mugwump

A political fence-sitter, who won't come down on either side of the fence and tries to have things both ways. Originally an Algonquin Indian word; used in American politics for more than a century.
He was a mugwump about supporting the Iraq war. He had his mug on one side of that issue, and his wump on the other.
by Chuck Hastings June 29, 2003
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nebbish

Originally a Hebrew word, popularized in English by the cartoonist Herb Gardner. A `sad sack,' a loser, a person who can't make any thing or any situation work right for him or her; unassertive, shy, timid. Reference: `The Joys of Yiddish,' by Leo Rosten. His definition is "An innocuous, ineffectual, weak, helpless or hapless unfortunate." There are other spellings also.
The poor little fourth-grader was such a nebbish that she peed in her pants, rather than speaking up and asking the teacher for a hall pass to go to the bathroom.
by Chuck Hastings June 29, 2003
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zorch

A verb: To mess something up to the point of unusability, or even to destroy it.
I hadn't saved my file, and my computer crash totally zorched the term paper that I was writing.
by Chuck Hastings June 29, 2003
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fundamentalist

One who believes that principles are more important than people, or results.
Osama bin Laden
Tomas Torquemada
Jerry Falwell
Meir Kahane
Ted Unabomber

One can be a fundamentalist in any religious or secular creed.
by Chuck Hastings June 28, 2003
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scrunch

The classic problem of trying to scrunch twenty-eight poinds of
shit into a twenty-seven-pound basket.
by Chuck Hastings June 28, 2003
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intertwingled

Intertwined in a tangled manner.
John's and Marsha's bodies were passionately intertwingled.

The kitten left my knitting yarns hopelessly intertwingled.
by Chuck Hastings June 28, 2003
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yowie

An anthropoid reported from the New South Wales area of Australia, similar to the Pacific Northwest bigfoot/sasquatch and to creatures reported from many regions of Asia.
I saw a yowie down by the river, but after I went and got my camera he was gone.
by Chuck Hastings June 28, 2003
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