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Definitions by Zappin' Nap

Ordure of the Night's Template 

The composite set list of an end-stage open mic.
Sooner or later, every open mic is abandoned to the Ordure of the Night's Template!

Greviously Catholic 

Asserting one's affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church by the frequent public mispronunciation of "grievous".
I love watching Mrs. Carlino beat her chest during the pentitantial prayes... she's soooo Greviously Catholic!
An extremely abbreviated hygiene measure taken by a male who would otherwise be late for school or work.
Oh shit, my alarm didn't go off and I've got 10 minutes to get to work .. Dicasse Time!
dicasse by Zappin' Nap August 21, 2023

Anoxymoron 

A phrase whose principal components reinforce, rather than negate, each other; for example, Artificial Intelligence, which is already controlled by the most artificially intelligent and intellectually artificial.
Artificial Intelligence, being controlled by the most artificially intelligent and intellectually artificial, is not an oxymoron but rather an what I call an anoxymoron.
Anoxymoron by Zappin' Nap August 5, 2023

Airport Triage 

The uniform inprocessing Emergency Room patients in a manner and sequence comparable to that of airline passengers; i.e., proof of identity and x-raying of everything.
Hey we got real emergencies here, can the Airport Triage stuff wait for their care?
Airport Triage by Zappin' Nap July 28, 2023

Opposition Attrition 

An open-assembly voting strategy in which an item guaranteed to place new tax or other burdens on the town's hardest workers is brought back for a final vote after these riffraff have left to rest up, if not show up, for their next shifts.
Guess what, Tony... that new water works plant passed after we left. We didn't have enough Nays to stop it before we had to leave, and then "opposition attrition" kicked in, leaving the usuals who coulda stayed till noon enough Ayes to ram it through.

dysquote 

v.t., To rephrase a fact-based observation with the specific intent of discrediting its original source, potentially creating or prolonging a hostile work environment in said source's name.
I won't bring Marge up for creating a hostile work environment; had it been her dysquoted regarding my skills I'd be pretty pissed off too.
dysquote by Zappin' Nap July 12, 2023