Status Quo 

Not smarter. Just less honest.

Hym "Well, I guess if the status quo is people like me not getting paid... Then the only way to upend it... Is for me to get paid! And I can't prove I'm better than Thomas Sowell at doing nothing if I... You know... Do more than nothing. That would defeat the entire purpose of this this I'm doing! Which is: proving that I'm better than everyone. Especially Thomas!"

Status Quo by Hym Iam September 20, 2023

Status quo ante bella 

The situation as it was before the girl
Derived from the Latin exp. "status quo ante bellum"

"He really got his life together for a while, but ever since the breakup it is status quo ante bella"

Status quo ante bella by acemcwinters January 29, 2024

Status-Quo Dogmatism

The blind, quasi-religious belief that the existing social, political, and economic order is not just the best possible system, but the only natural and correct one. Change is seen as inherently dangerous and unnatural. This dogma often appeals to "tradition," "the way things have always been," or "human nature" as immutable laws, treating any proposal for reform as a foolish rebellion against the cosmic default settings of society.

*Example: "His status-quo dogmatism was exhausting. 'Why should we change the zoning laws? Suburbs and cars have worked since the 50s! Why have multi-family housing? That's not how it's done!' He couldn't conceive that the 'way it's done' was itself a choice, not a law of physics."*

Status-Quo Dogmatism by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Status-Quo Purity

The aggressive policing of any deviation from established norms and traditions, punishing even mild reforms as contaminating a supposedly pristine, stable system. This goes beyond resistance to change; it's an active crusade to purge "impure" elements—be it new cultural ideas, technologies, or social roles—to maintain a frozen, idealized version of the past. The goal is a museum-diorama society, sterilized of dynamism.

*Example: "The neighborhood association was a cult of status-quo purity. They fined a homeowner for a non-beige mailbox, fought a new bike lane as a 'moral decay vector,' and demanded the book club remove a novel published after 1995. Their mission wasn't stability; it was the militant preservation of a specific, curated year no one actually lived in."*

Status-Quo Purity by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

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Quose

To pose a question, invoking a possibly controversial or sensitive answer.

"What time did you get in last night?" the wife quose the husband.

Quose by RedBlueLondon January 21, 2009

quosh 

When something goes crazy, or is rabid, and attacks you. (Quashen, a similar word, means to smash or to break)

Jawdan: What happened to your face?!
Mikeielle: I was quoshed by a penguin!

quosh by Gordon Milk September 8, 2009