hool n.— «South Africa has no laws similar to Germany’s outlawing the display of racist symbols such as the swastika, but Fifa president Sepp Blatter has held the ultimate threat over the heads of the “hools,” as they call...
grawlix n.— «Mort Walker of “Beetle Bailey” fame invented a cartoon vocabulary called Symbolia that we cartoonists make use of from time to time. According to Mr. Walker, that little set of typographical symbols that stand for...
three plastic animals rule n.— «In 1995, after ACLU sued, Jersey City added a six-foot-high Santa Claus, a three-and-a half-foot-tall Frosty the Snowman, a four-foot-high sleigh, Kwanzaa symbols and a sign explaining that it was...
three plastic animals rule n.— «The “three plastic animals rule” in Christmas display cases seems to confirm that religious symbols must be disrespectfully cheapened to be widely acceptable.» —by Nancy L...
three plastic animals rule n. the legal determination that secular symbols in a government-sponsored year-end seasonal display (such as a Nativity scene) can mark it as not endorsing a specific religion or religion in general. Editorial Note: Two...
socks and knocks n.pl.— «Readers should understand clearly that if the power industry prevails in its court challenges to the initiative, the huge amount of money expected to be spent primarily on reducing what the industry commonly calls...