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Opposition Attrition

An open-assembly voting strategy in which an item guaranteed to place new tax or other burdens on the town's hardest workers is brought back for a final vote after these riffraff have left to rest up, if not show up, for their next shifts.
Guess what, Tony... that new water works plant passed after we left. We didn't have enough Nays to stop it before we had to leave, and then "opposition attrition" kicked in, leaving the usuals who coulda stayed till noon enough Ayes to ram it through.
by Zappin' Nap July 23, 2023
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Airport Triage

The uniform inprocessing Emergency Room patients in a manner and sequence comparable to that of airline passengers; i.e., proof of identity and x-raying of everything.
Hey we got real emergencies here, can the Airport Triage stuff wait for their care?
by Zappin' Nap July 28, 2023
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Anoxymoron

A phrase whose principal components reinforce, rather than negate, each other; for example, Artificial Intelligence, which is already controlled by the most artificially intelligent and intellectually artificial.
Artificial Intelligence, being controlled by the most artificially intelligent and intellectually artificial, is not an oxymoron but rather an what I call an anoxymoron.
by Zappin' Nap August 5, 2023
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dicasse

An extremely abbreviated hygiene measure taken by a male who would otherwise be late for school or work.
Oh shit, my alarm didn't go off and I've got 10 minutes to get to work .. Dicasse Time!
by Zappin' Nap August 21, 2023
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Greviously Catholic

Asserting one's affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church by the frequent public mispronunciation of "grievous".
I love watching Mrs. Carlino beat her chest during the pentitantial prayes... she's soooo Greviously Catholic!
by Zappin' Nap October 3, 2023
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Trumpous

Exceeding pompous. Use with Ass optional but redundant.
Oh God, McCornhole got re-elected. So we still have six more years of that Trumpous.
by Zappin' Nap November 9, 2020
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heterophobe

A purveyor of men's clothing whose entire inventory contains a minimum of 2% Elastane.
I don't do Straight Stretch... that's an oxymoron unless you're a heterophobe.
by Zappin' Nap November 27, 2020
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