I was browsing the subreddit /r/debateDE (affiliated with /r/darkenlightenment) when I stumbled across this comment in a thread on monarchy. /u/stanislawiii made an extremely astute observation about something that adds stability to government systems and specifically to democracy relative to monarchy. Something that provides an alternative to revolution for ambitious…
Misandromasochism is a combination of the words misandry and masochism. Misandry is the hatred, dislike, contempt for or ingrained prejudice against men and/or boys Misandry itself is a combination of old English Mis which means wrong, bad or erroneous and Andro which is Greek for male. Misandry therefore literally means…
Discussing different human groups, whether male vs. female or different races, can often lead to great frustration because there are bad things that are also very true about many groups. On the one hand, some people find it very impolite (and it is, let’s be honest) and would prefer a very…
A prig is a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner. Also, A self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others. Prog is an abbreviation of Progressive. Among other things, the progressive…
Then was the Scold herself, In a wheelbarrow brought, Stripped naked to the smock,As in that case she ought:Neats tongues about her neckWere hung in open show;And thus unto the cucking stoolThis famous scold did go. “In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a species…
According to urban dictionary a Leftoid is: This is a derogatory term for left leaning people who have naive, unrealistic, and overly optimistic views about how the world works based on what they would like to be true rather than what is actually true in reality. How the leftoid would…
The word atavisionary is a combination of atavism and visionary. At·a·vism[at–uh-viz-uhm] noun 1. biologya. The reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations. b. An individual embodying such a reversion. Vi·sion·ar·y[vizh–uh-ner-ee] nouna. A person who is given to audacious, highly speculative, or radical ideas…
