lunatic fringe

the radical and irresponsible people in social organization or political party

Don't let the lunatic fringe of our group get past the security of the campus.

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on top of your game

doing really well, doing extraordinarily well

Your always on top of your game.

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tin ear

1. an inability to appreciate music

2. a person who does not appreciate music or has poor taste in music

My cousin had a major case of tin ear as a kid.

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scorched earth

for one entity to minimize incentive for a hostile entities to take over (from a military strategy of destroying anything of one's own assets the enemy could use during an occupation, popularized by China during World War 2)

The scorched earth campaign to stop them from nationalizing their business would surely backfire when customers complained.

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'Nam

Vietnam (usually in the context of the Vietnam war)

The use of agent orange in 'Nam had unexpected consequences beside the Communist takeover in Cambodia.

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fly

1. clever, alert

2. to succeed

3. to run of travel fast

4. the opening at the top of one's pants

To think he was fly yet he and failed to fly. It's ironic.

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astroturfing

the act of creating a small organization and making it appear to represent something popular for the purpose of promoting a particular entity, cause, etc. (a play on grassroots in the sense of a popular movement originating among the common people, ultimately from AstroTurf, a brand of artificial grass)

The practice of astroturfing a widely used form of propaganda, as evidenced by the media coverage it receives.

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