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Definitions by Sir. B

al-migoriyah 

A cult in automotive enthusiast scenes, when the adherences use cooking oil as an additive or even replacement for fuel and lubricants (two-stroke lubricants, engine oil, transmission oil, differential oil, brake fluid, etc.)
Be careful with al-migoriyah cult adherence, just counter them with logic:

Can you use fuel or lubricants as a salad dressing?
al-migoriyah by Sir. B November 9, 2021
A two edged sword command which can be useful to backup whatever storage you have: hard disk, SSD, memory card, flash drive, CD, DVD, Blu-ray, whatever, and restore it later, or it can nuke your storages with no chances of recovery if you don't know what are you doing
DD can stands for Disk(s) Duplicator or Digital Duplicaton if you can harness it, but it can also stands for Damn Dangerous since it could be act as a Disk(s) Destroyer if you are clueless about this command, such as reversing input with output or forgetting to add sync command
DD by Sir. B November 8, 2021
A diet confectionery (sounds contradictory, isn't it?) made from soya beans and dried fruits or nuts
Soyjoy makes you full all day all night due to low "Glycemic Index"
Soyjoy by Sir. B November 8, 2021

concept creep 

When definition of "what's harmful" is taken too far, so societies become coddled and lacking honest discussions
Safe space and security theater are the results of concept creep
concept creep by Sir. B November 5, 2021

questionable cause fallacy 

Also known as non causa pro causa (non cause for cause/not a cause for a cause) or false cause fallacy

A logical fallacy in which a cause is wrongly defined
Here's the exhaustive list of Questionable Cause Fallacy:
1. Post ergo propter hoc
2. Correlation means causation
3. Texas Sharpshooter
4. Circular cause and consequence
5. Singular cause fallacy
6. Regression fallacy
7. Jumping into conclusions
8. Association fallacy (guilt/honor by association, such as reductio ad Hitlerum/Godwin's Law, reductio ad Stalinum/red-tag/red-bait) {Association Fallacy is an illegitimate child between ad hominem and questionable cause fallacy/false cause fallacy/non causa pro causa}

concept creep 

When definition of "what's harmful" is taken too far, so the societies become extremely coddled and lacking honest conversation
safe space is born because concept creep
concept creep by Sir. B November 4, 2021

Polarization 

A "cool" or "intellectual" name to describe societies which torn apart and have no chance to recovered
If you think polarization is caused by technology, no, you're absolutely wrong

Polarization which splits humanity caused by the notorious ideologies: nihilism, postmodernism, and relativism which teaches, "truth is in the eyes of beholder" and breeds "self-righteousness" and bigotry
Polarization by Sir. B November 4, 2021