Vanguard 1998's definitions

Politically homeless

An expression used to refer to an individual who don’t support a specific political party or ideology, but are active in politics

Terra: Diane seems to be very passionate about politics. I wonder what political party they support.
Luxord: If I’m recalling correctly, I thought they were politically homeless because I don’t ever recall them supporting any specific political party.

by Vanguard 1998 July 1, 2021

Religiously homeless

An expression used to refer to either
1: an individual who does not belong to any particular faith
2: an individual who belongs to a certain type of faith that has multiple subgroups in it, like Christianity, but is not currently committed to attending services from any particular church ran by a specific faith

Danny is religiously homeless for while he identifies as being a Hindu, but is not currently attending any temple ran by any of the specific religious groups that are part of that faith.

by Vanguard 1998 July 1, 2021

Love story that never happened

A situation where an individual has big crush on someone, but they realize that they can never actually date them for numerous reasons. Some people get over it, but others never actually recover from it because of how much they cared about that person. Some reasons are the person being out of their league, the other individual already being in a romantic relationship, the individual is aromantic, that individual is not romantically attracted to them, etc.

Chester: Hey, Lexy. How are you doing? We have not heard from you in months.

Lexy: I am doing okay; although I am kind of sad about Devin.

Mariah: What happened?
Lexy: I had a crush on him, but I realize could never actually date him because he would probably reject me due him being way out of my league and I heard a rumor that he is seeing someone else. It’s a love story that never happened.

Chester: I can see why that upsetting, but maybe if you wait things might change. They might breakup down the line and if you took chance and asked him out maybe then you might be able to date him.

Lexy: Thanks for the advice. I might try that.

by Vanguard 1998 July 2, 2021

Politically extinct

A: When an individual or group ceases all political activity and never becomes politically active again
B: A situation where a particular political ideology or party has so little support that it is seldom mentioned or discussed in political interactions; regardless of whether those interactions are held in public or in private

An example of a political party that is politically extinct is the Whig Party. It began going extinct in the early 1850s while trying to recover from the presidency of Franklin Pierce. It was trying to form platform to run on in future elections, but they were unable to form an effective platform and over time they began losing large amounts of support to the point at which the party eventually collapsed.

by Vanguard 1998 July 2, 2021

Political extinction event

An event that causes, or has the potential to cause, numerous people, organizations, political parties, and, in some cases, politically ideologies to become less common to the point where they are no longer are discussed and or are active in politics

The presidential election of 2020 was a political extinction event for certain political parties. Some parties that were affected may include Independent Party of Connecticut, American Delta Party, Reform Party of Florida, and Independence Party of New York.

by Vanguard 1998 July 3, 2021

Religiously extinct

A: When an individual or group ceases all religious activity and never becomes actively involved in a religion again
B: A situation where a particular religion or religious sect has so little support that it is seldom mentioned or discussed in conversations; regardless of whether those interactions are held in public or in private

An example of a religion that is religiously extinct is the religion practiced by the ancient Egyptians.

by Vanguard 1998 July 4, 2021

Selective political pressure

A tactic employed by certain politicians and groups that want to push their political agendas where that group or politician will say and or do certain things related to supporting or opposing specific issues in order to get certain types of reactions from particular populations, interest groups, and or, in some cases, other politicians. They usually do this to get more votes from different populations in society, or to get more financial and or political support from particular interest groups.

Natasha: I heard Senator Murkowski recently gave a speech on how they supported efforts of oil companies to begin drilling in certain parts of Alaska. I’m not sure why she would give a speech like that when she supports moving the country towards using renewable energy sources to prevent climate change, which negatively impacts many populations in her state. I could cost her their support down the line.
Ronald: She maybe employing selective political pressure in order to get more support from certain oil companies and specific Native American communities by appearing to support an issue they care about.

by Vanguard 1998 July 9, 2021