NOFX

28 advanced vocabulary words across 25 songs.

stereotypeDon't Call Me White

overly narrow representation; a conventional or formulaic conception or image

Could it be semantics generating the mess we're in?

I understand that language breeds stereotype

But what's the explanation for

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degradationLori Meyers

shame; changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

(And on and on)

(I know what degradation feels like, I felt it on the floor)

(At the factory where I worked long before)

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orthodoxThe Brews

traditional; adhering to what is commonly accepted

Oi-oi! We're the boys

The orthodox, Hasidic, OG Ois

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tenuousCalifornia Drought

flimsy; having thin consistency

Like cleaning gums or hugging bums or doing something that you know's good for ya

Those times are tedious and tenuous and hopefully much shorter than a blink

I'm so easy to dechiphe

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hierarchySecret Society

order; a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system

In O/our secret society, W/we find freedom thru slavery

Abolute power and hierarchy, in O/our secret

Amusement is scary, doing things totally unnecessary

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arcaneSecret Society

secret; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

Know limits, know rules

Know to wield dangerous arcane tools

Know access to soak in our suck cesspools

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prolificSecret Society

productive; intellectually productive

Procedures, protocols, programming sentionent sex dolls

Prolific übermensch downfalls

In O/our secret society, W/we find freedom thru slavery

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benevolentWe March to the Beat of Indifferent Drum

kind; intending or showing kindness

We validate, rationalize, corroborate each others lives

Pat my back and I'll pat yours, benevolent conquistadors

We piss down throats, shit in cupped hands

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saved item; a man-made object taken as a whole

The excavation was a financial

Success with artifacts of gold

The arrowheads went straight to the Smithsonian

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dissentThe Separation Of Church And Skate

disagree; withhold assent

I want conflict, I want dissent

I want the scene to represent

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irreverentDarby Crashing

disrespectful; showing lack of due respect or veneration

A Beverly Hillbilly peeled off the floor

The erratic irreverent reverend that reeks

Havoc and wreckage whenever he speaks

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insolentMy Sycophant Others

disrespectful; marked by casual disrespect

Inconsequent, social infant, insolent, insignificant

And you're my sycophant

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systematicHobophobic [Scared of Bums]

orderly; characterized by order and planning

Infested with microscopic bugs

Endocrine systematic doo doo

Why don't they get a job?

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mixed feelings; mixed feelings or emotions

Worth, content, significance

Conversational ambivalence

Hear the same things every night

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sectKill Rock Stars

religious order; a subdivision of a larger religious group

I thought the goal here was mutual respect

Not constructing a separate sect

I wish I could have seen Courtney

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sarcasmWe Threw Gasoline...

irony; witty language used to convey insults or scorn

A prophet not to be made but heard

Speaks in tongues and sarcasms, to me it's glee

To you absurd

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paradigmDead Beat Mom

model; systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

She's a dead beat mom, a one woman pogrom

A tri-polar paradigm, a lunatika time bomb

When everything is alright, she makes everything wrong

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analogousBlasphemy (The Victimless Crime)

similar; similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

Horus similar to Mithra

Attis analogous to Krishna

Jesus, different name same story

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anarchyAnarchy Camp

lawlessness; state of lawless disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

Got an invitation to go to anarchy camp

There will be twistin', fistin', biting, fighting all in an evening

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consistentScavenger Type

not varying; (sometimes followed by `with’) in agreement or consistent or reliable

The coins don't drop consistent as does the mercury

His meter slows realizing a zenith

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rantGeneration Z

scolding speech; talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

Are we just chemically imbalanced ants on

chemically fueled rants? (Generation Z, Generation Z)

It really just comes down to sex and power (Generation Z)

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anecdoteYou Will Lose Faith

story; short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

Are you invisible, man, no one looks you in the eye?

You've become an anecdote

To the wrong place at the wrong time

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erodeDoors and Fours

wear away; become ground down or deteriorate

'Cause all the punks are doing loads

Los Angeles' punk scene slowly erodes

'Cause all the punks are doing loads

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authenticDecom-poseur

real; conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

With no good sense of intention

She's authentic

She's a model of disaster

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colonialBleeding Heart Disease

related to foreign settlements; of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony

Of happiness the bi product

Of colonial precious metal

Mine extracts which

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demolitionDecom-poseur

destruction; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

She's got the grace of a tourist

With the charm of demolition

She's a poem without meter or rhyme

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articulateWhat's The Matter With Kids Today?

say; provide with a joint

They dress well and they're

Speaking articulate

They show each other respect

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blandYou're Bleeding

tasteless; lacking taste or flavor or tang

You've got the beauty, but that don't mean a thing

A bland reciprocation, but that dosen't bother me

You're happier with lights on underneath a darkened sky

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