Unholy Alliance

What is Unholy Alliance?


1.

Etymology: a play on the name, Holy Alliance, for a coalition of Russia, Austria, and Prussia in 1815

1. a coalition among seemingly antagonistic groups, especially if one is religious, for ad hoc or hidden gain

2. parody of same

Professor Yandle's descriptions of "Baptists and Bootleggers..." refers to a contrived and self-reinforcing antagonism that benefits both parties, one that is traditionally refered to, in Kentucky, as the Unholy Alliance.

See ad hoc, hidden agenda, collusion, baptists, bootleggers, puritanism


96

Random Words:

1. The grammatically correct version of w00t. Stands for We Owned The Other Team. Note the addition of the "The", adding one more..
1. The way one walks when on a third plateau dxm dose, characterized by slow, jerky shuffling of feet across the floor. So-called because ..
1. Summer of 2004 hit song including Little Jon. Discovered many months later by lepers. While pumping the song in his car radio, the lep..