November 27, 2005
Let's Start A Dictionary
The fucking digital brownshirts at Wikipedia deleted our Holden Gets A Pony entry, so I figured I might start a blog (and later maybe my own wiki) with such explanations/definitions.
I'm trying to retrieve Athenae's brilliantly funny post about where the pony thing came from but in the meantime if you have any of our inside jokes, phraseology, etc, that you'd like to see covered, put it in comments. Whether it's a question you have, or you know the answer, please help!
TIA.
ntodd
PS--I'll be modifying the design later. It's not like I get paid for this!
November 27, 2005 | Permalink
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Pants, lack of.
Who the hell is Arthur J. GWPDA?
Posted by: GWPDA | Nov 27, 2005 11:14:45 AM
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
"FIERY WRECK" comes from a June 20, 2005 NY Times news analysis, "Bush's Road Gets Rougher," by Richard W. Stevenson. He wrote:
Five months after President Bush was sworn in for another four years, his political authority appears to be ebbing, both within his own party, where members of Congress are increasingly if sporadically going their own way, and among Democrats, who have discovered that they pay little or no price for defying him.
In some cases, Mr. Bush is suffering mere political dings that can be patched up, like the votes by the House this past week to buck him on withholding dues to the United Nations and retaining a controversial provision of the USA Patriot Act.
In others, the damage is more than cosmetic, as in the case of stem cell research, an issue on which a good portion of his party is breaking with him. In a few instances - most notably the centerpiece of his second-term agenda, his call to reshape Social Security - he is dangerously close to a fiery wreck that could have lasting consequences for his standing and for the Republican Party.
Posted by: res ipsa loquitur | Nov 27, 2005 11:17:49 AM
Hmm... probably a guide to the nicknames bestowed upon politicians and other public figures. Also, I remember a thread where everyone submitted their favorite nicknames for GWB, which might be fun to compile. (I still like Commander Bathroom Break.)
Posted by: Charlotte Smith | Nov 27, 2005 11:25:40 AM
Oh my, where to begin?
We would need the definitions or origins of--
"turkee".
"8 1/2 inches cut"
"MBF"
"IOKIYAR"
(Note: Many of these can also be found at the old corrent site.)
Holden's ponies of course
Watertiger's desk
"I Am Atrios"
"Sheets" (and variants such as 'Percale')
"Pravda on the Hudson" and "Isvestia on the Potomic" (May be dated and/or not original with Eschaton)
"Frist!"
Need more caffine before I can dredge up more.
Posted by: catalexis | Nov 27, 2005 11:27:54 AM
Done, ruined and fucked
Originally from a post by shawk. During Fitzmas 2005, shawk posted about a friend of a friend of his who is familiar with Fitz and his methods. The fof said that Fitz was a force to be reckoned with, and that when Fitz was done with somebody that that person is "done, ruined and fucked." At least, that's what I remember.
Usage - as a tag
bush: done, ruined and fucked
gwb: drf
Variation including "fiery wreck" opt. cit.:
gwb: drf fw
Posted by: Arabella | Nov 27, 2005 11:30:55 AM
I would figure that some mention of Providers and Thralls, drill and otherwise, would be welcome. IMHO
Posted by: Kent | Nov 27, 2005 11:35:07 AM
Pumpkinhead and Tweety, or course, but you might want to explain the more common reference to Lovecraft, Heinlein (Xenu, Thetans, etc.), Hitchhiker's Guide and Monty Python. Mansquito is optional
Posted by: Draco | Nov 27, 2005 11:48:43 AM
Found this. Might help. Can we access the comments at Eschaton from 10/18/05 ???
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What does the "pony" reference come from?
I'll post what I posted about what the lovely and talented Athenae posted last night when the question came up:
[W]ay back in the dark days of March (or maybe April?) 2004, Holden bet me $50 that Bush would drop below 40 percent approval rating by the 4th of July. Since Holden was clearly a crude and fuckwitted peddler of nonsense, I agreed to his silly wager.
Over the next months, we proceeded to taunt one another, until finally Holden insulted my womanhood or something, so I was forced to reveal that he is, in fact, a girl who wears a frilly dress.
Thus began the great Eschaton Civil War. There were teams. The teams had uniforms. Mine were better. Holden’s had more lace.
But there’s only so much clothing online, and so we ran out of ugly bridesmaids dresses to clothe one another in, and thus it was revealed that Holden, in addition to being a frilly girl, also rode a pony.
Somehow (there was a lot of liquor involved) this bet evolved into Bush’s sucky poll numbers resulting in Holden ACQUIRING a pony, rather than just riding one, and now they are irrevocably linked: Bush sucks, Holden gets a pony.
Scott Baio is in there too, and Thersites getting into a fight with him, and there's something about Hecate and some box turtles and last we saw Ntodd he was running off to secure the 75 kilos of smack in his hatchback, but we got most of the stains out of the carpet. You should have been there, man. It was epic. I think Tena's still hungover, and pie never did find her socks.
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Posted by: QuinnLaBelle | Nov 27, 2005 11:55:10 AM
See also:
http://www.thepoorman.net/2005/10/19/experts-warn-of-peak-pony/
for discussion in comments.
Google is your friend.
Posted by: QuinnTheRee | Nov 27, 2005 12:03:51 PM
Hey cool, thanks! This gives me plenty to get started with...
Posted by: NTodd | Nov 27, 2005 2:29:04 PM
spork incident - what was it? Whatever it was, it appears that only a few select individuals are in on it. Vicki knows and spork knows. But I sure don't know.
Posted by: Arabella | Nov 27, 2005 3:40:15 PM
Lets not forget EschaCon
...and what was the name of the band? I CAN'T REMEMBER!!
Posted by: flory | Nov 27, 2005 3:44:22 PM
Great idea, NTodd. You are going to include Prezdent give me turkee?
And the Strom/Liddy Dole thing.
And why the solution for every outrage by the MSM brings calls for a panel on blogger ethics.
And why is it that we blame Eli for everything?
Posted by: Karin | Nov 27, 2005 3:53:19 PM
Erm, this is a really good idea, but with all due respect could someone also ask Atrios to ratchet down the quotient of in jokes? It's getting so high as to be off-putting even to this long-term near-daily reader. Could we especially have a moratorium on "...do you hunger for thread midst the torture of being one?" -- ?
Posted by: Martha Bridegam | Nov 27, 2005 3:55:42 PM
acronyms!!! :)
Posted by: her eyes | Nov 27, 2005 4:03:35 PM
Here's the "Wingnut Debate Dictionary" which was linked to a post from the Eschaton archive, and which contains, among other things, "Glennuendo":
http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/ethel/atrios-dictionary.html
Bonus link to a Corrente entry with the comprehensive "getting to know Ted" info, posted on a thread earlier by Quiltlady:
http://corrente.blogspot.com/2004/11/inside-teds-head-right-wing-specimen.html
"Doughy Pantload" needs an entry on the punditry, since it's often difficult to distinguish which of the plethora of doughy pantloads currently infesting the leadership class of this country is the doughiest and pandloadiest and most deserving of the title. IIRC it's Jonah Goldberg, but with so many to choose from, it's difficult to remember!
I lurk ... but I remember. I'll pitch anything in if I remember, or if I find it -- I like doing this stuff.
Posted by: Philostopher | Nov 27, 2005 4:17:44 PM
Woot and his boobies.
Posted by: flory | Nov 27, 2005 4:35:09 PM
Happy Fun Ball!!
and Torture Lou...even if it doesn't get used much anymore.
Posted by: flory | Nov 27, 2005 4:42:36 PM
"Hit (them/her/him) with the chair!"
It was a regular who started saying it, can't remember who it was. Might have started during the debates last fall, or thereabouts. I don't know if it originated with Eschaton, but ... maybe it was the debate between Howard Dean and Richard Perle about Iraq, when the war protestor threw a shoe at Perle from the audience ...?
And the attendant "Hit 'Em With The Chair" award, of course.
Posted by: Philostopher | Nov 27, 2005 4:59:45 PM
quatloons
Posted by: Arabella | Nov 27, 2005 7:22:02 PM
what means HICA?
Posted by: ixnay | Nov 28, 2005 9:29:07 AM
I dunno know all about Happy Fun Ball, but Calvinball is the game played by Beltway journalists in which they hide the ball, and then blame the Dems. Kind of like the game Calvin and his tiger used to play where they made up the rules, literally, as they went.
Posted by: oregon guy | Mar 2, 2006 8:58:03 PM
Posted by: res ipsa loquitur | Nov 27, 2005 11:17:49 AM
Hmm... probably a guide to the nicknames bestowed upon politicians and other public figures. Also, I remember a thread where everyone submitted their favorite nicknames for GWB, which might be fun to compile. (I still like Commander Bathroom Break.)
somebody over at eschaton comments last night requested the identity of K-Lo, and received naught but a snark in resonse. this might be a good repository for said data.
trouble is, by the time it all gets recorded for posterity, these people are off "spending more time with their family"...
Posted by: r@d@r | Jun 8, 2006 8:02:10 PM
Have we adequately documented the "preznit giv me no turkee" thing?
Posted by: Dissento | Dec 8, 2006 5:29:04 PM
Mars, Bitches....
Posted by: atablarasa | Dec 27, 2006 12:06:06 AM
Buy me stuff off my 
