6 definitions by Jack_Dawson

Exhibiting behavior consistent with a father looking after his children. Hopefully that would include things like being protective, supportive and providing for them. Can also be applied to non-family situations, such as a sugar daddy providing for his hot mess of a girlfriend.
Not trying to be paternalistic, but I went ahead and filled up your car. Didn't want you to break down again.
by Jack_Dawson July 31, 2016
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The minimum amount required to play a hand of poker. Also, the minimum amount of effort your lazy ass needs to expend to compete at work, in relationships and basically all facets of life.
Look, I've set the bar very low, but showing up to work is table stakes for keeping your job.
by Jack_Dawson May 14, 2016
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How Mike Pence describes Donald Trump.
President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The Presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone, and frankly there is no idea more UnAmerican than the notion that any one person can choose the American President.”
by Jack_Dawson February 5, 2022
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When you’re an ex-President test driving excuse #13 for willfully retaining classified documents.
There is no Iran war plan. In fact, there is no document. I guess you could say it was bravado. I’m a legitimate person.
by Jack_Dawson June 28, 2023
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A word spoken and written that conveys one’s relative lack of education and susceptibility to groupthink. Relevancy conveys no meaning beyond the properly used “relevance.” This word has quietly and hideously made its way into otherwise semi-intelligent settings like tech companies and advertising agencies within the last decade.
The relevancy of this film cannot be overstated, but my intelligence can be. “The relevance of this film...is timeless” would be the proper form of this word, with zero meaning lost.
by Jack_Dawson February 15, 2019
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Used to disparage your affiliation with someone making a complete jackass out of himself. In college it almost always means “come pick up your drunk friend who can’t handle his liquor and is about to get his ass kicked, drive home drunk, or in some other way embarrass you and your fraternity.” Can also be applied during adulthood to mock your association with someone woefully unqualified claiming to be with your organization or institution.
Hey Stanford, come get your boy Dr. Scott Atlas, the radiologist (glorified X-ray Tech but with MRIs) directing Coronavirus policy in the United States. He’s on Fox News every day saying dumb shit like masks don’t work and everyone should catch COVID. He still claims to be with the Hoover Institution.
by Jack_Dawson November 16, 2020
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