The expansion of a contracted name to its full form when expressing unhappiness with someone.
"Emmanuel, don't do it!" uses the emmanuelization of the name Manny.
The natural phenomenon of horrible people migrating to services that don't want them until they're evenly spread, thereby removing the competitive edge of being able to claim that you don't serve horrible people.
Bob: I prefer to use X instead of Y, because they have fewer Nazis on the platform.
Jo: They used to, but there was an arbitrage of deplorables, and now they've got the local white nationalist cult using them.
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(adj.) Representing the worst approach to something.
Can you believe how disorganised that debate was? They kept yelling over each other. It was so presidential.
Noun. A representation made, usually in advertising, that sounds impressive, but is effectively meaningless.
Based on the claim that all toothpaste ads make, i.e. 70% more effective (than brushing without toothpaste).
They said I could save hundreds of dollars per year on my car insurance, but that was compared to someone who never shops around, and has had the same policy for 10 years. It's always cheaper to switch to any other insurance company after a couple of years, so it was a total toothpaste promise.
A behavior exhibited by a leader who spends too much time in the weeds.
My boss entrusted me with this huge strategic project, but then he watched over my shoulder to suggest how to optimise the colours in the weekly update email. It was total weedership.
The feeling of looking at your second card in Holdem poker, which is something low and offsuit, after peeling the first card, which is an ace, or sometimes a king.
I peeled the ace of spades after an OMC opened, and felt such schadencarde when the other card was the six of clubs.
A misheard word, which the person who mishears it, continues to mishear it, in exactly the same way, no matter how many times they ask for the word to be repeated.
K: Hi, my name's Kumail.
J: Camel?
K: Kumail
J: Sorry, can you say that again?
K: Kum-ay-il
J: Camel?
K: KUMAIL!
J: Hi Camel.
K: My name's not a jollymander; fix your fucking ears!