Okay, I'm totally blanking on a bit of DU history.

[intheflow]

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Waaay back in the day, at least 10 years back, DU had a kind of internal dictionary to let newbies understand what the hell we were all talking about. Entries included stuff like POTUS (President of the United States), IIRC (if I remember correctly), and Bert the Turtle (Mitch McConnell). Some are really common throughout the internet now, like POTUS, but others were specific to DU. Does anyone remember what we called that document? And does it still exist in some form out on the WWW?

[pinboy3niner]

1. AmyStrange maintains an unofficial DU Glossary off-site:

http://dug.amystrange.org/index.html

[Le Taz Hot]

2. I remember another one.

The one you listed doesn't have "Clenis" which was short (no pun intended) for "Clinton's Penis." The origins were when he was president and the Republicans seemed to have been obsessed by that particular part of Clinton's anatomy. "Clenis" became kind of a shorthand.

[pinboy3niner]

4. I remember, lol! It's in the old DU Glossary on DU2...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x190

[Le Taz Hot]

5. That's the one!

[intheflow]

9. Yes yes yes!!

And it was Lieberman who was Bert the Turtle, not McConnell. But I think the turtle torch may have been passed now.

This is most awesome, thank you! I've bookmarked it for future reference.

[Electric Monk]

11. Nah, Lieberman is/was Droopy Dog, not Yertle

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-20y_dgyxMlQ/Tbd-ND5w2pI/AAAAAAAAFiE/RfxUdAJsCc8/s1600/lieberman+twin.jpg

[intheflow]

13. You're not reading the glossary!

Edited to add: I'm pretty sure it had something to do with this photo op.

[Electric Monk]

16. You're right I didn't read the glossary, but I'm also right about the Droopy Dog thing.

...liberals will remember Lieberman most vividly through Jon Stewart's impressions, oft compared to Droopy Dog, always bejowled and pessimistic in Stewart's renditions. Find below some greatest hits.

Skip ahead to 3:30...

(more at the link)
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/01/remembering-liebermans-career-through-jon-stewart/69805/

Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's news parody The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, has taken to imitating Connecticut senator and 2000 Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman with Droopy Dog's voice and mannerisms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droopy

http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/droopy_lieberman_kills_health_care_reform_20091217

https://kreuzer33.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/daily-show-turns-politicians-into-famous-cartoon-characters-foghorn-leghorn-and-droopy-dog/

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattcherette/jon-stewarts-hilarious-joe-lieberman-imperson

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-culture/the-daily-shows-foghorn-leghorn-and-droopy-6953.html

[intheflow]

17. I remember that, too.

I was just being a DU Glossary purist.

[orleans]

10. oh how fun rummaging through these listings

taking a train down memory lane

(i see my term "fuckhead" never made it in there--i used it only for the monster in the white house)

[intheflow]

8. Oh yeah!

I remember this off-site version! And GLOSSARY was the term I couldn't remember. Thank you!

[treestar]

18. Bush brain scan

A colonoscopy

[NYC_SKP]

3. Buy a shirt for your special friends!

http://www.cafepress.com/du_store.36983948

[panader0]

6. But is it union made in the USA?

And why can't I get charcoal grey in 100% cotton?

[olddots]

7. Agent Mike

Has been replaced with software .

[intheflow]

14. Agent Mike has been replaced by the jury system.

[jmowreader]

15. Agent Mike went home after Skinner banned sex threads

[Jenoch]

12. My Grad and Paternal grandparents

were managing to trip all that is grand. Their child is three weeks old.