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Stimulus check 

A way to pacify a group of people you've just deployed the national guard and police against after stealing from millions of people they tell that they're concerned about for years.
Here's your stimulus check, you won't mind if the national guard tells you where you can go and what you can do from now on will you? They're concerned about you, don't be concerned about them, be a good puppet and comply with everything they say, it's in your best interest.
Stimulus check by Solid Mantis March 27, 2020

Stimulus check 

A pathetic amount of money that has little to no use.
I checked under the couch cushions for enough money to buy a popsicle but I only found a stimulus check.
Stimulus check by Fattestskinnykid December 21, 2020

Stimulus Check 

Myth , something that does not exist. A unicorn of sorts. A way for the government to get your updated personal information under the false pretense of you getting something in return.
The IRS promised me a stimulus check but clearly lied.

Stimulus-check 

A pathetic amount of money that has little to no use.
I searched under the couch cushions for enough money to buy myself a popsicle but only found a stimulus-check.
Stimulus-check by Fattestskinnykid December 21, 2020

IRS Stimulus Check 

My great grandmother that was born in 1933 received an IRS stimulus check today, however I've filed 4 months ago and still dont have mine.

Stimulus checks

Money that the (US) government hands out to its citizens during desperate times, not because they care about you, but because they're afraid you won't be spending enough money to boost the economy during this period.

Interesting fact: the "stimulus" in stimulus check isn't used in the psychological or physiological sense. Rather, it is referring to the economics concept of stimulating the economy (i.e. encouraging the transaction of commodities).

The fact that the name itself is in reference to the economy rather than you, the citizen, shows the shallowness behind it all.
Stimulus checks are a way of saying that the government cares, but not in the way that you'd imagine it.

The Canadian equivalent of a stimulus check is called CERB/CRB, which stands for 'Canada Emergency Response Benefit' and 'Canada Recovery Benefit', respectively. It has—from the very start—been giving out $2000 checks every month per individual. At least the Canadian name has a better ring to it.
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Slop Grenade

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Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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