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Hob's Choice

A choice between two (or more) unbearably bad options, also know as a Sophie's Choice. "Hob" is Old English for the Devil, so literally it's the Devil's Choice.

Not to be confused with a Hobson's choice, which is a false choice between option that are essentially the same.
If Trump is not impeached, he will say in Office. If he is removed form Office Pence becomes President and any semblance of s socially just society will be under attack. It's a bit of a Hob's Choice.
by mtnmeister July 21, 2017
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Priebuscrisy

A popular current form of political hypocrisy that applies different rules to different media outlets, claiming that less-politically-aligned media outlets are incapable of airing objective independently-developed content and must be boycotted, while concurrently claiming that more-politically-aligned media is not subject any of the same alleged bias.
When Reince Priebus, RNC Chairman, threatens to boycott CNN and ABC during the 2016 Presidential Debates if they air "inherently biased" Hilary Clinton biopics, but does not make the same threat against FOX News when they also announce the production of a Hilary Clinton feature, he is engagedin Priebuscrisy.
by mtnmeister September 8, 2013
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DECal

DeCal is a student-run democratic education program at the University of California, Berkeley. Students create and facilitate their own classes on a variety of (often unorthodox) subjects
Student 1: Cool, did you see there is a DECal for Starcraft this semester?

Student 2: I already signed up for "Human Sexuality as Represented by Sex in the City" DECal
by mtnmeister June 27, 2009
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PBL

PBL

Passed By Launch

Term used in the sport of rowing (a.k.a. Crew) for a boat moving so slow relative to the rest of the boats in the race that the Launch carrying the Race Officials passes the slow boat to keep up with the pack of competitive boats.

Boats that PBL usually finish DFL (Dead Fucking Last).

Damn Dude, our Varsity 8 was PBL. WTF went wrong!!??
Dude, our Varsity 8 was PBL. WTF went wrong!!??
by mtnmeister June 25, 2009
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