Belisarius

1. (b.505?-d.565) Byzantine military commander who suppressed the Nika Revolt, conquered Vandal North Africa, Sicilia, and Italy, and saved Constantinople from the Bulgarian Huns before being imprisoned on trumped-up charges of treason in 562.

From Wikipedia:

"Belisarius pretended to accept the offer, rode to Ravenna to be crowned, and promptly arrested the leaders of the Goths and reclaimed their entire kingdom - no halfway settlement - for Byzantium."

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Ralph Nader

1. Consumer advocate noted in particular for dooming the Corvair automobile.

2. Nader was the Green Party's presidential candidate (with Winona LaDuke as running mate) in the 1996 and 2000 races, and is running as an independent for 2004.

Ralph Nader's vote-splitting has been hotly contested by Republicans and Democrats.

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Newspeak

Contrived language of Oceania from George Orwell's "1984." It uses many English words, albeit with a greatly simplified vocabulary and sentence structure. The elimination of synonyms and antonyms helped this process. It was created in attempt to influence the thought of Oceania's citizens and make it impossible to express thoughts dangerous to Ingsoc (Newspeak for English Socialism). Today this is recognized as political correctness.

Examples:

Minitruth="Ministry of Truth" (Oceanian propaganda ministry)
Ungood="bad"
Doubleplusgood="excellent"
Doublethink=the ability to hold two contradictory thoughts at a time
B-B="Big Brother", ie the State

These translations give a rough estimate of some general rules when using Newspeak.

Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.

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urbandictionary

A place for oh so "clever" kids to create breathtakingly unhumorous definitions for various words, both real and contrived.

Poopchute spork thinger - OMG! It's what you use to eat out your dog's ass after he's had worms!!!! OMGWTF!!11 FUnnnYYYyY!!!111

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Groody

(From Russian: grud) Breast.

"...the number sewn on the groody part just above the old tick-tocker..."

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invaginate

Verb.
1. To enclose or become enclosed.

2. To turn or become inward.

3. To infold or become infolded so as to form a hollow space within a previously solid structure.

The larnyx ventricle conists of a large fold invaginating from the lumen.

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Goth

1. One of many ancient Teutonic tribes originating in what is now Germany.

2. One of the many tribes of barbarians overrunning the Roman Empire during the 3rd, 4th and 5th centuries A.D.

The Ostrogoths settled in what was Roman Italia, while the Visigoths eventually settled down on the Iberian peninsula.

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