Browsing page 102 of "C" words

noun

• a conservative zombie, i.e. a person with conservative beliefs who does not devote significant thought to those beliefs. Pejorative. Contrast with "liberal zombie".

  Last edited on May 05 2014. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 05 2014.

adjective

• phrasing used to espouse the belief that something is (or should be) considered a bad idea. Used in tech circles, the expression is a nod to Edsger W. Dijkstra's March 1968 note in Communications of the ACM called: Goto Statement Considered Harmful.

  Getting wasted considered harmful.

  "Getting wasted considered harmful" considered harmful.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 05 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

expression

• This the unseen root word of disconsolate and means the opposite, i.e. consoled or soothed.
  
  Compare to content.
  
  After finding a better job, Tim was consolate about his firing

  Last edited on May 04 2017. Submitted by Dr. P.D. Fisher on May 04 2017.

noun

• considerable support

  Last edited on Dec 20 2024. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 20 2024.

adjective

• very content.

  Guy: Are you okay?
  
  Girl: Oh, yes! I'm content as a cucumber.

  Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Joella G. from Portales, NM, USA on Nov 20 2008.

noun

• A quote that has gone through contextomy; a "mined" quote
  
  Etymology: backdooring (contextomy), to (contextomium), then shortening to (contextome)
  
  This would be an example of a contextome: "They run Uber, they run the health care, they're going to scam you, they're going to hurt you," Regardless of anyone's opinion of the speaker Y of the sentence. There isn't enough evidence to prove that the pronoun referred to as "they" in the sentence is a specific person or specific people.
  
  But if the quote wasn't "mined" or contextomed, there would be enough evidence to claim who or whey, "they" is. This is because, in the full length of the quote, the identity of "they" is revealed.

  Last edited on Aug 26 2024. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 26 2024.

verb

• to have a contextomy pertained to something

  Last edited on Aug 26 2024. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 26 2024.