When someone engages in a bad act, but they want the person they fucked over to be grateful. Best known example is the deposition of Donald Trump in the case of E. Jean Carroll where the former president explains that he and other celebrities, or "stars," have been grabbing pussies without permission for millennia.
Josey: Carl, did you just eat the entire bucket of popcorn chicken that I brought for lunch and put in the fridge with my name on it?

Carl (imitating the 45th President of the United States): I did, in fact, eat all of the popcorn chicken unfortunately, or fortunately. *rubs tummy*
by nocharge May 15, 2023
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