P&G

To make an outrageous legal claim to take de jure ownership, trademark or copyright on something which is clearly not yours to possess.

Proctor & Gamble just tried to P&G “LOL” — WTF?

by Professor Arsegarp August 24, 2018

Schrödinger's Populist

A thoughtless political experiment in which contradictory and counterproductive governance creates a society so fragmented and chaotic that its leaders are only mocked rather than overthrown.

Alexander Boris DePfeffel Johnson is the archetypal Schrödinger's Populist.

by Professor Arsegarp July 23, 2021

Brexit

Act of deliberate harm to a nation in order to profit by shorting its currency, short-selling shares and bonds, and by farming out lucrative government contracts to cronies.

See also: insurance job.

The whole country went tits up, but I don't care because Brexit made me seriously rich.

by Professor Arsegarp July 23, 2021

Schrödinger's Populist

A thoughtless political experiment in which contradictory and counterproductive governance creates a society so fragmented and chaotic that its leaders are only mocked rather than overthrown.

Alexander Boris DePfeffel Johnson is the very archetype of a Schrödinger's Populist.

by Professor Arsegarp July 23, 2021

insurance job

Unscrupulous act of deliberately destroying a business or property, typically by fire, in order to reclaim its (often fraudulently inflated) value from an insurance policy.

See also: Brexit, fire sale.

Turns out that warehouse that burned down last night was half empty. Looks like an insurance job.

by Professor Arsegarp November 25, 2020