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    [Noun]  | "quag*mire" | \ ˈkwag-ˌmī(-ə)r \


    1: soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot

    2: a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position : predicament


    Origin: 1566 ;

    [Noun]  | "quagmire" 


    1: a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape;


      * e.g., " ... the party was once again facing its quadrennial quagmire: the candidate sufficiently liberal to win the nomination would be too liberal for the general election "



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    2: something that catches and holds;


      * e.g., " ... a protracted custody dispute that became a judicial quagmire "



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     [ "quagmire" ]

    1: Hilarious and perverted character on the family guy, uses the phrases "Alll Right" and "Giggidy-giggidy-giggidy."

      * e.g.,  ... Bill Clinton is such a quagmire. 

     [ "quagmire" ]

    1: An awkward, complex, or hazardous situation.

      * e.g.,  ... Ron hoped the meeting with his lawyer would be simple and quick. But he soon discovered the legal quagmire he was in. 

     [ "quagmire" ]

    1: That mysterious orange rash you get on your penis from spending all day eating Cheetos while looking at internet porn.

      * e.g.,  ... If you switch over to Funyuns, that quagmire will clear right up. 

     [ "quagmire" ]

    1: A difficult or precarious position or situation; a predicament

      * e.g.,  ... yarrh is in a quagmire; he needs to make a new def cuz it's may 29 and has like 5 more mins till the 30th. 

     [ "quagmire" ]

    1: 1) figurative: A difficult situation with no easy, forseeable resolution.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) "I'm standing in a muddy field in the middle of a Seattle rainstorm. It's a _quagmire_, alright." 


     [ "quagmire" ]

    2: 2) Any such condition that results when a country deemed a Superpower wages limited, conventional warfare against guerillas, in Asia.

      * e.g.,  ... 2) U.S : Vietnam :: U.S.S.R. : Afghanistan 


     [ "quagmire" ]

    3: 3) Any such condition that results when "nation building" by a self-appointed Superpower involves the creation of a Western-style Democratic government from scratch in a Non-Western civilization.

      * e.g.,  ... 3) Iraq, circa April, 2004 

     [ "quagmire" ]

    1: a very difficult situation, especially a hopeless military campaign

      * e.g.,  ... Bush got our troops into a quagmire but he won't acknowledge it or do anything about it. 

     [ "quagmire" ]

    1: sex crazed character on The Family Guy. He is awesome and says some really funny things.

      * e.g.,  ... Peter: "I need to find a way to make 50,000 dollars." Quagmire: "You could whore yourself off to 50 fat chicks for 1000 dollars...Fat chicks need love too, they just gotta pay for it." 

     [ "quagmire" ]

    1: Hoplessly Sticky Oppressive Situation in which no matter how you try escape is nearly impossible!

      * e.g.,  ... Obama inherited a financial political quagmire intentionally created by the republican party to foil american health insurance reform,hopes, dreams and lives while the media lies seal our fates. Although the Hopes of the majority of America were awakened the Quagmire of political self interest and greed continued to murder the uninsured! 


     [ "quagmire" ]

    2: Character in a cleverly vieled propiganda FOX cartoon similar to Simpsons

     [ "quagmire" ]

    1: /kwagmyer/ - noun a person you'd prefer not to be around and who you really don’t want to be stuck talking to alone at a party because:

      * e.g.,  ... Example #1 


     [ "quagmire" ]

    2: ) they are impossible to read, and you can never figure out what’s really going on with them ) they will lead you into awkward, complex, and sticky situations where you’ll somehow end up knee deep in shit that isn't even yours

      * e.g.,  ... "Bertha's been a total quagmire lately! I never know if she’s happy or pissed off, does she want me to talk to her or should I just shut up?!” Example #2 

     [ "quagmire" ]

    1: The coolest guy in the world

      * e.g.,  ... Social Worker(laying in bed in the morning after sleeping with Quagmire):Glen honney, I've got a question for you. What do you do for a living? 

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