Vocal Appropriation

When you are a bad singer and try to cover Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and so you get awfully out of pitch and then someone tries to sing it too and also get out of pitch and so they are appropriating your culture of getting out of pitch.

John: *singing I Will Always Love You out of pitch*
Mary: *also singing I Will Always Love You out of pitch*
John: Hey, I got out of pitch first. Stop appropriating my vocal capacities, that's vocal appropriation!

by youhadmeatok October 10, 2016

Conflicting appropriation

when someone appropriates their own culture for attention and monetary gain. In contrasts to sell outs they are selling in. They are selling goods, particularly through the media, within their culture for a profit. They have little interests in their personal lives. They will normally end up marrying outside their race and living outside their community. However, they believe they are making a positive in their community. Instead they are sending conflicting messages.

Donald and Jordan are not aware of their conflicting appropriation. They want to bring awareness to racial issues through entertainment. Yet they show little interest in their personal life.

by Saharah Niles June 21, 2022

Appropriate

Something you will never see here in the urban dictionary

Guy 1: Be appropriate!
Guy 2: No F***ing way!

by bubbleb***h37 December 15, 2021

Disassociation Appropriation

A system where attaining disability checks without actually having a disability is seen as an inheritance.

Leave it to disassociation appropriation to take the wheel of shoe he thought was a boot.

by MaryPrimac666_Ɛx3 July 21, 2024

Cultural appropriation

An excuse to bully somebody for expressing themselves.

Cultural appropriation is not a real term or a problem. Stop bullying others.

by tigersharktax April 9, 2024

School Appropriate

Things, clothes, music, movies, games, etc. that are suitable for school.

(I.e. not violent, indecent, provocative or profane)

although most music isn't really that school appropriate

We're going to make a video for class, so make sure it's school appropriate

by Wild_Lil_Horse September 22, 2022

territorial appropriation

Foreigners come to a country, purchase or steal land and then develop it as their own while forcing out native inhabitants or using them as cheap labor. cultural appropriation, aborigines, native americans, America, stealing,steal, redistribute, conquer, manifest destiny, claim

Jamaica is a beautiful land, but the super rich have come in here and used territorial appropriation to take over the entire island.

by joecoolthefool April 23, 2016