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Business term for an over-complicated metaphor or expression.
Popularised by Nick Lodge in his book "Business Consulting: A Bluffer's Guide"
External Consultant: "New hardware would be a useful catalyst to leverage our capabilities across the value chain."
Internal employee: "Overpaid fool. That's just a Lodgism for Buy a new PC and it will make things better."
or
Manager: I've been stir-frying some ideas in my think-wok.
Employee: (with heavy irony) And have you come up with any new Lodgisms then?
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A task, activity or event undertaken by an individual that should take a short amount of time to complete but ends up getting sidetracked & takes hours or even days to complete.
I was supposed to be picked up at 1pm its now 4pm.
3 phone calls later & he's only just left the house. What a longism!
Longism by Mr Low Grade May 11, 2010
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lodgistics 

Rallying da club-members of Possum Lake towards a common goal.
As lazy, selfish, and unstructured as Red Green's macho buddies are, da lodgistics of any sizeable project would likely be a nightmare!
lodgistics by QuacksO April 17, 2025

Breadhead 

Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".
A breadhead is like a crackhead, but for money instead of crack.
Breadhead by 🅱️ U S 3 4 8 March 30, 2022

Stink lines

As seen in illustrations or cartoons: Wavy, vertical lines rising above a person, place or thing. Denotes a foul odor.
"You didn't put enough stink lines on your picture of the teacher."
Stink lines by Athene Airheart March 14, 2004

schmegegge 

Yiddish slang word meaning bullshit, baloney, hogwash, nonsense, crock of shit or hot air.
I don't buy the schmegegge about Morty sleeping with Moira.
His version of the story was pure schmegegge.
The whole schmegegge was made up to get Liz a little bit of attention.
schmegegge by budsbabe February 1, 2008

eye bleach 

Looking or experiencing something nice after witnessing something horrid like a disgusting gif or a disturbing video. Typically used as eye bleach are nice images of whatever makes the disturbed person happy.
"Bleach my eyes! Why is that woman's face ripped off!?"
*Looks up images of puppies and kittens.*
"That's good eye bleach."
eye bleach by Rini2012 November 29, 2016