Oct. 10th, 2008 - Pyrrhic Victory

[sea-gaagii.livejournal.com]

Pyr·rhic vic·to·ry (plural Pyr·rhic vic·to·ries)
noun
Definition:
bitter victory: a victory won at such great cost to the victor that it is tantamount to a defeat.

[Late 19th century. <Pyrrhus]

msn.com. Encarta® World English Dictionary http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/pyrrhic%20victory.html (accessed: October 10, 2008).

Example:
George W. Bush's Machiavellian machinations led him to be elected for a third term and declared Emperor of America (and Grand Pooh-Bah of Texas). His victory, however, was a pyrrhic victory. Everyone in America immediately moved to Canada seeking, jobs, free health care and tasty caribou burgers.

Comments

[deadsilent.livejournal.com]

Oh, but would he also be protector of Mexico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Abraham_Norton)?

Excellent!

[sea-gaagii.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link, that is cool.

Re: Excellent!

[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

Mm, caribou burgers!

Re: Excellent!

[dusabre.livejournal.com]

om nom nom.

*luffs your icon*

Re: Excellent!

[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

I quite like it myself.

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

I knew this one thanks to being into the Manic Street Preachers when I was young. Ah, the Manics, good influence 'o my youth.

[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

You know, I was browsing old words here and came across this one.. and realised that a pyrrhic victory is much the same as a cadmean victory (http://wordsmith.org/words/cadmean_victory.html).

Cool

[sea-gaagii.livejournal.com]

I did not know that word. Excellent!
Going through all my old posts to try to figure out the genious!