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Publishing
Formerly the one indispensable private enterprise in any civilized society; now a minor appendage of the entertainment industry. |
Pundit
One who is paid to offer the world his opinions, as distinguished from those who offer them gratis on city sidewalks. |
Punk Movement
The attempt by certain disaffected adolescents of the 1980s to gain status by rendering themselves even more unattractive than they were originally. |
Pusher
The underground apothecary; a street-corner druggist who must continually extend his business to new customers as his old ones expire. |
Put-down
A species of sarcastic insult freely exchanged among friends, colleagues and TV sitcom characters, esp. since the extinction of duelling. |
Pyramid Scheme
The recruiting of recruits to recruit still more recruits, so that a mid-level recruit may theoretically amass a fortune once the entire population of the inhabited universe has been recruited. |