Definitions by Sean McSean O'Sean FitzSean

injury porn 

Repeatedly showing pleats in which players are badly injured, especially in American football.

“Why do they keep showing Mahomes’ ankle getting sprained? It’s just injury porn”

injury porn by Sean McSean O'Sean FitzSean January 22, 2023

narcisciter

Noun. An academic who excessively cites their own work.

Half his citations are to his own articles, even though none of them are original. He’s such a narcisciter.

narcisciter by Sean McSean O'Sean FitzSean July 15, 2021

consiglierge 

A multi-tasking mafioso who serves as consigliere to the head of a mafia family but who also can arrange theater tickets and restaurant reservations from his desk in the hotel lobby.

“Tom may not be a wartime consigliere, but he’s a hella good consiglierge — the tickets he got us for Hamilton were excellent.

consiglierge by Sean McSean O'Sean FitzSean December 5, 2020

midwestern standoff 

A no-win situation in which no action is taken because all parties defer to the others. Like a Mexican standoff but with toxic niceness instead of guns.

Every driver at the 4-way stop waved the others along but no one would go since it was a midwestern standoff.

midwestern standoff by Sean McSean O'Sean FitzSean January 7, 2020

Paniac 

Noun. Someone who is a maniac for or from pain — either inflicting it or suffering it.

Why are you watching the impeachment hearings? Are you some kind of paniac?

Paniac by Sean McSean O'Sean FitzSean November 29, 2019

Presentment 

A pre-emptive resentment; getting pissed before anything actually happens.

Presentments are pretty much the only thing I don’t procrastinate about: why wait till someone has actually done you wrong when you can get a presentment now? Get out ahead of it!

Presentment by Sean McSean O'Sean FitzSean October 22, 2019

assholocracy 

A system of government in which assholes hold political power.

"I can't believe this gerrymandered, lame-duck legislature is stripping the governor-elect of power before he's sworn in ."
"But dude, what did you expect? We live in an assholocracy."

assholocracy by Sean McSean O'Sean FitzSean December 4, 2018