the birds and trees's definitions

donjon

A defensive structure containing the home of a warlord and his family, central command for his military and base of operations for his regime.

The peasants looked with fear on the donjon up on its mount. Last year, an uprising had been put down. The lord's men had come down and burned some huts, and the leaders of the rebellion were publicly flayed and dismembered.

by the birds and trees August 3, 2007

miscegenist

Anyone who has children with someone of a different race. All in all, a step in the right direction. White culture has always had issues with miscegenation, due to the racist pseudo-science of the 19'th century, which sought to prove the white man's superiority over the black. Fortunately, now that that mind set is beginning to fade, people are no longer classifying each other by race. The obsession to keep the race "pure" is ideaological garbage laced with putrid racism.

Racists claim that a miscegenist "muddies" their pure Aryan bloodline. I say it muddies an otherwise functional mind to ponder why skinheads still don't have a clue what Aryan means.

by the birds and trees December 8, 2006

Islamophobia

Irrational fear or hatred of Muslims. Usually found immediately after any terrorist event, resulting in persecution and intimidation of law-abiding Muslim Americans, or anyone who could be mistaken for a Muslim or Arab. Contrary to ultra-right-wing rhetoric, Islamophobia is not disagreeing with the religion of Islam or Sharia law. Islamophobia is fear of Muslims.

Examples of Islamophobia:

1. Reporting your Muslim neighbor to the Department of Homeland Security because you thought the lawnmower he was repairing in his garage was a bomb.
2. Shooting a Sikh store clerk because he was wearing a turban, and you thought that only Muslims wear turbans.
3. Attacking a Muslim woman on the street because you thought she was a terrorist.
4. Detaining law-abiding Muslims and sending them to Guantanamo for extremely shady reasons.

by the birds and trees May 14, 2007

Elvis didn't do no drugs

An expression used to call someone on an obvious lie, prevarication or falsehood. A way of calling bullshit. Since it is now known Elvis did mountains of drugs, stating that he had always been clean would be obvious bullshit. Origin: Penn and Teller's show Bullshit, where the phrase is used to call bullshit on the various claims of creationists.

Mike: "Elton John invented rap music."
Bob: "Um, right, Elvis didn't do no drugs!"

by the birds and trees May 18, 2008

catch a case

To physically assault someone. To attack physically, barehanded or with a dangerous weapon.

Ron gripped the handle of his cane sword, saying "both of y'all better leave this place," as he slowly unsheathed the blade "or I just may have to catch a case!"

by the birds and trees June 21, 2007

having a normal one

Having a public meltdown on the internet, usually on Twitter.

Jonathan K. Businessman, having a normal one, released a string of dozens of tweets today repeatedly denying that he was was a furry, was involved in securities fraud, or was in any addicted to tentacle porn. The tweets, phrased in Elizabethan English, compared the S.E.C. to the Horned King, a character from the Disney movie "The Black Cauldron."

by the birds and trees December 22, 2018

Getto mart

A term used in Western Mass. for Getty Mart, a chain of mini-mart/gas stations owned by the Getty oil corporation. Possibly due to the prevalence of Getty marts in poorer neighborhoods, or possibly because of the shitty service and generally tacky nature of most Getty Mart franchises.

I bought a pack of beef jerky and a tonic water at the Getto Mart.

by the birds and trees October 1, 2006