A Booger In The Nose Of Progress

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.

"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."

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Talibangelical

A hypocritical evangelical Christian whose regressive stances on women’s rights mirror those of the Taliban, whom they decry.

Those talibangelicals on the Supreme Court have taken away a woman’s right to choose an abortion. Next they’ll take our voting rights and then they’ll make us wear burkas!

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lawbound

affected by a multitude of laws; so legally saturated that social movement becomes nearly impossible

California is quickly becoming the most populous state in the USA, and the most lawbound.

beachball

v.i. to wait around; to loiter; esp. to wait to do something until someone else has completed a prerequisite task (from the "beach ball" icon displayed when Microsoft Windows applications are loading: one cannot perform any task until the relevant data have been processed).

Girl: "Have you ordered yet?"
Boy: "No, we're still beachballing 'til the waiter gets here."

Thing One: Did you get my text?
Thing Two: No, my phone's still beachballing.

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Bluto boobs

Particularly fat, flabby (male) chest muscles, reminiscent of a woman's breasts. Named for 'Bluto', Popeye the Sailor's nemesis in early Thimble Theatre episodes.

Ugh! Did you notice Bruce's Bluto boobs?
Yeah! Any bigger and he'd need a bra!

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nuculi

plural of 'nuculus': what nucular weapons are made from--nuculi of radioactive atoms (in the Bush Pentagon, anyways)

"All's we gotta dew t' wipe out world terrorism is go an' mash up some nuculi over Eye-raq an' Eye-ran." (Dumya)

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putz

An epithet which, applied to a person, dehumanizes hir as an obstacle...something in the way...a hindrance (to one's progress).

I made this word up circa 1978(it SOUNDS Yiddish but it's not!). It began as "putts", iow, people in traffic ahead of me who were just "puttin'" along in their slow-assed cars.

"Come on, ya putz! Move yer ass! I'm late for work here!"

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