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Definitions by Pyro's R Us

property manager 

The minion to a landlord. Usually an antagonistic go-between placed between the landlord and the people who actually live on site. There are more and more property managers now than there used to now that housing is being gobbled up by private equity (see Blackrock), and that means the absentee landlords are spread pretty thin, so they need to hire a small army of property managers to surveil and dictate the goings-on in each of their rental properties.
"This property manager sucks, she won't return our calls except to yell at us about having guests over."
property manager by Pyro's R Us August 23, 2022

Ourobouros Effect 

Named for the symbolic serpent devouring its own tail; in a political ideology, when members of one group turn on a member of the group on the premiss that the member does not represent or isn't extreme enough for the group's ideology. The Ourobouros Effect is common on both the left and the right of the political spectrum.
"The Huffington Post just ran a hit piece on supporters of Bernie Sanders. Something about 'Bernie Bros.'"
"That's the Ourobouros Effect, man."
Ourobouros Effect by Pyro's R Us October 6, 2016

dirty olaf 

A dessert consisting of two chocolate chip cookies with ice cream sanwiched between them andenrobed in chocolate. This is just a Hockey Puck. Then the whole affair is covered in chili. Hence, the dirty part.
I just ate a Dirty Olaf. The flavors weren't bad, but the textures were abominable.
dirty olaf by Pyro's R Us February 10, 2014