Kristallnacht

German for "Night of Broken Glass"


On the 9th of November 1938, Nazi propagandist Josef Goebells ordered citizens and military to burn o'er 200 synagogues and smash the windows of jewish owned business'.

Kristallnacht is the first major show of hatred towards followers of Judaism in Hitler's Germany.

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squared circle

The fighting area for participants in a combat sport. Origianally, these sports took place in a circle. When support ropes were added to clearer identify the border, the rings were made sqaure or rectangular in shape.

See also ring, boxing ring, wrestling ring, enter the ring, queensbury

As these two competitors enter the sqaured circle, they begin to realise that for one of them, fame and fortune on a tremedous scale awaits after this bout.

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canon fodder

(adj.) Expendable.


Can also be applied to culture.

Just canon fodder in there.

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rock bottom

A) the lowest of the low
B) a cross between a chokeslam, clothesline and legsweep used by the rock.

I've hit rock bottom


Rock bottom followed by the people's elbow

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cash cow

(n.) A well-selling product into which no investment is put asides meagre marketing and production costs, yet price rises rise disproportionatley to costs, and well above inflation, milking the cow for all it's worth.

Oil prices are the biggest of all cash cows.

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punch & judy

A puppet show that died out because it glorified violence to women. Shame, I liked it :P

beat your girlfriend, she secretly likes it ;)

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wings

a) A band with ex-beatle Paul McCartney
b) One's ability to fly aircraft or helicopters
c) arms perpendicular to the body that allow something to fly

a) wings suck
b) get your wings!
c) aeroplane without wings?!?!?!?!

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