by Lil Skelly June 22, 2025
Get the Drain Central mug.**Pronunciation:** drain-ay-shun (rhymes with "inflation")
**Part of Speech:** Noun
**Definition:**
The gradual draining of money from circulation in the economy due to successive or repeated taxation on the same money as it changes hands through earning, spending, transfers, and transactions. This cumulative tax burden reduces overall purchasing power without appearing as overt inflation, effectively siphoning funds from the public to government coffers.
**Verb Form (optional addition):** Drainate (v.) – To subject money or the economy to draination.
**Part of Speech:** Noun
**Definition:**
The gradual draining of money from circulation in the economy due to successive or repeated taxation on the same money as it changes hands through earning, spending, transfers, and transactions. This cumulative tax burden reduces overall purchasing power without appearing as overt inflation, effectively siphoning funds from the public to government coffers.
**Verb Form (optional addition):** Drainate (v.) – To subject money or the economy to draination.
**Example Usage:**
- "Every time that dollar gets earned, spent, or resold, it gets taxed again—pure draination at work."
- "The economy suffered severe draination from layered income taxes, sales taxes, and property taxes hitting the same money over and over."
- "People are waking up to draination: the hidden way governments shrink your wealth through repeated bites on every transaction."
**Example Verb Usage:**
- "Successive taxes drainate the currency, leaving less in people's pockets."
- "Every time that dollar gets earned, spent, or resold, it gets taxed again—pure draination at work."
- "The economy suffered severe draination from layered income taxes, sales taxes, and property taxes hitting the same money over and over."
- "People are waking up to draination: the hidden way governments shrink your wealth through repeated bites on every transaction."
**Example Verb Usage:**
- "Successive taxes drainate the currency, leaving less in people's pockets."
by Matthew Anorkplim Loh December 17, 2025
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The act of choosing weapons/ protectional gear before a battle. The battle consists (but is not limeted to) the use of Death Sticks/Poles. Gear can range from lacross padding to duct-tape suits. Dodging of a Latino Draft can result in mercy less tea-bagging, and showing of the goat at inappropriate times.
Alex: Rob, lets use these sticks to battle your little brother.
Rob: I'm game
Garrett: Wait, we need to instate a Latino Draft first.
Rob: I'm game
Garrett: Wait, we need to instate a Latino Draft first.
by Alex Batsakis July 30, 2008
Get the Latino Draft mug.When you are in the middle of multiplayer game on the Nintendo DS and press the power button in until it shuts off (Original models only.)
Player1:Ha I'm beating your ass!
player2:*pushes in power button and ds turns off*
player1:HEY! You power drained!
player2:*pushes in power button and ds turns off*
player1:HEY! You power drained!
by ZionMunkee November 26, 2006
Get the Power Drain mug.A gentler way to say "rough draft."
by Pokey89 January 2, 2008
Get the Smooth Draft mug.by slexy772 June 22, 2009
Get the hoe draft mug.The act of pooping inside a toilet and the poop slides down and leaves a nice brown stain on the inside of the toilet.
He pooped inside the toilet it slide every leaving a nice brown line behind it Bob then yelled out "STAIN DRAIN!!!!!!"
by Fletcher tagell January 8, 2011
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