingly "becoming self-impeachable"

by mlhiss May 8, 2019

truly inferior person

A person who has continually proved over and over again that they can perform below the lowest levels of moral and ethical codes. One that seems to not be able to improve of their ability for selfish and narcissistic reasons. Someone who lacks the logical basis for even grasping ethical and moral behavior in a way that is not harmful to those around them such as a sadist or corrupt politician.

The leader was a truly inferior person. Things did not work out well of the public at large because of the widespread corruption and mean-spiritedness. Even those who enabled him were significantly disappointed and felt deplorable for doing so.

by mlhiss December 24, 2019

bed-wetter

Someone who openly doubts and/or worries excessively about a political strategy and related outcome. Someone who does not have the guts to tackle controversial political issues whose outcome is difficult to address.

When you come up with a buzz words like Defunding Police to convey a concept like rethinking the police as the panacea for all social problems there will be a lot of politicians will become a bed-wetter.

by mlhiss June 9, 2020

C-19

Coronavirus var. COVID-19

One's auto-response to a person with a C-19 sneeze, is becoming like an auto-reaction to a gun shot.

by mlhiss April 6, 2020

cultural erasure

When the dominant culture forces a minority to adopt to a dominant culture (revisionist history, customs, mannerisms, traditions, pedagogy, attire, names, language, history, religion, etc). The dominant forces in the culture may also force the minority into an economic system in which all but a few in a minority group is exploited and for which the the dominant leaders have inherent disadvantages.

The authorities assured us that cultural erasure was a myth and that the minorities cultural practice of living in tight close knit compounds only coincidentally looked like forced labor work camps because of the security towers The authorities noted that these primitive people preferred being assimilated in the dominant culture because it gave them unlimited opportunities to work, and an extreme sense of security.

by mlhiss July 29, 2020

BANANA

An acronym for: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything.

Or: alternatively and acronym for: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone).
A common expression used by developers to mock activists opposing land development, by labeling them as extremists who cannot be satisfied.

The developer had paid off the politicians and so was feeling secure in the outcome of the vote. However, after mockingly eating the 5th BANANA, to mock the hundreds of protests regarding the proposed landfill in the bay, the Commission finally could not withstand the cries of protest and voted the developer's proposal down.

by mlhiss December 11, 2019