altar ego

The specific deity or religious persona one wishes to identify with for reasons of spiritual growth. So called, because an image of such is often displayed prominently upon one's own personal altar.

Being of a compassionate nature, the young woman felt a great affinity for White Tara and so displayed a beautiful image of her altar ego prominently in her shrine room.

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spam donor

A person whose online activities generates spam on your computer. Usually a boyfriend or husband.

Not only did Glenda's boyfriend screw up her Firefox preferences whenever he used her computer, the websites he visited also made him an unwanted spam donor.

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antediluvian

Pertaining to the period of time before the catastrophic eruption of Thea, about 1600-1500 BCE, the resultant tsunamis of which are believed to have caused the downfall of the Minoan civilization. This event is thought by many to be the basis of Plato's story of Atlantis. The word literally means "before the flood." From the Latin ante (before) + diluvium (flood).

In antediluvian times it was Minoan culture that dominated the islands of the Aegean.

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oldcootism

A noun used to denote speech such as "dagnabbit," "gosh dern," and "whippersnapper" stereotypically associated with cantankerous old men.

The cantankerous septuagenarian used the oldcootism of "You young whippersnapper" to address a neighborhood kid who had ventured onto his lawn.

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Shock and Love

Shock and Love is that progressive political policy which seeks to use instances of crisis to further the betterment of mankind. It differs from the conservative policy of Shock and Awe which seeks to use the same instances to further empower the already powerful and to curtail the self evident liberties of the masses.

With the lives of three hundred million Americans at stake, the Obama administration, in a classic example of Shock and Love, was able to use the panic created by the flu pandemic to force Senate Republicans to do the right thing and confirm Kathleen Sibelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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meyawn

noun: A combination of a feline meow and yawn.

Upon waking, Tabby and Calico greeted their human family with their purring, while Little Black Sunshine, slowly awakening from a deep slumber, stretched, twitched his whiskers, and then let out a long meyawn.

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Lama Internet

The personification of the vast amount Tibetan Buddhist teaching available on the internet.

Since moving, I no longer have access to a guru, so I'll just go online and ask Lama Internet.

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