domain name hijacking

When a business tries to steal a domain name through ICANN or another online arbitration process.

Disney tried to hijack my website, DonaldD.com, but my name is Donald Donallson so it didn't work.

domain name hijacking by Rachel Smith May 12, 2003

Venture-Hijacking

‘Venture Hijacking’ is a sociological situation or phenomena whereby an individual or group A suffers the consequences of another individual or group B who has either attempted or succeeded in overriding or hijacking the venture of the former A.

Venture-Hijacking Examples:

1. Bernie Sanders and the Black Lives Matter Activist who hijacked his campaign speech to promote their own ideas. In this situation, Bernie Sanders was a victim of venture hijacking as he had organised a public gathering event to promote his campaign efforts to become the Democratic nominee. However, some female black lives matter activists ‘hijacked’ his platform to push their own political views.

2. During the middle of a meeting in the Quentin Tarantino movie ‘Kill Bill,’ a Japanese Yakuza gang member named ‘Tanaka’ starts talking disparagingly about O-ren Isshi’s (the gang leader’s) bi-racial and national heritage and insinuating that she was not fit to lead the Crazy 88 gang, as she is not pure Japanese. This scene is called ‘Tanaka loses his head.’
In this situation O-ren Isshi is the victim of ‘venture hijacking’ as she had called a meeting with her gang members in order to discuss matters in relation to gang business and one of her disgruntled gang member hijacked the focus of the meeting and started talking reckless nonsense about her being their leader. For which he pays the penalty of decapitation.

In the examples set out above an individual or group can be identified to have been ‘venture-hijacked’ or being a victim of ‘venture-hijacking.’

Venture-Hijacking by Simple Sod April 23, 2020

tab hijacking

When a girl/(some boys) use your computer and closes/reuse the tab you were working in.

I will never loan my computer to susan again, she tabhijacked me, and I lost my stuff in runescape ! Tab hijacking is wrong ! WRONG !

tab hijacking by Anders1234DK July 27, 2010

Gift Hijacking 

Gift Hijacking is when you put your name on someone else's gift either because you forgot to get a gift or because you were just to lazy to get one.

Gift Forgetter: *eyeing the table of gifts* Hmm....from Erica? *scribble scribble* and Ashley.

Party-goer: Hey! That's gift hijacking!

Gift Hijacking by Kittiefied November 27, 2012

p-hacking 

Exploiting –perhaps unconsciously - researcher degrees of freedom until p<.05.

That finding seems to have been obtained through p-hacking, the authors dropped one of the conditions so that the overall p-value would be less than .05.

She is a p-hacker, she always monitors data while it is being collected.

p-hacking by PProf March 1, 2012

p-hacking 

Manipulation of statistics such that the desired outcome assumes "statistical significance", usually for the benefit of the study's sponsors. Usually done by ex post facto choice of significance labels and simple reporting of results as being conclusive regardless of calculated p-value. This depends on the public's general lack of understanding of statistical measures and press non-reportage of details.

Also the basis of nutrition research.

Study: "Soy protein was shown to reduce cancer rates in rats with a p <1.0" (effectively random data)

Next day's headline: "Soy Cures Cancer"

Sales soar 1000%

p-hacking = Profit.

p-hacking by Cortical Vortex June 12, 2015

hacking the jackoff 

The subtle seduction and concurrent infiltration of the mind of an unscrupulous jerk, to gather the necessary intel to shut him down.

Hacking the jackoff shouldn't be too hard, his mind is shockingly simple, driven entirely by ego gratification and compensation.

hacking the jackoff by Dr Bunnygirl August 10, 2017