united nations

(n.) After the first world war, the countries on both sides decided to band toghether to stop such a thing happening again with the "League fo Nations". However, the L.O.N. had no armed forces and when Adolf Hitler withdrew from in in the thirties, the weakness of this "Talking shop" showed through. Disbanded at the end of world war two, it gave way to the "United Nations", where member countries' influence on world events was measured by thier contribution. The contribution is generally based on the GDP of each member country, although the united states and to a lesser extent the united kingdom pay disproportionately more than other members for the upkeep, and also provide more troops.


To prevent world crises' in the future, the UN democratically votes to decide whether it should allow a country to sort out its' own problems or if they should choose to help a side. Being by far the largest group on contributors, the G8 nations choose to help the most western-friendly side in each struggle.


However, certain amounts of ignorance to eachothers' ideas and division of peoples based on economic wants has lead to the UN having trouble maintaining itself as of late. That, combined with the actions taken without consent of the United nations council by the US and her allies has lead to speculation that the UN is heading the way Hitler thrust its predecessor, the League of Nations, and that it has been becoming another talking shop since the fall of the USSR and the end of the communist threat.

Many people think that the United nations is a puppet, and has no real value to the world without a large, common enemy to unite the people.

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History book

(n.) literally-A book containing past happenings of significance.

Figuratively the history book is all of what has happened in the past.

The history book on the shelf, it's repeating itself!

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americanism

antonym of Britishism

1) Removing of vowels from the spelling of letters because the speakers accent does not pronounce them. See speech impediment, american accent or I don't like your voice so I won't buy your used car. Dropping of u's is most common.

2) A British design that lost all meaning when American .."integrity"... took it to mass production and cheapened it.

1) Program, armor, color, ton, elevator, prostitoot, ect.

2) Machine guns----> German

automobiles---> German

computers-----> still not effective


Sports cars- British invention with the Vauxhall Prince Henry in 1910. In 1911, the USA responded with the mercer Raceabout, and did not make another until the trials of the corvette in 1953. In 1921, General Motors, who had been pushing crappy cars for a few years, took over vauxhall and turned them from being Bentley's biggest rival to Ford's biggest rival in the UK. Merged with 1926 acquisition opel to sell on continental Europe.

Of course, the 'vette is crap, as most other american cars are (some exceptions built in small numbers.)

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Flower-Stamper

(n.) A small boy who delights in little else other than crushing every flower in sight to make him feel superior.

Elitist is still a flower-stomper

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stomp a mud hole

(v.) To kick someone into the ground.

I will stomp a mudhole on Elitists' face.


Oh well, by the looks of things somebody beat me to it, haha!

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doubleflushing

Going into a toilet minutes after someone has taken a shit and flushing again to get rid of the smell.

What kind of rancid shit did you eat? I was doubleflushing that thing for an hour.

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rear its ugly head

For something (usually not a physical object) to be brought up; usually in conversation or the acts of a superior.

The subject of the war in Iraq reared its ugly head again.

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