This type of caution is typically practiced by institutions and larger private sector organisations seeking to minimise exposure to personal injury or similar legal claims but has during the early part of 2020 increasingly been adopted by individuals seeking to cover up their total panic on realising their previous publicly stated position on a matter of significant risk was riddled with hubris and incoherent bravado.
“...out of an abundance of caution, temperature checks are now being performed on any individuals who are in close contact with the President and Vice President...”
Using four-way caution lights in a vehicle in order to signal cars behind you to pass to get the privacy you need for road head.
Nikki: Baby, I'm not doing this now, there are like five cars behind us!
Stevie: Give me a minute, I'll just give them the caution treatment and we'll be set!
When you've taken such a massive dump that if you don't flush before you wipe your ass, you'll probably overflow the toilet
(similar to the courtesy flush)
Oh my god, I was so embarassed when I nearly overflowed my new boyfriends' toilet.
You should have used a caution flush
An irritating cliche, basically meaning to be very careful or to make certain of something.
Especially overused during the COVID-19 pandemic by administrators and other high-ups in organizations, but it can be used in everyday situations, as well (see below).
“I feel pretty stoned, but out of an abundance of caution, I’m gonna take one more bong hit.”
When a caution flag is thrown for "debris" that is on the racetrack, even though it cannot be seen.
"NASCAR threw a phantom caution for last nights race in Richmond."
snek in the form of small thin boi
but dont eat this 1 or else u will get die ^^
lots of these sneks make a bowl of caution ramen
hehe, caution ramen.
The mascot of all things cautious. The most cautious of all animals. As noted on the back of most horse trailers by the sign stating "caution horses".
Anyone who does something slowly and in a cautious manner.
When I mix Mel a shot to drink she just sips it. Shes such a caution horse.
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