This is a sample of a new interactive dictionary we're going to post. We'll be putting out the word memes and accepting any and all "definitions or explanations"...but you must keep the meme intact...no changes. Memes may be submitted for the dictionary but it will be unlike a traditional wiki. Please let us know what you think of both the idea and the sample content. We're big girls and our little emotional hearts will not be shattered by criticism :-)...sorry, I live in Portlandia...it's kind of a standard caveat you have to add here.

WORD MEME – a word, statement or phrase providing enlightenment, insight or epiphany

No gods
No masters
No martyrs
No cages

Success: failing enough times to eliminate what does’t work so it’s easier to find what does.

Millennials = waiting for permission and release

Taxes vs charity

It’s never good business to kill your customers.

Intolerance is born of ignor-ance

Curiosity is the cure.

Media = controversy, calamity, carnality

Drumming
Dabs
Dumbing Down

No time to wait, use their weapons against them.

Spend less time on things that are not going in the same direction as you.

There are only two kinds of people: Those who want power over you and those who want you to have power over yourself. We make a thousand choices each day which one we are and an indicator of our choice is our use of the word “should”.

Who decides?
Who pays?
Who benefits?

Knowledge and wisdom are not proportional to the amount of disseminated information.

Freedom or popularity.

Problem, contradiction, exception.

Bureaucracy is a weapon useable by only one faction of politics; the one that wants power over you.

Onerous restrictions are awful. Allowable infringements are worse.

Don’t be tricked into being so honorable you tell the Nazis where the Jews are.

Leaders are not forged by ease.

Arrogance = Ignor-ance

Decorum only serves those who hope to enslave.

Turn no cheek to those who intend harm. Slap back.

The USA is the laughing stock of the world: trigger words, safe spaces, adults carrying stuffed animals and drum circles.

Don’t vote for what you don’t want.

TANFL = there ain’t no free lunch (formerly TANSTAAFL)

SNAFU = situation normal, all fucked up

PDXia = Portlandia

Some achieve everything through force. Others use persuasion and principle. What is your preference?

The wicked witch enticed Hansel and Gretel, not with work and truth but lies and candy….free concerts, free toys, free seminars, free movies, free pools, free art, free books, free food, free shelter, free rides…..

If you don’t trust others, why should I trust you?

EVERYONE wants to take down the tallest poppy when it’s next door and not on stage.

Fashion is an obsession with lying.

If you can’t trust women with power and control, why would you trust them with children?

We grow through blending the recipe of curiosity, observation and contemplation. We are merely gathering the ingredients by sharing our thoughts.