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Collateral damage

sacrifices made for the greater good
Breeze overcooked the Totino's and couldn't wait to scarf them, the burnt roof of her mouth was simply collateral damage for the delicious pleasure of pizza bites.
by Dale Jordache November 15, 2016
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masturbatory collateral

An unnecessary piece of printed material (often expensive and elaborate) created solely to inflate someone's corporate ego or impress business partners.
Frank: Did you see that $150K brochure Bob had made?
Bill: Yeah, it didn't even have any decent info in it.
Frank: Just another expensive piece of masturbatory collateral.
by Mirmaid Blue December 23, 2009
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cape canaveral

A phrase muttered in a drunken stupor when something goes well, and by well, i mean putting my seatbelt on.
Seatbelt clips in
Me: CAPE CANAVERAL!
by Spoofnet July 27, 2006
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collateral lies

Collateral lies are fictional accounts, half-truths and coincidences presented as facts by a party in an attempt to deliberately mislead the audience into arriving at the desired conclusion. The term was coined in the title of the book of the same name, Collateral Lies - The Facts behind the Plot to Bomb the Twin Towers on 9/11, which reveals claims introduced on both sides, believers and skeptics, that have become mainstream in the arguments for and against the official line in the years since the disaster. For example, when skeptics point out how an aluminium airplane could not penetrate the steel building, believers present the argument that any material given enough velocity can penetrate any other material and use a water-jet cutting steel in their defense. Though this may be a convincing argument in the eyes of most people, the principle cannot be applied to a single object, i.e. one drop of water cannot penetrate steel, it is a constant stream at high velocity that erodes the steel. On the basis the person making the statement understands the physics involved, it is clearly a lie introduced to reinforce a claim. More recently the term was used for the first time in a UK Supreme Court ruling regarding insurance claims.
When it comes to making a claim against your insurance company, it will still be a fraud if you fabricate the claim, and it will still be a fraud if you exaggerate the claim, but insurers can no longer use so-called ‘collateral lies’ to reject a valid claim.
by rippenburn February 13, 2017
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collateral misinformation

When someone alters a Wikipedia article to win a specific argument, anyone who reads the false article before the "error" is corrected suffers from collateral misinformation.
I changed the scientific classification of red foxes last night in order to win an debate with Judy. I hope some stupid High School student doesn't suffer from collateral misinformation.
by wildefox July 25, 2008
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Cliterally

the combination of the words 'clearly' and 'literally'
Cliterally.

For people who misuse the word literally, like "I literally just died."
Cliterally I'm awesome!
by NR.RISE March 27, 2010
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colateral

a name for something of yours that you turn into a teacher temporarily in order to achieve somethhing else, a bathroom pass, pencil or pen
student "Can I borrow a pencil?"
Teacher "do you have colateral?"
student :hands cellphone over::
by sarahhhhhh March 13, 2008
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