mayor balls

The tendency for mayors in large cities to spearhead a flashy, big building project (stadiums, convention centers, etc.) at the taxpayer's expense, and often with rushed planning. Mostly motivated by wanting to out-do the previous mayor, it often is seen by most as misplacing funds that would be better invested in basic functions, like infrastructure, schools, and the like.

Chicago citizen: Our mayor would rather spend millions of our taxpayer funds on a new stadium, when he can't even keep the schools open.

New Orleans citizen: Clearly, our mayors are fucking us with their mayor balls. We can't even keep the new Superdome lights on during the Super Bowl, let alone keep the levies from breaking.

That's the Mayor's Balls!

This expression emerged from the mid 18th-century revival of government cosplay. During this time, the plague was running rampant and people's only solace was to dress up as various political figures, which eventually involved into an intense escapist community complete with conventions, reenactments, and an international shortage of Calvin Coolidge figurines. The expression has experienced a revival due to Gen Z's renewed interest in politics due to a popular sound on TikTok from the viral SNL skit of Trump singing "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" by popular female rapper Ice Spice. " This is expression is positive, uplifting, and meant to imbue the community with a sense of political passion and pure, unadulterated Americanism. Go forth, youths.

Your stimulus check came in? That's the mayor's balls!!

You walked in on your parents doing it?? That's so NOT the mayor's balls!!

Angelina rejected your promposal?? Damn, going to prom with Angelina would've been the mayor's balls.