3 definitions by TwinCityBoy
Vulgar reference to public transportation, particularly local rail lines, which might be used by inner city criminals to more easily victimize neighborhoods other than their own. Typically used by opponents of public transportation expansion.
by TwinCityBoy November 16, 2013
Meaningless term used in meetings by powerful bureaucrats to subdue dissenters while gaining respect, cooperation, and sympathy from sheeple. The word performs multiple functions at once: 1) it conveys a farcical title upon attendant sheeple, giving them a false sense of self-importance for which they feel thankful to the bureaucrat; 2) it conveys a false sense of empathy, causing attendant sheeple to view the bureaucrat favorably; 3) it gives the bureaucrat the appearance of magnanimity, which in turn makes the bureaucrat seem reasonable and dissenters unreasonable.
Example: School Board Meeting:
Dissenter: Mr. Bureaucrat, how is it possible that our children remain illiterate despite their having attended our district schools for 13 years?
Bureaucrat: Mr. Dissenter, all of us in this room are stakeholders in our wonderful district that is filled with hardworking, selfless teachers and administrators; your undue criticism is damaging all of us.
Dissenter: Mr. Bureaucrat, how is it possible that our children remain illiterate despite their having attended our district schools for 13 years?
Bureaucrat: Mr. Dissenter, all of us in this room are stakeholders in our wonderful district that is filled with hardworking, selfless teachers and administrators; your undue criticism is damaging all of us.
by TwinCityBoy February 20, 2021
The circular groove at the center of a vinyl record, into which the needle enters after playing a record side. Typically the stop groove contains no recorded music, and exists only to provide a repository for the needle after playing is complete. Usually there is an audible click on every revolution of the record as the needle passes the point where the larger helical groove enters the stop groove.
I returned later to hear the clicking of the needle in the stop groove, and realized that I had forgotten to turn the turntable off.
by TwinCityBoy January 12, 2020