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bootyologist < 1. practitioner/teacher of bootyology, or the "science" of "extra-curricular activities" ["aka" eca]; 2. titled acquired upon reaching a degree of proficiency in "eca" that comes only through extensive, "hands-on" field work in the "discipline."; 3. "pen and company ink" scientist.


Hamm, Blake < 1. first Hub SGA President to serve during the Thames administration; 2. got cozy enough with the Thames-Mader team in the dome to miraculously win the commencement speaker lottery his senior year; 3. questions swirled (at the time) as to whether or not he was even graduating with those he was speaking to, or later in the Summer semester.


Hewes, Billy < 1. Ward 7 Councilman of Gulfport City Council; 2. real estate agent in Gulfport; 3. big supporter of Golden Eagle athletics; 4. introduced resolution in Gulfport City Council supporting the presidency of Shelby Thames; 5. espouses some very intolerant social views (do your own Google search); 6. advocate of branding the foreheads of certain members of society.


Impeach Thames < 1. popular sign/sticker slogan visible around USM and at anti-Thames rallies; 2. slogan on bumper stickers that made their first appearance shortly after Thames’ installment as USM President.


Napoleon complex < 1. Napoleon’s name is often connected with overreaching military ambition and delusions of grandeur; 2. because Napoleon was short, overly aggressive men of short stature are sometimes said to have a "Napoleon complex" (The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3rd Edition, 2002); see Shelby Thames for classic case study.


Shelby Thames University < a Carnegie 23Z-YVR4-subsectionXIV "practical arts" institution.


Thames, Shelby < 1. the current and embattled President of the University of Southern Mississippi who fired two professors without due process and committed countless other egregious acts; 2. "bucket and paddle" scientist; 3. Dome Gnome (his personal favorite); 4. Saddam. 5. Pocket Mussolini; 6. see Napoleon complex; 7. bootyologist.


tenured Associate Professor of English at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY < professional title describing an individual who has produced a very good scholarly record in English (i.e., journal articles/monographs/books, etc.) over about a five to six year (or more) period at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, all the while teaching the requisite course load within the Department of English at the University of Kentucky in Lexington; 2. professional title describing an individual very familiar with campus life at the University of Kentucky in Lexington; 3. an individual who, in addition to scholarly and teaching endeavors done under the auspices of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, has performed various committee service tasks for the University of Kentucky in Lexington, and has been involved in community service events in the city of Lexington, KY.


WLOX-TV < 1. ABC affiliate for Biloxi-Gulfport; 2. has broken several stories during the Thames administration.



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oops --- just one small addition to this one:


tenured Associate Professor of English at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY < professional title describing an individual who has produced a very good scholarly record in English (i.e., journal articles/monographs/books, etc.) over about a five to six year (or more) period at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, all the while teaching the requisite course load within the Department of English at the University of Kentucky in Lexington; 2. professional title describing an individual very familiar with campus life at the University of Kentucky in Lexington; 3. an individual who, in addition to scholarly and teaching endeavors done under the auspices of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, has performed various committee service tasks for the University of Kentucky in Lexington, and has been involved in community service events in the city of Lexington, KY; 4. person who the other faculty members in the Department of English at the University of Kentucky in Lexington have heard of and seen before.



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Webster --- Daniel would be proud!!!

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