| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Fear and Loathing | Fear and Loathing was the original published title of Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's iconic 1971 work Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, as it first appeared in the pages of Rolling Stone. Thompson would later use the term "Fear and Loathing" as the prefaced title of many other published essays and books. (references) | ||
| Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972 | With brutal honesty Thompson narrates the smallest decisions on what speech to give where (from school gymnasiums for young voters, to public halls in heavily Polish districts of Milwaukee, to the attempt to create buzz for Muskie through an old-fashioned and disastrous whistle-stop train tour through Florida dubbed the Sunshine Special) to the ill-fated selection of Thomas Eagleton as the Vice-Presidential candidate. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Fear and loathing | Computing | Fear and loathing (Hunter S. Thompson) A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous - Intel 8086s, COBOL, EBCDIC, or any IBM machine except the Rios (also known as the RS/6000). [Jargon File] (1994-12-06). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. | |
| Fear and loathing | Computing | Fear and loathing n. [from Hunter S. Thompson] A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous -- Intel 8086s, or COBOL, or {EBCDIC, or any IBM machine bigger than a workstation. "Ack! They want PCs to be able to talk to the AI machine. Fear and loathing time!" Source: Jargon File.. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: FEAR AND LOATHING | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film) | 54 | Fear And Loathing At The Fundraiser | 7 | |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (novel) | 36 | Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968–1976 | 9 | |
| Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 | 14 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film) | 54 | |
| Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968–1976 | 9 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (novel) | 36 | |
| Fear And Loathing At The Fundraiser | 7 | Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 | 14 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
