Quote of the day: "Hostility to every living creature, like anti-intellectual demands. "Inalienable" is not some moving feature, it's foundational bedrock of the land." - The Profane Rights of Man
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An extravagant or erratic notion or action.
"Vagary needn't haunt us anymore" - There Will Be A Way
- Greg Graffin
To defeat or conquer
"Lament not your vanquished fantasy." - Destined For Nothing
- Greg Graffin
1. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction
2. an organism that transmits a disease producing microorganism
2. an organism that transmits a disease producing microorganism
"The vector of suffrage," - Recipe For Hate
- Greg Graffin
Of or relating to the Veda or Vedas, the variety of Sanskrit (the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and a literary and scholarly language in Buddhism and Jainism) in which they are written, or the Hindu culture that produced them.
"With your vedic mom" - Dharma and the Bomb
- Brett Gurewitz
Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense
"We've got spite and dedication as a vehement brew," - Come Join Us
- Greg Graffin
1. either of the two lower chambers on either side of the heart
2. one of a series of connecting cavities of the brain
2. one of a series of connecting cavities of the brain
"Engorge the big ventricle of heartbroken America." - News From The Front
- Brett Gurewitz, Jay Bentley, Bobby Schayer
A judgment or opinion
"And the verdict won't be kind, 'cuz they're desperate for a viable alternative." - The Resist Stance
- Greg Graffin
Real - true - actual - genuine - very - authentic
"More veritable words have never been said" - Past is Dead
- Greg Graffin
Veritás (meaning truth) was the goddess of truth in roman mythology.
That which is true
"In old Tennessee, the last century. All scopes were fixed on legal tricks and whether or not we should teach kids natural philosophy, despite uncomfortable verity." - Meeting of the Minds
- Greg Graffin
Animals with a backbone, such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals
"Cracked vertebrates stacked by the wayside" - Heroes & Martyrs
- Brett Gurewitz
A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more.
"Its vestige dimly flickers in elocution sound" - Adam's Atoms
- Greg Graffin
"Are just a vestige of regret." - Let It Burn
- Greg Graffin
"There's no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end." - No Control
- Greg Graffin
"Just a vestige we left behind" - Pretenders
- Greg Graffin
"Disappearing as the vestiges of our past." - The Streets Of America
- Greg Graffin, Brian Baker
Capable of success or continuing effectiveness
"And the verdict won't be kind, 'cuz they're desperate for a viable alternative." - The Resist Stance
- Greg Graffin
1. An evil, degrading, or immoral practice or habit.
2. A serious moral failing.
3. Wicked or evil conduct or habits; corruption.
2. A serious moral failing.
3. Wicked or evil conduct or habits; corruption.
"Thinking today of what I want to say, thinking of inhibition and vice." - Forbidden Beat
- Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
An appreciation for or interest in fine objects usually of art
"Blind to virtuosity, ignorant of your sanctity," - In So Many Ways
- Greg Graffin
Relating to, situated in, or affecting the viscera (soft internal organs of the body, esp. those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities; the intestines)
"It's a game of strange compulsion, our visceral convulsion:" - Anxiety
- Greg Graffin
Bitterly abusive feeling or expression.
"Fortified with the vitriol of strife." - There Will Be A Way
- Greg Graffin
Very clear and detailed
"There is vivid desperation" - Don't Sell Me Short
- Greg Graffin
1. any occupation regularly followed for a living
2. a strong impulse to follow a particular career
3. a religious calling
2. a strong impulse to follow a particular career
3. a religious calling
"He sought extrication through chemical vocation and now he answers to Jones." - Forbidden Beat
- Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
"They deface his monolithic work, gotta defend his vocation [they deface his model [living day's], work and defend his vocation]" - Inner Dream
- Greg Graffin
"The duty and vocation," - Recipe For Hate
- Greg Graffin
The popular style at a given time
"Miserable a vogue identity" - You've Got A Chance
- Greg Graffin
The act of willing, choosing, or resolving
"You are the volition. You are jurisdiction." - You Are (The Government)
- Greg Graffin
A state of affairs likened to a whirlpool for violent activity, irresistible attraction, etc.
"The vortex of their minds ensconsed within the murky deep." - 1000 More Fools
- Brett Gurewitz
"Like a hungry turning vortex that just flickers to existence," - Marked
- Brett Gurewitz
Describing a person who habitually obtains sexual gratification by looking at sexual objects or acts, esp. in secret
"The voyeuristic public" - Leaders And Followers
- Greg Graffin
Striving for superiority; contending
"Vying with those who you've traded " - God Song
- Greg Graffin
"Everyone's vying for patronage," - The Handshake
- Greg Graffin
