In my blogging, I sometimes use some rather arcane terms, mostly derived from /pol/, Runet memes, LessWrong Lingvo, pilfered from other bloggers, and of my own invention.
Instead of having to define them every so often, I will provide a series of glossaries:
- Culture War: The more r-selected racist and/or SJW terms (trigger warning!).
- K-Selected Terms: Important concepts in politics, HBD, transhumanism, existential risks, etc.
- Runet Terms: Russian Internet terms.
- Urban Dictionary of the Ukrainian Conflict: Highly r-selected terms used in your typical khokhlosrach.
This page will list the terms that (1) I invented myself, or (2) use particularly frequently.
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AKology
Apollo’s Ascent
The rate and global distribution of technological progress is highly dependent upon the number of literate smart fractions {AK};
- The book that I plan to write on this topic {AK};
Age of Malthusian Industrialism
- Projected future period of history {AK};
Baizuo
Bioleninism
Blue Checkmarks
Cliodynamics
- New transdisciplinary area of research that aims to rigorously mathematize economic and social history. {Peter Turchin}
Da Russophile
Dark Equilibrium
Dark Lord of the Kremlin
Frozen Embers
Frito Effect
Galactic Brains
G Loaded
GloboHomo
Great Bifurcation
Great Chain of Respectability
Hack’s Law
- “As a comment thread on Karlin’s blog grows longer, the probability of a discussion about The Ukraine breaking out approaches 1.” {Thorfinnsson}
Hajnal Line
Handshakeworthiness
- Rukopozhatnye (рукопожатные) – lit. “handshakeworthy”, i.e. respectable amongst the skinny-jeans wearing, Jean Jacques cafe-frequenting, TV Rain watching kreakl (креакл = “creative”) intelligentsia. It was popularized by the satirical blogger Lev Sharansky, who played the role of an archetypical emigre (((liberal activist))). It’s my personal favorite and really captures the virtue-signalling component better than any of the others.
Katechon
Kremlins
More dismissive than “kremlyad” (1) (Kremlin bootlicker, 2) Embarassingly committed pozriot.)
liberast
- Sovoks who prefer America to Stalin.
- Synonyms:
- Tolerasty (толерасты) – self-explanatory.
- Rukopozhatnye (рукопожатные) – see “handshakeworthiness.”
- Kreakly (креаклы) – lit., “creatives”, in an ironic/sarcastic sense – usage was mostly confined to the 2011-12 election season.
- Obschechelovek (общечеловек) – an outspoken supporter of universal human values (общечеловеческие ценности).
- Demshiza (демшиза) – portmanteau of “democracy” and “schizophrenia”, used to refer to the most cartoonishly anti-Russian pro-Western “democratists” like the late Novodvorskaya and Borovoy. Rarely used nowadays.
maozuo
mnogokhodovka – Clever Plan, 666D chess,
neoliberalism.txt
Noviops
O-Ring
Peremoga
Powerful Take
Putin Derangement Syndrome
r/k selection
RMAX Theory
ROG
PDS*TDS
What place in the trinity does it have. Putin the Father, Trump the Son, and the Holy Russian Spirit.
Protocols of the Kremlin Elders – the “planners,”
Russian Golgotha
RussoShoe Theory
SAPL
silovik
Sinotriumph
sovok
1) Homo sovieticus.
2) Sovietesque mentality: Arrogance, callousness, stupidity, and an aversion to logic and opposing arguments.
3) Sovcucks
svidomy
Sublime Oblivion
SWPL
Tropical Hyperborea
Trump Derangement Syndrome
vatnik
Western Partners
zmagar
ZOG
zrada