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Fascismo
fa·scis·mo /fäˈCHēzmō/
noun
Loud or aggressive display of intimidation in service of a “Might Makes Right” style ideology and signaling the intent to dominate opposition by brute force or at least the threat thereof. Related to "machismo" but in this case presented as a show of support for or defense of an authoritarian figure or the behavior of said authoritarian figure himself and meant to incite his followers.
Verb
/ˈkôrdurˌrīz/
Definition: To relentlessly blame and heap scorn upon someone for everything bad that is currently happening, regardless of that person's responsibility for or ability to control any of it; to designate a fall guy, political poison.
non·u·men·tal
adjective
/ˌnänyəˈmen(t)l/
Way less impressive than expected, if not a complete disappointment: “Not really such a big deal”.
mehta
meh•ta
noun
A profound lack of enthusiasm about your own indifference.
Occam's Raisinets [Ahk-umz ray-zuh-nets]
They're just raisins.
Trumpoline
\trump-oh-leen\
noun, verb, whatever... does it even matter anymore?
To experience multiple, dramatic, sudden and unexpected emotional ups and downs every day for an extended period of time (four years, say), that, however entertaining, leaves you in a perpetual state of exhaustion.
"Dating Pat was like being on a trumpoline with no way off."
Pollyamorous [pol-ee-am-er-uhs] adjective : being romantically involved with more than one parrot at the same time.
Trum-poc-ry-phal
/trumpäkrəfəl/
adjective
self-serving and/or crowd-pleasing statement (or tweet) of doubtful sincerity of intent, although expressed as a solemn promise, widely circulated and accepted as such but one that carries with it little or no realistic expectation (by the speaker or, increasingly, the listener) in the likelihood of its fullfilment and (at a maximum) mimimal effort to conceal its core falsity.
(See also, newly coined variant of expression "Talking through his hat," "Talking through his hair".)
hypenotized
[hipe·no·tyzed]
noun
a semi-trance state induced by prolonged exposure to relentless and excessive overstatement and exaggeration, causing sensory overload and resulting in either: 1) heightened susceptibilty to suggestion or; 2) numb indifference to any and all futher input.
Hallucinotion
hal*lu*ci*no*tion
noun
(Non-visual) figment of the imagination perceived and reacted to as if real.
“Trump’s tweet claiming he'd been wiretapped by Obama was nothing more than his latest hallucinotion.”
Alternative Facts (noun); Statements made without a grain of truthiness.
Naduhr (noun);
When an accomplished person's dumbass post- or late-career words or actions overshadow the positive memory of their prior work to the point of rendering it a footnote to the stupid shit they said or did just now; i.e., Gloria Steinem, Madeleine Albright, Ralph Nader.
metafive noun \meh-tah-fyve\
a metaphor (as in black sheep of the family) so overstated (as in worse than Hitler!) as to render the speaker's argument dismissible as hyperbolic ranting.
betaphor noun \beh-tah-foare\
1: version of a metaphor that is almost finished (as in dingy sheep of the family) and is being used for testing
2: a riff on or secondary/expanded use of a well-known metaphor (as in Glenn Beck of the family)
Echolade [ehk•oh•layd]
noun
1 Abundant, reflexive praise in response to statements made or sentiments expressed with which you agree or that it may benefit you to agree: the mayor's speech was met with echolades from the local paper run by his biggest re-election campaign contributor and recipient of generous municipal tax breaks.
• admiration of successful pandering from those who've been pandered to.
2 Call-and-response reinforcement of mutually held opinion as a method of drowning out dissent.
Hedgetation [noun]
to avoid committing to the process of making of a difficult choice in a passive-aggressive and transparently self-serving manner;
• [verb} what one does when there isn't a 10-foot-pole handy with which to not touch something unpleasant; The Supreme Court hedgetated over the legality of gay marriage.
Nachoos (noun, foodstuff); Just like regular nachos but with too much black pepper.
Pawntificate [verb] the expression of opinion as fact intended to provoke the listener into actions beneficial to the speaker (or his employers) but detrimental to the listener's own best interest or welfare.
Status Cling [noun] obsessive self-identification with social standing one does not currently hold (class, economic, celebrity); equally applicable to status aspired to or lost.
Lip-Sinking: [verb]
Continuing to speak after you've said something stupid and just making it worse.