Zappin' Nap's definitions

SWAT team

An organizational cabal of spin doctors, usually engaged to protect a frivolous accuser from the whole truth.

SWAT is an acronym for "Sherwin Williams Academy of Transparency."

Pete's got himself quite a dilemma... if he seeks out that client, they'll fire him; if she gets to their SWAT team first, he'll wish they had.

by Zappin' Nap October 28, 2012

Necessism

As opposed to Narcissism, the resolve to go it alone in multiple roles when the real narcissists decline them.

You know I'm not a triplet; that video Trio of Me is an act of pure necessism!

by Zappin' Nap March 10, 2024

toxymoron

Any member of a corporate cabal that would allot 30% over fair budget to uphold well-disproven principles behind a crisis the lesser amount would have remedied.

So let me get this right, instead of investing $10,000 a quarter into properly filling our vacancy the toxymorons are throwing $13,000 into more shifts for the existing staff.

by Zappin' Nap October 9, 2020

disciple of Brillat-Savarin

One likeness to which a true man will gladly admit when publicly confronted about his masculinity in mixed company.

"A pussy, eh... lucky for you, I'm a disciple of Brillat-Savarin*!"

(* 19th-century French gastronomer credited with saying, "Show me what you eat, and I'll show you what you are."

by Zappin' Nap January 25, 2021

millipube

In music post-production, the basic unit of horizontal note or beat shifting necessary to correct a timing error.

"Jenna, you're still about seven millipubes ahead of the snare, let's wrap up and we'll correct it it post."

by Zappin' Nap February 24, 2021

jepped

Rapidly executed under disabled surveillance.

He was jepped. He's even got his name on the crime. Everybody who crosses the Clintons gets jepped.

by Zappin' Nap August 11, 2019

METAgation

The peppering of the timeline of a Page Administrator with suggestions to engage peers-at-best for the same services he or she offers, with no apparent commitment to reciprocity.

Just once, can they scrap all this Metagation and float me a link for a same-genre songwriter in my time zone who is willing to barter accompaniment?

by Zappin' Nap March 15, 2023