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May 8, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

International Fake Station (International Space Station or ISS nickname)

The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station in low Earth orbit. Some people believe that the ISS is being faked and is not in space, and have nicknamed it the…

October 12, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Invisible Government

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Shadow government (conspiracy)The shadow government (cryptocracy, secret government, or invisible government) is a family of conspiracy theories based on the…

August 9, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Irish Amnesia or Irish Alzheimer’s (to forget everything but the grudge)

"Irish Alzheimer's" is a jocular name for a supposed disease where an individual forgets everything except the grudges. The term was cited in the New York (NY) Post in 2000, when it…

August 24, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Iron Lady (Margaret Thatcher nickname)

"Iron Lady" ("La dame de fer" in French) is the popular nickname of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Although the Eiffel Tower was opened in 1889, the "Iron Lady"…

August 16, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Iron Triangle

A political "iron triangle" is when a special-interest lobby, the Congressional committee that the lobby appears before, and the bureaucracy that the committee reports to all affect each…

May 14, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

IRSS (IRS + SS)

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collects revenue for the United States government. In May 2013, an IRS scandal indicated that the agency (under a Democratic president) might have been used to…

April 14, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Isobeard (isolation + beard)

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic caused many people to live in isolation. Many men grew beards, sometimes given the portmanteau word "isobeard" (isolation + beard).…

March 26, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Isolationship (isolated + relationship)

An "isolationship" (isolated + relationship) usually means someone or something isolated, so that no relationships are possible. The term "isolationship" had been infrequently…

July 26, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jabbatoir (vaccination site)

Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe…

July 23, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jabbo (vaccine jab)

"Jabbo" (the "jab" of Covid vaccine) became a catchword of YouTuber HighImpactFlix, often stating that he "refuses to bow down to the altar of Jabbo." "Which is…

July 26, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jabby Dodger or Jabbydodger (vaccination jab + dodger)

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in vaccinations, called "jabs." Those who refused the jabs were sometimes called "jabby dodgers" or jabbydodgers." The term…

July 26, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jabbydodger or Jabby Dodger (vaccination jab + dodger)

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in vaccinations, called "jabs." Those who refused the jabs were sometimes called "jabby dodgers" or jabbydodgers." The term…

July 26, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jabcab (ambulance)

Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe…

November 1, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jail Bait (Jail-bait; Jailbait)

"Jailbait" (also written as "jail-bait" and "jail bait") is someone or something illegal (risking jail) that tempts (or "baits") someone. "Her name is…

July 30, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

JANFU (Joint Army Navy Foul-Up)

"JANFU" is a World War II term that means "Joint Army-Navy Foul Up." The actual term was probably "Joint Army-Navy Fuck Up." "Now some one has come up with JANFU,…

June 5, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jerkocrat (jerk + bureaucrat/Democrat)

"Jerkocrat" (jerk + bureaucrat/Democrat) is an infrequently used political epithet, Both uppercase "Jerkocrat" and lowercase "jerkocrat" have been used, with the…

January 17, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jew World Order (Jew + New World Order); JWO

"New World Order" (NWO) is a popular term that refers to a totalitarian one-world government. "Jew World Order" (Jew + New World Order) refers to a new world order than is run…

September 27, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jewdiciary (Jew + judiciary)

Entry in progress -- BP Urban DictionaryJewdiciarynoun 1. the jewish judicial branch of government.2. the jewish system of courts of justice in a country.3.jewish judges collectively.adjective 4.…

April 19, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jewluminati or Jewlluminati or Jooluminati (Jew + Illuminati)

"Jewluminati" or "Jewlluminati" or "Jooluminati" (Jew/Joo + Illuminati) is a term used by those who believe that the "Illuminati" (the "illuminated…

October 13, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

Jexit (Jewish/Jews + exit)

"Jexit" (Jewish/Jews + exit) is a term to describe Jewish Americans leaving the Democratic party. The "Jexit" term is a variation following the popular term "Brexit."…

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