Vocabulary word of the day

Species-Jack

SYLLABICATION: spe.cies.jack
PRONUNCIATION: spee-shiz'-jak
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: species.jacked, species.jack.ing, species.jacks
1a. Informal. To stop and rob a class of individuals or objects grouped by virtue of their common attributes and assigned a common name, i.e., the human race; humankind. b. To steal (hope, good-will, destiny, future, determination) from a species in transit. c. To seize control of or be controlled by (a sovereign, occasionally maddening country run by a psychopathic leader and his aides) by use of pre-emptive force, rapid dominance or shock and awe, especially in order to reach an alternate geopolitical stance. 2a. To steal from (humanity) as if by hijacking. b. To swindle or subject to extortion (of global proportions).
NOUN: The act or an instance of speciesjacking.
ETYMOLOGY: Probably back-formation from highjacker, perhaps from jacker, holdup man, from jack, to jacklight.
OTHER FORMS: speciesjacker --NOUN
from allaboutgeorge

I search for the language
that is also yours--
Almost all our language has been taxed by war.
--Allen Ginsberg

and to further expand...a video by Craig (.mov quicktime required)
To Evolve a Species

If you want to evolve a species what you do is you keep it from becoming adult.
--Timothy Leary posted by Cyndy | link | | |
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