" watchmen "

 [ "watchmen" ]

1: The best fucking comic ever made. written by alan moore and illustrated by dave gibbons in 1985-86

  * e.g.,  ... i ead watchmen, and i hpoe they make it into a movie that doesn't suck 

 [ "watchmen" ]

1: Yes. Definetely. Nothing else to say....

 [ "The Watchmen" ]

1:  Erroneous title for the seminal 1985 comic series and currently unreleased movie Watchmen.It is common for the press, non fans or new fans to misname the title. Making the mistake triggers a massive bombardment of corrections and sometimes insults by fanatical devotees of the story.

  * e.g.,  ...  "Fans of the the obscure comic series and co-creator Alan Moore "The Watchmen" about a superhero team claim that the comic is unfilmable" 

 [ "The Watchmen" ]

2:  Vigilantes/dictators; unregulated and unchallenged positions of authority.

  * e.g.,  ... "Comment: THERE IS NO "THE". THE WATCHMEN ARE NOT A SUPERHERO TEAM. DO SOME RESEARCH YOU FUCKING PHILISTINE! 

 [ "Watchmen" ]

1: The graphic novel by Alan Moore that is the epitome of epicness.

  * e.g.,  ... Watchmen is so freaking awesome. 

 [ "Watchmen" ]

1: Pornography for comic nerds.

  * e.g.,  ... One part in Watchmen has a girl getting gang-banged by a bunch of blue dongs. 

 [ "Watchmen" ]

1: One of the most over-rated comics by Alan overrated Moore.

  * e.g.,  ... DUDE WATCHMEN IS AWESOME IT HAS NOTHING NEW 

 [ "Who will watch the watchmen?" ]

1: "Who will watch the watchmen?" is a translation of the phrase "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" made famous by the Roman Poet Juvenal in his satires.

  * e.g.,  ... "Privacy is a farce, if you have done nothing wrong then you have nothing to hide. Surveillance is the only way to assure that no crime goes unpunished." 

 [ "Who will watch the watchmen?" ]

2: Contextually it referred to the notion that male guards should not guard women against sexual assault as they themselves are capable of committing such crimes, the only solution would be to have the women guarded by eunuchs.

  * e.g.,  ... "But who will watch the watchmen? Themselves?" 

 [ "Who will watch the watchmen?" ]

3: Generally though it is considered the embodiment of the philosophical question as to where ultimate power should reside. It can be attributed as the basis, or at least the summarization, of the United States' concept of division of political power. At any given moment a watchman is watched by two watchmen thus eliminating the possibility of corruption.

 [ "Who will watch the watchmen?" ]

4: The phrase is also well known as the basis for the graphic novel, and film, Watchmen.

 [ "Who will watch the watchmen?" ]

5: Synonymous phrases include:

 [ "Who will watch the watchmen?" ]

6: Who will guard the guards?

 [ "Who will watch the watchmen?" ]

7: Who will protect the protectors?

 [ "Who will watch the watchmen?" ]

8: Who will police the police?

 [ "Watchmen Future Planet" ]

1: A handheld game for the Nintendo DS that takes place after the events of the critically acclaimed graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The story is set on a far off planet where Dr. Manhattan has fulfilled his promise to create new life. The planet is occupied by lazer gun toting cowboys and newly created counterparts to our planets heroes. The Various missions include getting Rorschach's Vegas wedding annulled, walking a circus tightrope, and defending a brothel from a hoard of corrupt cowboys. The game received so many negative reviews that the publishers tried to disavow the games existence to the extent of erasing it from the internet.

  * e.g.,  ... Person 1: I just tried to look the game up. Watchmen Future Planet must be one of those games that was so bad they erased it from existence. Person 2: That's gotta be it. 

 [ "Who watches the watchmen" ]

1: Something you get a group of people to chant when you feel a law enforcement officer is abusing their power.

  * e.g.,  ... ow why are you hurting me officer I’m innocent. Hey guys look police brutality!