(n.): 1. (a) A topic or matter which does not reasonably need further public
examination or discussion, yet is still discussed and examined as if it is a controversy or a
travesty; (b) an action or attempted action inspired by such a contrivance. (origin: old
Venetian 'schiavo'--slave; later became 'ciao'; possible link to 'shameful')
(a) The growing coverage of celebrity court appearances in
informational news plants schiavos in the once-healthy garden of relevant facts and events. (b) When blogs produced by
disgruntled hardliners surround interviews and findings with
inflammatory rhetoric, a mass schiavo can sometimes result.