greenwashing

when companies pretend to be environmentally friendly when in fact they are not.
Both are examples of "greenwashing".

- planting a tree to clear your conscience of your new carbon emitting SUV purchase.

- Kyoto accord, the theory of emissions credits, where a country may go over their limit, but instead of dealing with the issue they just buy the unused credits off of a country that has not used all of theirs.
by Pete @ Humber October 02, 2007
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damet garm

Damet garm means to have "warm breath" or be alive. Mehdi Akhavan Sales (OMID) used this expression in poetry, specifically in "Zemestan," when he said "damet garm o saret khosh bad." It is good for your dam (breath) to be garm (warm) because it means that you are alive. It is used as an expression of gratitude.
Hey samad agha Damet garm for doing that
by Samad Agha February 26, 2009
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Student Loan

n - A mystical transaction in which a student and/or parent subjects themselves to financial slavery (indentured servitude) for the foreseeable future.
Tim: Hey, I just got approved for a student loan!
Fred: Want to go to Taco Bell?
Tim: Sorry, I just took out a student loan.
by dphornguygo to Taco Bell? Tim: September 16, 2012
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Three-Minute Rule

In Psychology, any new acquaintance that sucks in the first three minutes will suck forever.
Will we meet again?
Doubt it... didn´t pass three-minute rule.
by rperazag May 06, 2010
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Shit's Creek

To be up "Shit's Creek" is to be in serious or complex trouble, such as to (literally) be "up a creek without a paddle." It is synonymous with Urban Dictionary's expression "Shit Street" and is possibly its antecedent.
"When the deal fell through, we were up Shit's Creek".
"If he gets caught again he will be up Shit's Creek."
by Kcstealth August 13, 2016
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fnork

The sound produced when two elephants, joined at the trunk sneeze simultaneously

n. A Low to high-pitched, irritating screech.
v. fnorked, fnorking, fnorks
v.tr. To utter in or as if in a fnork.
v.intr. To cry out in a low to high-pitched, strident voice.
The entire zoo shook when Gerald and Phyllisity sneezed while exchanging a peanut via thier trunks producing an ear shattering fnork, which sent thirteen people to the hospital with damaged eardrums, and generated a $1700.34 veterinarians bill to extract a peanut (in the shell) from the tear duct in Gerald’s left eye.
by MetLab Bob May 26, 2006
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oubliette

Actually: An underground chamber with access only from the top . (18th Century)

Modern Slang: Asshole
Fold that into a tiny piece and shove them in your oubliette.
by Walter Street August 31, 2017
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