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retrocognition

The sudden collective urgency of addressing a departed employee's chronic exaggerations and knee-jerk reactions.
Mark's got more friends here now than when he worked for us. "Retrocognition", he calls it; really though!
by Zappin' Nap January 5, 2020
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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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Substrigamammic

Exceptionally cold. L. SUB, below + STRIGA, witch + MAMM-, teat + IC
"As the cold front moves in, expect substrigamammic conditions throughout the weekend."
by Zappin' Nap March 11, 2017
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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.
by Zappin' Nap July 23, 2023
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domino clusterfuck

Based on the theory proposed by R. M. Nixon, a self-perpetuating comedy of errors; not to be confused with a regular clusterfuck, which ends quietly when the last error can't spawn a chain reaction of new ones.
So after Ed has to change his shirt because his wife spilled coffee on him, he misses his bus, calls a taxi... the driver jumps a curb, blows out a rear tire, doesn't have a spare, and when the police come he fails the balloon test and Ed has to go in with the police and fill out a report? That, my friend, is a Domino Clusterfuck!
by Zappin' Nap January 9, 2011
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gaupp

A guy who goes around smelling little girls' bicycle seats.
OMG Check out the bike rack... that gaupp's even hitting the tricycles!
by Zappin' Nap July 17, 2019
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hinterloper

An unaligned composer-lyricist who has the audacity to compete with real musicians for airplay.
That's why Phil doesn't get the gigs; nobody likes a hinterloper.
by Zappin' Nap November 27, 2022
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