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societal trust degradation

A gross breakdown in community trust resulting in social fractures and segregation.
Opposing views on acceptable behavior caused societal trust degradation between republicans and democrats.

The war produced societal trust degradation. Peace may not be possible.

The prevalence of negative news articles produced societal trust degradation.

While societal trust degradation seemed inevitable in modern society, Amish culture remained tight knit and safe.
by Ontological June 26, 2018
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tad

A small unit of measurement not of particular length.
I need you to move the desk a few tads to the left.

You missed the target by just a tad.

The fixture housing is a few tads off.
by Ontological June 25, 2018
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Production throttling

Restricting a process or job in a particular way that makes it less efficient and of lesser quality.
The job site supervisor was really into production throttling. It took twice as long and came out terrible.

The office manager was terrible at logistics and quality control. All the paperwork was filed in the wrong order and had to be refiled.

The government agency wanted to increase quality through regulation and control, but really accomplished nothing but production throttling.
by Ontological June 23, 2018
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ambient audible rubbish

Unintelligible ambient sounds or voices produced by sound overlay.
The band was so bad it sounded like ambient audible rubbish.

The ambient audible rubbish at the after party was so loud I couldn't hear myself think.

They were working on a program to interpret ambient audible rubbish so it could be understood.
by Ontological June 25, 2018
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memory recollection fragmentation

Only being able to remember particular fragments of memories or ideas from an earlier time where the context of such memories are no longer recoverable.
I had a really good idea last night, but can't seem to remember what it is. It must be a bad case of memory recollection fragmentation.

The guy has a really bad case of memory recollection fragmentation. It took all month to engineer the tissue to CPU membrane but forgot a critical step.

Old age produces memory recollection fragmentation. Most of our patients have trouble integrating life's memories into a coherent timeline.
by Ontological June 25, 2018
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definition mutation

A slow incremental change in meaning or purpose of a definition.
The meaning of the word marriage has really undergone a serious definition mutation over the last 15 years. It no longer describes a traditional arrangement.

Some youth really dance with the English language and produce definition mutation. It's almost like a different dialect.
by Ontological June 24, 2018
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A dangerous legal situation where the potential for litigation and the effects thereof could cause permanent widespread damages to all parties.
The catastrophic litigation potential is huge on the new case. There's a chance everyone will be fired and go to prison.

We thought there was catastrophic litigation potential but it was just a false alarm.
by Ontological June 24, 2018
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