Sitbear's definitions

Excuse

A perfectly valid reason, but one which your boss, teacher, or other superior simply doesn't like.

Boss: Why are you late?
You: My flight crash-landed, and it killed my dog too.
Boss: What a terrible excuse! You're fired for real this time!

by Sitbear August 20, 2018

Vuvuzela

The argument that socialism is unviable just because Venezuela failed. This can also include equivocation of ideologies as disparate as anarcho-communism, social democracy, and Stalinism.

"You want Venezuela!"

"Holy shit not the vuvuzela argument again"

by Sitbear February 10, 2021

Ling Ling

A (generally Asian) student who overachieves, winning awards, and is ostensibly better than you in every way, especially when used in a direct comparison.

Parent: "Why you no work harder! Ling Ling de mother told me when we play Mahjong, he practice violin 40 hour every day! How you my son, always lose second to Ling Ling?"

by Sitbear August 4, 2018

CIA

A terrorist organization sponsored by American tax dollars.

Communism works well in theory, but in practice it gets upended by a CIA-sponsored coup.

by Sitbear April 9, 2021

Peter Parker Syndrome

A condition characterized by waving back to a person greeting someone behind you.

I suffer from a bad case of Peter Parker Syndrome. Now every time someone waves at me, I look over my shoulder instead of waving back!

by Sitbear March 18, 2022

Neo-Marxist

A person who is often mistakenly accused of wanting government to control everything and hand out free shit.

The post-modern neo-marxists want to turn 'Murica into Soviet Russia

by Sitbear November 12, 2020

Chair Stream

A livestream in which the streamer spends a lot of time away from the broadcast, leaving an empty chair and perhaps some plagiarized video to entertain the audience.

Andy’s been on the toilet for the past half hour as the video he’s “reacting” to keeps playing! Is this chair stream even legal?

by Sitbear April 1, 2024