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otherisation 

Used by the neuroscientist Kathleen Taylor to describe what happens when people are not included in their tribe; the others are commonly classed as beasts or subhumans.

Can be broadened towards separating people belonging to different religions or separating believers/non-believers, friends/not-friends
Those who carried out the final solution in Nazi Germany could only have done it by otherisation of the Jews.
otherisation by aaarwin October 28, 2012
A motive or desire by someone that differs from the typical or expected motive or desire for that person, for whatever reason. This may be because of people's incorrect perceptions of the person's wishes, or may also be a result of the person wishing to do things differently than in the past or than the typical person or the person(s) this individual surrounds themselves with.
I thought he and I might hang out tonight, but apparently he had an otherwish!
Otherwish by DallasGirl88 March 4, 2010

othershit 

a person who always does something other than what they are supposed to do.
Trey: Hey dawg, I am going to the Vanilla Ice Concert
Mimi: What happened, to the T.I. concert
Trey: Oh, I changed my mind
Mimi: Dude, you be on some othershit.
othershit by Mimimilan May 15, 2006
The box that is checked when you do not belong to a major Religion, i.e.; Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Christian or Nudism
Probably the fastest growing new Religion.
When I told my wife's parents I was changing my Religion to Otherism, they just nodded sagely.
Otherism by rucus11 October 28, 2009

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It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
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