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1.) In tennis, a missed shot due not to an opponent's skill but to the player's own mistakes and inattentiveness.
2.) In politics, a polite way of saying that someone has screwed up royally, creating a crisis not because of events out of their control but through their own tactless decisions.
2.) In politics, a polite way of saying that someone has screwed up royally, creating a crisis not because of events out of their control but through their own tactless decisions.
1.) Bobby Sands missing that shot at Wimbeldon was an unforced error.
2.) President Trump's declaration during the 2016 election that Mexican migrants are "bringing crime" and are "rapists" was an unforced error on his part which later complicated his attempts to strike a deal with Democrats on immigration reform.
2.) President Trump's declaration during the 2016 election that Mexican migrants are "bringing crime" and are "rapists" was an unforced error on his part which later complicated his attempts to strike a deal with Democrats on immigration reform.
by garcalej May 31, 2018
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by garcalej June 25, 2018
Get the hamster mug.Vote Libertarian, for those who don't give a **** what happens to their neighbors, so long as nobody touches their guns, weed, or Chia Pet collection.
by garcalej December 15, 2017
Get the Libertarian mug.The Latin version of an "Uncle Tom", is a Latin American immigrant or person of Latin heritage who seeks to assert their "whiteness", whether inherited or aspirational, in order to privilege themselves above other members of the Latin immigrant community whom they deem inferior because of race or class.
This phenomenon can have many roots: historic racial & political divisions that were brought over from Latin America and which date back to the colonial era; a desire by some immigrants to "assimilate" and be thought of as "American"; long running feuds with the African-American community and other immigrant groups; or working-class resentments towards newly arrived immigrants viewed as competition in the labor market.
This phenomenon can have many roots: historic racial & political divisions that were brought over from Latin America and which date back to the colonial era; a desire by some immigrants to "assimilate" and be thought of as "American"; long running feuds with the African-American community and other immigrant groups; or working-class resentments towards newly arrived immigrants viewed as competition in the labor market.
by garcalej March 4, 2021
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Kind of like that imaginary friend you had as a kid who was always telling you to start fires and shit.
Kind of like that imaginary friend you had as a kid who was always telling you to start fires and shit.
"I don't understand. Why do you hate gay people so much?"
"It's not my opinion. I'm just following God's word."
"It's not my opinion. I'm just following God's word."
by garcalej February 1, 2019
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To turn wood into gold, that is magic.
To make water flow backwards, that is magic.
To see one’s own future, that is magic.
To make water flow backwards, that is magic.
To see one’s own future, that is magic.
by garcalej November 29, 2020
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