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Merkantalism 

Merking everybody non-stop as they try to snake their way through traffic. Often used while playing Mario Kart as a policy towards the other racers. As they try to snake their way past you, you simply hit them with a shell, banana, bomb, or other item in order to merk them. When done correctly this will drop them back a few places as well as bring shame upon their racing reputation.
When Pat entered first place on his favorite course, Figure 8 Circuit, we all let out a chuckle as I said "Well look who's about to get merked by my blue shell." *I paused, waiting for my shell to hit Pat* "You can call that Merkantalism."
Merkantalism by Pinkie D October 26, 2011
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Merchantalism 

Mer-chant-a-lism, an economic theory developed in the 16th and 18th century that a nation should increase its wealth through trade.

Combination of the words merchant and ism
Merchantalism increased the wealth of nations through trade.

Educational Mercantilism 

The concept that there is a finite amount of education in a given environment, so that there is a benefit to depriving others of a quality education in order to increase the benefits to themselves.
The reason why there is little to no effort to improve failing public school systems is because those in power believe in Educational Mercantilism, and having the best education for their child means that education needs to be better than those of others.

Mercantilism

When the shit hits the fan. (See revolutionary war)
Bob: "Jane is in a really bad mood."
Larry: "I guess it will be mercantilism when she gets home"
Mercantilism by Stormchaser221 November 28, 2010

Merkantilism 

The act of killing many people in one short period of time, whereas to merk a vast number of enemies.
Chris just notched a 25 kill streak. It's like the triangle trade right now, he's just starting up that Merkantilism.
Merkantilism by MeatFlag November 7, 2009

mercantilism

the art of merc-ing fools.
By dribbling through the entire team, Joe demonstrated mercantilism....the art of merc-ing fools
mercantilism by Jew Scum April 9, 2008
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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