Contraspam

The generic name for a folder to which your actually desired e-mail is forwarded, conceding your Inbox to the voluminous Spam that "leaks through" your ISP's filters.

It's great... I have two Contraspam folders, one for "Friends&Family" and one for "Merchants" I actually do business with!

by Zappin' Nap November 24, 2018

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primate discipline

Literally, monkey-spanking; by extension, any repetitive exercise bearing no foreseeable benefit to mankind.

How can we get anything done with all this primate discipline going on?

by Zappin' Nap December 17, 2019

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fex post facto

(etym. "Fex", turd + "Post Facto")
1. The changing of rules or

practices to foil an inconvenient

promotion or recognition.

2. Where management is in on it,

a "Stealth Demotion", marked

by the customary imbalance of

authority and answerability.

Did you see that the new lead tech's most vital efficiency measure has been farmed out to Nursing because some suit's golfing partner didn't think he deserved the job? Talk about Fex Post Facto!

by Zappin' Nap December 11, 2023

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paulshit joeshit

The changing of a name or title to artificially enhance one's social or occupational stature.

So instead of the Housekeeper we page the Environmental Service Engineer? That's so paulshit joeshit

by Zappin' Nap December 13, 2018

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cosmopastoral

1. (adj.) Believing or resigned to the notion that rural law enforcement, education, housing, and infrastructure policies should be engineered to woo urban tourists at the expense of the needs and mores of permanent residents.
2. (n.) A believer in, or engineer of, the this model of "gentrification".

"Drive on through to Vermont; The Berkshires are way too cosmopastoral!"

by Zappin' Nap April 25, 2022

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