Glossary

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

1. The rate and global distribution of technological progress is highly dependent upon the number of literate smart fractions {AK};
2. The book that I plan to write on this topic {AK};

Age of Malthusian Industrialism

1. Projected future period of history {AK};

Baizuo

 

Bioleninism

Blue Checkmarks

Cliodynamics

1. 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

1. “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

1. 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

1. Sovoks who prefer America to Stalin.
2. 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