AOmundson's definitions

Garbage points

Garbage points are points scored in the final minutes of a heavily one-sided game that serve no real purpose other than to pad the losing team's final score and make the loss less embarrassing.

The football team scored some garbage points in the last five minutes of the fourth quarter even though they were losing by more than 30.

by AOmundson February 9, 2025

Mandatory reporter

A person whose position includes as one of its tenants the obligation to report possible criminal activity to a higher authority should they be made aware of it. If it is made aware that they knew of the possible activity and failed to report it, they will be implicated as a criminal conspirator and be made subject to legal reprisal.

A school teacher is a mandatory reporter who must file a letter of concern to higher authorities should they learn that one of their students is possibly being abused.

by AOmundson June 8, 2024

Gee Whiz

Short for "General Wisdom." Often used to introduce a common sense concept for some field of interest that generally applies to various scenarios in said field.

"It's best to do some online research before you commit to buying a new car. Gee whiz."

by AOmundson March 29, 2024

Surf Dracula Syndrome

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.

I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!

by AOmundson June 18, 2023

Stochastic terrorism

A form of rhetoric where a person, usually one with a large audience of followers, demonizes an individual or group they disagree with/dislike in an effort to have one or more members of their audience intimidate, attack, or kill the demonized party on their behalf while maintaining plausible deniability of incitement.

"That conspiracy theorist podcast host committed stochastic terrorism by continually saying his opponent was a child molester."

by AOmundson February 20, 2023

boots theory

A socio-economic theory named by the character Captain Samuel Vimes in Terry Pratchet's novel "Men at Arms." The boots theory suggests that wealthy individuals end up spending less money in the long run compared to poorer individuals due to the wealthy being able to invest in high-quality products that last for several years or more, whereas the impoverished must subsist on cheaper, low-quality versions of the same items that only last for a short period of time before needing to be replaced.

"My rich friend is able to buy a pair of boots that cost me two months' salary, and they'll last him forever. I'm stuck buying crappy knock-offs that wear out after only a few weeks. That's boots theory in practice right there."

by AOmundson January 29, 2022

dark mixtape

Internet slang for films that are basically nothing but compilations of extreme violence and gore. They can usually only be found on the dark web, as they're practically snuff films and are illegal to own.

"Dude, I was browsing through Tor and saw this dark mixtape. Shit was seriously fucked; I think I'm probably on a list now."

by AOmundson March 27, 2021