Johnny Jihad n.— «Already the liberal apologia machine is cranking up. “Jihad Johnny” is really just another “victim” of the Taliban, doncha know.» —“Re: American Taliban Fighter Says Followed His...
donkey n.— «Contrary to myth, a helicopter doesn’t necessarily fall out of the sky when the engine, affectionately known among pilots as the “donkey,” stops. The machine can glide to a survivable landing (albeit a brick-like...
gymbot n.— «I suspect we’re learning that the body is a machine—not a sensual, flexible collective of organs and muscle and bone and skin, but a machine we can “work out” with.…Even if the metaphor has some merit...
milex n.— «In large part they have died because precious funds went instead to feed the war machine, also called euphemistically as ”military expenditures” or “milex.”» —“Economics of War” by Garda Ghista World Prout...
chore-gasm n.— «Most of the tasks are routine. But the trickier ones, like fixing the washing machine or rewiring a lamp, give me great satisfaction, even a tiny burst of pleasure when they are done. Doctors have a name for such...
flarf n.— «For the past few years some poets have approached Google as a detournement machine, using the search function as a phrase generator and assembling the results into cut-up poems. (In some circles the method and poems go by the...