socialism

(n.)
A political philosophy based on the belief that some or all businesses should be run solely for the benefit of the people using them.

Socialism and Communism are based on similar principles. Socialism does not require that a socialized industry be legally owned by the government, but if that were the case it could still be considered socialism. In the strictest sense, Communism prohibits private ownership of money, business, or goods, while Socialism may or may not on a case by case basis. The two can therefore resemble each other and it can be hard to distinguish one from the other.

In a Communist country, I worked in a deli owned by the government and was paid a fixed salary by the government.

In another country's socialized medical system, I am a doctor, own my office, and pay my own salary out of my business account, but legally have no right to decide how to run any aspect of my business. I can't change my prices, deny service to anyone, or increase my own salary.

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LCE

Lower Class Environment; a term used to describe the "ghetto" when Mrs. W-G is around.

Holy shaith, it's W-G, let's go hang in the LCE.

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semi auto

Short for "semi-automatic."

1. (adj.) The characteristic, of a firearm, of being able to fire a single round for each pull of the trigger.

2. (n.) A firearm with this characteristic.

Commonly mistaken to mean fully automatic, which indicates a firearm most people would call a "machine gun," with which the user pulls the trigger a single time and holds it and the entire magazine is fired in succession, usually within a few seconds.

My Glock is a semi-auto with a 10-round magazine, so if I want to fire ten shots I have to pull the trigger ten times.

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pillock

little ball of excrement left over in the hair around your anus (British)

You stupid pillock !

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Muckled

Slang. Drunk or intoxicated.

I was so muckled I blacked-out last night.

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c++

A mid-level programming language with enough versitility to allow a programmer to design a video game with fully sentient AI (Artificial Intelligence), insane graphics, and the ability to verbally communicate with non-player characters.

UGS Inc. used C++ along with 3dsMax6 to create Tale of Magi: Divided World.

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euphemism

1. the substitution of a milder, vaguer word or expression for one considered to be offensive or unpleasant.
2. the word or expression so substituted.

"Put to sleep" is a euphemism for "kill".

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