Things We Say
The following is a carefully curated collection of sayings and other common tropes that have been collected during the time the Fogbow has existed (and some back to the Politijab days). This is a best effort at explaining some of seemingly "inside" jokes and sayings.
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Term
Definition
/s/
Eye tarantulas. Created by Verbalobe for the Birfer Wet Dreams comic, Orly's false eyelashes came to life as animated characters resembling tarantulas. Refers to the fact that on multiple electronic filings Orly could not get her electronic signature: "/s/ Orly Taitz" correct.
A fail of birthers
A collective noun to describe such gatherings.
Also too (see Too also)
Palinism
Ammhole
Ammon Bundy for obvious reasons.
Backmanteau
Like a portmanteau but constructed in reverse.
Bartshit
An insane rant by crazy politicians, typically broadcast on Maria Bartiromo's Fox "news" show.
baned
Ed-Hale-ism meaning banned.
Birtherpalooza
What was the word when three birthers actually appeared together in the same place.
Boogle
A birther from Virginia named Dean Haskins called the people on Fogbow". It's a collective noun, like a pod of whales or a murder of crows, and it means a group of weasels. We adopted that and the Boogle now means "the people of Fogbow".
Bowling Ball Charles Edward Lincoln III, aka CEL3
Craptacular attorney and former lover of Lena Taitz.
Brunt toast
Ed Hale-ism for burnt toast.
Cackilacki
Carolinas, Usually referring to North Carolina.
Cascenario
Portmanteau of case and scenario, i.e., best cascenario and worst best cascenario.
certaki
Certiorari as spelled/pronounced by Taitz.
Citizen Grand Slam
A "citizens grand jury" held at a Denny's. I forget the details, but didn't one of the first Obama "citizens grand juries" actually meet at a Denny's?
Commander Cordwood
Lt. Cmdr. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick III, Retired, who spent a good deal of time in the Monroe County, Tennessee jail for misprision of birtherism, and complained that the inmates were "stacked like cordwood" over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Also affectionately known as Fitzfundfilcher, because he was court-martialed by the US Navy and subsequently forced to retire, after he pilfered a sum of money that was intended for the use of the crewmen on his ship. Cordwood = FitzFundFilcher. He was court-martialed and convicted for dipping into the enlisted men's mess fund to buy a television and a trip to a funeral for the wife of a colleague. (I think Fitzy said it was OK because the enlisted men loved the officer who died.)
Court of Bun-Dogs
Taitz was trying to say boondocks “This is ridiculous to think, that the ambassadors would not have the right to appear in court right there in DC, in SCOTUS. What do those clerks think? That I should file such case in the lowest possible court: in the Circuit court of Yahoo-Ville or the District Court of Bun-dogs??”
Daffydavit
An affidavit prepared by Taitz
Deflamation
Idiot-speak for "defamation", courtesy Mike Lindell during one of his rants
Denined
Ed Hale-ism for denied
Dental Chair of Love (or O' Love)
A patient's dental chair in the Chaleria's office that the Bowling Ball (Charles Edward Lincoln, III) claimed was used to have sex with her. (Apparently the Bowling Ball's real last name is Linck but he changed it. On the other hand, he and Taitz said that President Obama changed his name from Barry Sotero to Barack Obama and that somehow showed he was disqualified. Go figure.)
Elk
Ilk cuz that is how Moo spells it.
Expert witness
Any guy off the street with a grudge against President Obama who claimed some expertise (which he didn't have) who Taitz used to attempt to show President Obama's birth certificate was fake.
Flatcap
Schaeffer Cox
FLexit
The affect (similar to Brexit) of migrant workers fleeing the state of Florida thanks to anti-immigration laws passed by the Republican Legislature and signed by Ron DeSantis.
Floriduh
Florida
Foogie never gets anythign striagth
Ed Hale-ism
Four Paragraph Rule
The "Four Paragraph Rule" was Foogy's request that you copy over at most four paragraphs from another site. Primarily out of copyright concerns, but also (too) because walls of text are ugly
Fpoon
The sacred wooden food preparation utensil Estiveo inadvertently left at my house after a meetup
Fraud
Any act or decision with which Taitz disagreed
Freedoom Watch
aka Freedom watch, because it's more accurate
GIL
Grossly Inapproriate Larry" : Larry Klayman. I've forgotten the details of the initial inappropriateness, ISTR it involved his kids. But he's been inappropriate in many, many ways since.
Great Orange One
Donald Trump, so called due to the bad orange staining of his spray tan.
Greenies
Greenies are moderators - kate520 and realist - because of the color of the group
He, Jim whatever
A play on "He, Lucas Smith." Smith's dreadful writing style was littered with, "I, Lucas Smith, ...."
He, Lucas Daniel Smith
Smith is a convicted forger who peddled a poor forgery of a birth certificate showing that Obama was born in Kenya. He (Lucas Daniel Smith) has his own thread; you can read about his exploits there. But the fella is weird. But his addition to the lexicon was his instance referring to himself as "I, Lucas Daniel Smith." Dude: "I" suffices
Hoaxium
Related to Hopium
Hopium
An eternal state of being for people who "know" the next lawsuit will succeed (spoiler alert: it won't)
IAAL
I Am A Lawyer
IANACrL
I Am Not A Criminal Lawyer* - This doesn't mean a lawyer who is or isn't a criminal. It's a lawyer who doesn't practice criminal law, because criminal law is special. Well, most law is special. But criminal law is more speshul. Or at least, that's what the IAALs and IAACrLs tell us IANALs.
IANAL
I Am Not A Lawyer
IANALBIRTFB
I am not a lawyer but I read the Fogbow
Idumminati
The followers of Mike Lindell and his election conspiracy theories that believe the evidence will be revealed "any day now".
IIRC
If I recall correctly
IMHIANALO
In My Humble I Am Not A Lawyer Opinion
Indicated
The Great Orange One hisself misstating "indicted" in a "truth" that was widely shared after his indictment on 34 state charges in New York.
Indite
Birtherism for Indict.
Joos
Jews. Usually used to point out not so subtle anti-semitism.
Ketchup Futures
A good investment every time the former guy is indicted or throws a tantrum for any reason at all.
KrakenRally
Gathering in the tens of those that support the “stolen” election conspriarcy.
LDIT
Lame Duck Impeached Trump.
Lena
Another name for Orly after she called into a radio show and used Lena as a fake name. Between her very distinguishable accent and her bat crap crazy questions, the host figured out it was really Orly.
Link for Rikker
If there's an unsupported assertion, instead of asking for a link, or ...you ask for a link on Rikker's behalf. Because Rikker lurves links (with which to troll others).
Lolsuit
A lawsuit so bad it's laughable.
Magatmatics
Bad math by MAGAts or attempts by MAGAts to justify something using math or statistics and failing miserably.
Mango Mussolini
An alliterative nickname for Donald Trump.
Moar
More
Moo
Maureen Peltier (aka SSG Moe).
Moran
Was a sign a patriot held at a gathering of some sort that read, "Don't be a Moran."
Moron Lube
Molon Labe (the latin Ancient Greek (μολὼν λαβέ meaning Come and Take [them]) phrase the Gun Humpers so enjoy along with the Stupid Yellow Snakey Flag).
NADT
Not A Death Threat. Orly Taitz was convinced every criticism including a sentiment like, fuck off and die, or I hope you have a debilitating aneurysm, you bitch, constituted a death threat, thus NADT became de rigueur.
O'RLY
An entendre for Orly Taitz. Born of the owl meme O RLY meaning "Oh Really".
ORYR
Initialism/shorthand for the website Obama Release Your Records, a birther conspiracy website from back in the day.
Perfecta
Yet another indictment resulting from a Perfect Phone Call.
Plaintiff
A client to anyone except Taitz because Taitz didn't have clients to whom she owed duties. She had plaintiffs who were there only to allow her to pursue her goals.
Poot
Term of endearment for a Sovereign Citizen (SovCit). Poots got started because of outside defecation activity at Malheur Refuge when the toilets wouldn't work.
Pooterati
A collective noun for a group of SovCits
Pootfest
A collective noun for a group of SovCits, usually when they are protesting... something
PootSpeak
The babble commonly used by SovCits when they think they are being clever.
Poscast
A low value podcast produced by by wingnuts; backmanteau* of "POS podcast"
Pupisode
Time with Lt.Col. Root Beer and Lt. Biscuit.
RAPMasters
The Restore American Plan leaders. He may have referred to them as cRAPMasters. I am doing this off the top of my head.
Restoftheworldia
Anywhere outside of the United States, especially when it comes to healthcare.
Rharon
Sharon Rondeau, owner of the Post and Email (see Pest and eFail). The term derives from one of the many misspellings of Orly Taitz. This was first published by Rharon Rondeau and later republished by the editor of ORYR.
Ronapalooza
A gathering during the pandemic of the "you can't tell me what to do" crowd. Mysteriously, COVID-19 cases and variants seems to rise amongst those that attended the festivities.
SECR
Suck Egg Court Reporter (though we don't have any of those here, only handsome, brilliant ones).
Smackdown Friday
A Friday on which a court issues a ruling against a nutjob. Most rulings are issued on Fridays, so for a while, almost every Friday was Smackdown Friday.
Smidgeonette
The smallest possible measurable quantity of something. For example, "A smidgeonette of curiosity."
Smoking Mirrors
Taitz was trying to say smoke and mirrors
Squidney
Attorney Sidney Powell who threatened to release the Kraken which is a mystical octopus, but hard to connect with the name Sidney. Also seen on Twitter
Statue quo
A misspelling of status quo in one of the loser lawsuits filed by Squidney or Lin Wood.
Sternsig
From Sterngard's signature, "When there are a finite number of ways to screw something up, Orly Taitz will find an infinite number of ways to do so. (The Sternsig Rule.)"
Stoopid
Stupid
The Chaleria
Orly Taitz
The defectively stapled line
During the birther years, a Hawai‘i assistant AG once described a filing by noted lunatic Orly Taitz as "an inartfully collated, defectively stapled, and misordered collection of pages."
The Mighty Spork
Derived from Sporky calling himself "The Mighty Sword." There were various permutations, including The Mighty Butter Knife until somebody suggested The Mighty Spork.
The Paraclete
A nom d'birth of OG Birther, Leo Donofrio aka Jet Schizo.
The Pest and eFail
Post and Email
Too also (see Also too)
Palinism
Trial Of The Century
The Mad Moldovan Molar Mangler (aka Orly Taitz) put herself in the witless witness seat so she could cross examine herself.
TSTL
Too Stupid To Live.
TWLITHOTU
Let's not forget which was Orly again: The Worst Lawyer In The History Of The Universe.
Up, down, left, down a little, right
Taitz's instructions, on the record, at a hearing before a hearing officer of the Georgia Secretary of State during a hearing where she was testifying as well as arguing as counsel in an effort to have President Obama found disqualified to run for President in 2012. (Visualize the courtroom scene from Woody Allen's "Bananas." Only this was funnier.) Taitz and the other birther lawyers were offered a default judgment by the administrative law judge because President Obama ignored the hearing, but Taitz and the other birther lawyers wanted to go in for the kill. So they put on their evidence and inadvertently lost to an empty chair. Upon their appeal the trial court held the Secretary of State had no jurisdiction over the issue. (So President Obama was correct in ignoring the hearing.)
usurpathon
When three birthers actually appeared together in the same place at the same time.
Velveeta Voldemort
An alliterative nickname for Donald Trump.
Witless
Witness
WLITHOTU
The Worst Lawyer in the History of the Universe, i.e. Orly Taitz
YMMV
Your mileage may very
Zekutive Deesides
Closed door admin stuff
Zibits
Bad pronunciation of exhibits.
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Term
Definition
/s/
Eye tarantulas. Created by Verbalobe for the Birfer Wet Dreams comic, Orly's false eyelashes came to life as animated characters resembling tarantulas. Refers to the fact that on multiple electronic filings Orly could not get her electronic signature: "/s/ Orly Taitz" correct.
A fail of birthers
A collective noun to describe such gatherings.
Also too (see Too also)
Palinism
Ammhole
Ammon Bundy for obvious reasons.
Backmanteau
Like a portmanteau but constructed in reverse.
Bartshit
An insane rant by crazy politicians, typically broadcast on Maria Bartiromo's Fox "news" show.
baned
Ed-Hale-ism meaning banned.
Birtherpalooza
What was the word when three birthers actually appeared together in the same place.
Boogle
A birther from Virginia named Dean Haskins called the people on Fogbow". It's a collective noun, like a pod of whales or a murder of crows, and it means a group of weasels. We adopted that and the Boogle now means "the people of Fogbow".
Bowling Ball Charles Edward Lincoln III, aka CEL3
Craptacular attorney and former lover of Lena Taitz.
Brunt toast
Ed Hale-ism for burnt toast.
Cackilacki
Carolinas, Usually referring to North Carolina.
Cascenario
Portmanteau of case and scenario, i.e., best cascenario and worst best cascenario.
certaki
Certiorari as spelled/pronounced by Taitz.
Citizen Grand Slam
A "citizens grand jury" held at a Denny's. I forget the details, but didn't one of the first Obama "citizens grand juries" actually meet at a Denny's?
Commander Cordwood
Lt. Cmdr. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick III, Retired, who spent a good deal of time in the Monroe County, Tennessee jail for misprision of birtherism, and complained that the inmates were "stacked like cordwood" over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Also affectionately known as Fitzfundfilcher, because he was court-martialed by the US Navy and subsequently forced to retire, after he pilfered a sum of money that was intended for the use of the crewmen on his ship. Cordwood = FitzFundFilcher. He was court-martialed and convicted for dipping into the enlisted men's mess fund to buy a television and a trip to a funeral for the wife of a colleague. (I think Fitzy said it was OK because the enlisted men loved the officer who died.)
Court of Bun-Dogs
Taitz was trying to say boondocks “This is ridiculous to think, that the ambassadors would not have the right to appear in court right there in DC, in SCOTUS. What do those clerks think? That I should file such case in the lowest possible court: in the Circuit court of Yahoo-Ville or the District Court of Bun-dogs??”
Daffydavit
An affidavit prepared by Taitz
Deflamation
Idiot-speak for "defamation", courtesy Mike Lindell during one of his rants
Denined
Ed Hale-ism for denied
Dental Chair of Love (or O' Love)
A patient's dental chair in the Chaleria's office that the Bowling Ball (Charles Edward Lincoln, III) claimed was used to have sex with her. (Apparently the Bowling Ball's real last name is Linck but he changed it. On the other hand, he and Taitz said that President Obama changed his name from Barry Sotero to Barack Obama and that somehow showed he was disqualified. Go figure.)
Elk
Ilk cuz that is how Moo spells it.
Expert witness
Any guy off the street with a grudge against President Obama who claimed some expertise (which he didn't have) who Taitz used to attempt to show President Obama's birth certificate was fake.
Flatcap
Schaeffer Cox
FLexit
The affect (similar to Brexit) of migrant workers fleeing the state of Florida thanks to anti-immigration laws passed by the Republican Legislature and signed by Ron DeSantis.
Floriduh
Florida
Foogie never gets anythign striagth
Ed Hale-ism
Four Paragraph Rule
The "Four Paragraph Rule" was Foogy's request that you copy over at most four paragraphs from another site. Primarily out of copyright concerns, but also (too) because walls of text are ugly
Fpoon
The sacred wooden food preparation utensil Estiveo inadvertently left at my house after a meetup
Fraud
Any act or decision with which Taitz disagreed
Freedoom Watch
aka Freedom watch, because it's more accurate
GIL
Grossly Inapproriate Larry" : Larry Klayman. I've forgotten the details of the initial inappropriateness, ISTR it involved his kids. But he's been inappropriate in many, many ways since.
Great Orange One
Donald Trump, so called due to the bad orange staining of his spray tan.
Greenies
Greenies are moderators - kate520 and realist - because of the color of the group
He, Jim whatever
A play on "He, Lucas Smith." Smith's dreadful writing style was littered with, "I, Lucas Smith, ...."
He, Lucas Daniel Smith
Smith is a convicted forger who peddled a poor forgery of a birth certificate showing that Obama was born in Kenya. He (Lucas Daniel Smith) has his own thread; you can read about his exploits there. But the fella is weird. But his addition to the lexicon was his instance referring to himself as "I, Lucas Daniel Smith." Dude: "I" suffices
Hoaxium
Related to Hopium
Hopium
An eternal state of being for people who "know" the next lawsuit will succeed (spoiler alert: it won't)
IAAL
I Am A Lawyer
IANACrL
I Am Not A Criminal Lawyer* - This doesn't mean a lawyer who is or isn't a criminal. It's a lawyer who doesn't practice criminal law, because criminal law is special. Well, most law is special. But criminal law is more speshul. Or at least, that's what the IAALs and IAACrLs tell us IANALs.
IANAL
I Am Not A Lawyer
IANALBIRTFB
I am not a lawyer but I read the Fogbow
Idumminati
The followers of Mike Lindell and his election conspiracy theories that believe the evidence will be revealed "any day now".
IIRC
If I recall correctly
IMHIANALO
In My Humble I Am Not A Lawyer Opinion
Indicated
The Great Orange One hisself misstating "indicted" in a "truth" that was widely shared after his indictment on 34 state charges in New York.
Indite
Birtherism for Indict.
Joos
Jews. Usually used to point out not so subtle anti-semitism.
Ketchup Futures
A good investment every time the former guy is indicted or throws a tantrum for any reason at all.
KrakenRally
Gathering in the tens of those that support the “stolen” election conspriarcy.
LDIT
Lame Duck Impeached Trump.
Lena
Another name for Orly after she called into a radio show and used Lena as a fake name. Between her very distinguishable accent and her bat crap crazy questions, the host figured out it was really Orly.
Link for Rikker
If there's an unsupported assertion, instead of asking for a link, or ...you ask for a link on Rikker's behalf. Because Rikker lurves links (with which to troll others).
Lolsuit
A lawsuit so bad it's laughable.
Magatmatics
Bad math by MAGAts or attempts by MAGAts to justify something using math or statistics and failing miserably.
Mango Mussolini
An alliterative nickname for Donald Trump.
Moar
More
Moo
Maureen Peltier (aka SSG Moe).
Moran
Was a sign a patriot held at a gathering of some sort that read, "Don't be a Moran."
Moron Lube
Molon Labe (the latin Ancient Greek (μολὼν λαβέ meaning Come and Take [them]) phrase the Gun Humpers so enjoy along with the Stupid Yellow Snakey Flag).
NADT
Not A Death Threat. Orly Taitz was convinced every criticism including a sentiment like, fuck off and die, or I hope you have a debilitating aneurysm, you bitch, constituted a death threat, thus NADT became de rigueur.
O'RLY
An entendre for Orly Taitz. Born of the owl meme O RLY meaning "Oh Really".
ORYR
Initialism/shorthand for the website Obama Release Your Records, a birther conspiracy website from back in the day.
Perfecta
Yet another indictment resulting from a Perfect Phone Call.
Plaintiff
A client to anyone except Taitz because Taitz didn't have clients to whom she owed duties. She had plaintiffs who were there only to allow her to pursue her goals.
Poot
Term of endearment for a Sovereign Citizen (SovCit). Poots got started because of outside defecation activity at Malheur Refuge when the toilets wouldn't work.
Pooterati
A collective noun for a group of SovCits
Pootfest
A collective noun for a group of SovCits, usually when they are protesting... something
PootSpeak
The babble commonly used by SovCits when they think they are being clever.
Poscast
A low value podcast produced by by wingnuts; backmanteau* of "POS podcast"
Pupisode
Time with Lt.Col. Root Beer and Lt. Biscuit.
RAPMasters
The Restore American Plan leaders. He may have referred to them as cRAPMasters. I am doing this off the top of my head.
Restoftheworldia
Anywhere outside of the United States, especially when it comes to healthcare.
Rharon
Sharon Rondeau, owner of the Post and Email (see Pest and eFail). The term derives from one of the many misspellings of Orly Taitz. This was first published by Rharon Rondeau and later republished by the editor of ORYR.
Ronapalooza
A gathering during the pandemic of the "you can't tell me what to do" crowd. Mysteriously, COVID-19 cases and variants seems to rise amongst those that attended the festivities.
SECR
Suck Egg Court Reporter (though we don't have any of those here, only handsome, brilliant ones).
Smackdown Friday
A Friday on which a court issues a ruling against a nutjob. Most rulings are issued on Fridays, so for a while, almost every Friday was Smackdown Friday.
Smidgeonette
The smallest possible measurable quantity of something. For example, "A smidgeonette of curiosity."
Smoking Mirrors
Taitz was trying to say smoke and mirrors
Squidney
Attorney Sidney Powell who threatened to release the Kraken which is a mystical octopus, but hard to connect with the name Sidney. Also seen on Twitter
Statue quo
A misspelling of status quo in one of the loser lawsuits filed by Squidney or Lin Wood.
Sternsig
From Sterngard's signature, "When there are a finite number of ways to screw something up, Orly Taitz will find an infinite number of ways to do so. (The Sternsig Rule.)"
Stoopid
Stupid
The Chaleria
Orly Taitz
The defectively stapled line
During the birther years, a Hawai‘i assistant AG once described a filing by noted lunatic Orly Taitz as "an inartfully collated, defectively stapled, and misordered collection of pages."
The Mighty Spork
Derived from Sporky calling himself "The Mighty Sword." There were various permutations, including The Mighty Butter Knife until somebody suggested The Mighty Spork.
The Paraclete
A nom d'birth of OG Birther, Leo Donofrio aka Jet Schizo.
The Pest and eFail
Post and Email
Too also (see Also too)
Palinism
Trial Of The Century
The Mad Moldovan Molar Mangler (aka Orly Taitz) put herself in the witless witness seat so she could cross examine herself.
TSTL
Too Stupid To Live.
TWLITHOTU
Let's not forget which was Orly again: The Worst Lawyer In The History Of The Universe.
Up, down, left, down a little, right
Taitz's instructions, on the record, at a hearing before a hearing officer of the Georgia Secretary of State during a hearing where she was testifying as well as arguing as counsel in an effort to have President Obama found disqualified to run for President in 2012. (Visualize the courtroom scene from Woody Allen's "Bananas." Only this was funnier.) Taitz and the other birther lawyers were offered a default judgment by the administrative law judge because President Obama ignored the hearing, but Taitz and the other birther lawyers wanted to go in for the kill. So they put on their evidence and inadvertently lost to an empty chair. Upon their appeal the trial court held the Secretary of State had no jurisdiction over the issue. (So President Obama was correct in ignoring the hearing.)
usurpathon
When three birthers actually appeared together in the same place at the same time.
Velveeta Voldemort
An alliterative nickname for Donald Trump.
Witless
Witness
WLITHOTU
The Worst Lawyer in the History of the Universe, i.e. Orly Taitz
YMMV
Your mileage may very
Zekutive Deesides
Closed door admin stuff
Zibits
Bad pronunciation of exhibits.