Definitions by Marquismarq

Almosting 

The syndrome of getting extremely close to realizing prominence or fortune in your chosen artistic pursuit, and through circumstances beyond your control or a because of a seeming twist of cruel fate, finding yourself consigned back to struggle and relative obscurity.

Damn, when that director died on the way to the meeting to get my buddy's script greenlit, that was one of the worst case of almosting I've ever seen.

Almosting by Marquismarq February 26, 2020

counterintelligent

Denotes an active effort to be willfully misinformed or blindly self-deceptive,

with the effect of reducing one’s natural capacity to employ a coherent thinking process.

Man, we thought Dubya was counterintelligent, but Trump makes him look like a genius.”

counterintelligent by Marquismarq January 14, 2019

attention shaming 

The practice on social media (Facebook in particular) of chastising others for responding to the news they are responding to, accusing them of being distracting from "more important" issues, as determined by the scolder.

Lauren's most recent episode in attention shaming Dirk was for tweeting about Sean Spicer's latest gaffe instead of a new report from Greenpeace on the near extinction of Zimbabwean duck-billed platypi due to climate change.

attention shaming by Marquismarq April 11, 2017