A declaration of victory or superiority. The phrase stems from a 1991 adaptation of Toaplan's "Zero Wing" shoot-'em-up arcade game for the Sega Genesis game console. A brief introduction was added to the opening screen, and it has what many consider to be the worst Japanese-to-English translation in video game history. The introduction shows the bridge of a starship in chaos as a Borg-like figure named CATS materializes and says, "How are you gentlemen!! All your base are belong to us." sic In 2001, this amusing mistranslation spread virally through the internet, bringing with it a slew of JPEGs and a movie of hacked photographs, each showing a street sign, store front, package label, etc. hacked to read "All your base are belong to us" or one of the other many supremely dopey lines from the game (such as "Somebody set us up the bomb!!!" or "What happen?"). When these phrases are used properly, the overall effect is both screamingly funny and somewhat chilling, reminiscent of the B movie "They Live".
The original has been generalized to "All your X are belong to us", where X is filled in to connote a sinister takeover of some sort. Thus, "When Joe signed up for his new job at Yoyodyne, he had to sign a draconian NDA. It basically said, `All your code are belong to us.'" Has many of the connotations of "Resistance is futile; you will be assimilated"
all your base are belong to us
The original has been generalized to "All your X are belong to us", where X is filled in to connote a sinister takeover of some sort. Thus, "When Joe signed up for his new job at Yoyodyne, he had to sign a draconian NDA. It basically said, `All your code are belong to us.'" Has many of the connotations of "Resistance is futile; you will be assimilated"
Glossary of Mafia-related words
The old school mob (La Cosa Nostra) activities are listed in black and white while the new school mob (Government) activities are listed in color
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- administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime Family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere.[1] (POTUS)
- associate: one who works with mobsters, but hasn't been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy.[2] (Legislators)
- connected guy: an associate (Campaign operative)
- barone: a baron or landlord.[3] (Governor)
- books, the: a phrase indicating membership in the Family. If there is a possibility for promotion, then the books are open. If not, the books are closed. (Democrat and Republican Party)
- boss: the head of the Family who runs the show.[3] He decides who gets made and who gets whacked. The boss also gets points from all Family business; also see: don, chairman. (POTUS)
- capo: the Family member who leads a crew; short for caporegime or capodecina. (POTUS Chief of Staff)
- captain: a capo. (Cabinet Official)
- clip: to murder; also whack, hit, pop, burn, ICE, put a contract out. (Drone 'em)
- code of silence: not ratting on one's colleagues once one has been pinched -- no longer a strong virtue in organized crime families. Also see omertà. (Launching a Liddy)
- confirm: to be made; see made guy. (Elected)
- consigliere: the Family advisor, who is always consulted before decisions are made. (White House Counsel)
- Cosa Nostra (This thing of ours): Mob term for the family or mafia (Deep State)
- crank: speed; in particular, crystal meth. (Washington Post/NY Time puff piece)
- crew: the group of soldiers under the capo's command. (POTUS Kitchen Cabinet)
- cugine: a young soldier striving to be made. (Campaign Volunteer)
- don: the head of the Family; see boss. (POTUS)
- eat alone: to keep for oneself; to be greedy. (Establish Charitable Foundation)
- family: an organized crime clan, like the Genoveses, the Gottis, or the Sopranos. (Deep State)
- forget about it: An exclamation; as the title character explains in Donnie Brasco: ( I look forward to the investigation).
- G: a grand; a thousand dollars; also see large. (About what in takes to get The POTUS to say "Hi")
- garbage business: euphemism for organized crime. (Politics)
- Golden Age: The days before RICO. (Carpet Baggers)
- goomah (sometimes pronounced "goomar"): a Mafia mistress; also comare. (Lincoln Bedroom Guest)
- heavy: packed, carrying a weapon. (FBI)
- hit: to murder; also see whack. (Terminate with extreme prejudice)
- juice: the interest paid to a loanshark for the loan; also see vig. (Usury)
- lam: To lay down, go into hiding (Camp David vacation)
- large: a thousand, a grand, a G. (What to donate to the Campaign to Reelect the POTUS after at a State Dinner invite)
- made man: an inducted member of the Family. (Speaker of the House)
- mock execution: to whip someone into shape by frightening them. (FBI leak to The NY Times/Washington Post)
- mattresses, going to, taking it to, or hitting the: going to war with a rival clan or family. (Primary Campaign)
- message job: placing the bullet in someone's body such that a specific message is sent to that person's crew or family; see through the eye, and through the mouth. (Subpoena from Special Prosecutor)
- mob, the: a single organized crime family; OR all organized crime families together. (U.S. Deep State)
- mobbed up: connected to the mob. (Campaign Director)
- mobster: one who is in the mob. (Senator/Representative)
- Omertà: to take a vow of silence in the Mafia, punishable by death if not upheld. (Doing a Liddy)
- outfit: a clan, or family within the Mafia. (National committee/DNC & RNC)
- points: percent of income; cut. (Usury)
- spring cleaning: cleaning up, hiding or getting rid of evidence. (Justice Dept. Investigation)
- paying tribute: giving the boss a cut of the deal. (POTUS Campaign Donations)
- pinched: to get caught by the cops or federal agents. (Taking a Martha)
- program, the: The Witness Protection Program. (US Ambassador)
- rat: one who snitches or squeals after having been pinched. (Doing the Dean)
- RICO: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Passed in 1970 to aid the American government in clamping down on organized crime activities, its scope has since been broadened to prosecute insider traders and anti-abortion protesters. (Elected officials exempt)
- shakedown: to blackmail or try to get money from someone; also to give someone a scare. (How much for a Presidential Pardon? Why do you ask?)
- shy: the interest charged on loans by loansharks. (All major Banks)
- shylockbusiness: the business of loansharking. (CEO/CFOs of major banks)
- soldier: the bottom-level member of an organized crime Family, as in "foot soldiers." (DNC/RNC Lawyers)
- tax: to take a percentage of someone's earnings. (IRS)
- This Thing of Ours (Cosa Nostra): a mob family, or the entire mob. (Executive, Legislative, Judicial branches of govt)
- through the eye: a message job through the eye to say "We're watching you!" (Identified by Special Prosecutor as a person of interest)
- through the mouth: a message job through the mouth to indicate that someone WAS a rat.
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- underboss: the second in command to the boss. (W.H. Chief of Staff)
- vig: the interest paid to a loanshark for the loan. Abbreviation of vigorish; also see juice. (Usury)
- waste management business: euphemism for organized crime. (politics)
- whack: to murder; also clip, hit, pop, burn, put a contract out. (Drone 'em)
- wiseguy: a made guy. (NYT/Washington Post Columnists)
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O, and the State has taken over the Numbers Racket and renamed it "The Lottery."
O, and The State has taken over the Protection Racket and they call it Property Taxes: Say, that's a cute little Bungalow ya got there, Ma'am. You can keep it for just $7,895.92 per year or we can take possession of it; it's up to you..."
