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reverse elitism

A "lowbrow" version of elitism opposite of highbrow elitism, similar to populism.

Reverse elitism is when a person thinks they're better than others who have more wealth, social status, looks than them.

Examples include:

Low income or working class people who think they're more "tough", "manly", "down to earth", "generous", etc than rich yuppies or college educated hipsters because they do hard manual labor instead of sitting at a desk, or work 80 hours a week for low wages and are therefore "holier than thou" hard workers.

The fat acceptance movement has also lead some people to reverse shame "skinny people" calling them anorexic, or believing they look "fake".

In politics you'll see reverse elitism in both the Democratic and Republican party - with the Republican working class believing themselves more genuine or down to earth than liberal Ivy League snobs, and the Democratic working class believing themselves the "real workers" as opposed to those lazy country club corporate fat cats.
Reverse elitism examples:

"College is for sissies - I've been working in the oil field for 5 years and make more money than most university grads".
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reverse dustbuster

Bruh Bertha just gave me a Reverse DustBuster yesterday! It was messy but dry...
by Bitch Balls Deep June 8, 2016
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Reverse Redditor

When someone bullies you for not liking Fortnite but is still retarded
michael: JUSTIN, YOU BETTER LIKE FORTNITE OR ELSE ILL KEEP SHITTING ON YOU
Justin: michael, shut the fuck up, youre acting like the cringey 12 year olds you fucking Reverse Redditor
by Crudin June 2, 2020
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Reverse Russian Roulette

Russian Roulette, except 5 chambers are filled with bullets, and one chamber is empty.

Ya get it?

The empty chamber is the one you DON’T want.
Person: what if 2020 is a trailer for 2021?

Other person: Who wants to play a game of Reverse Russian Roulette?
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revere

"me and John did revere all night"
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Chipstack Reversal

The phenomenon that nearly ALWAYS occurs while playing poker - usually Texas No-Limit Hold'em - at the final table in online pokersites where the shortstack (almost out of the game) and the bigstack (chip leader) positions swap.

This usually will happen with only 4 or 5 seats left in the game and quite often results with the former bigstack knocked out of the game in the 4th or 5th position while the former shortstack will go on to take 2nd position or even the WIN.

In a sit and go, a Chipstack Reversal is usually directly associated with the 'bubble' - last unpaid seat in a tournament/sit and go.
'You're the chipleader on the bubble, Freddie. Watch out for the Chipstack Reversal.'
by ORD Ellis March 6, 2007
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the reverse Spiderman

When a woman jerks a guy off and catches his ejaculate in her hand and yells Spiderman as she flings it back on him in the Spiderman fashion.
" man Shelley got me with the reverse Spiderman last night and covered me in my own spunk"
by funny-gal November 11, 2012
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