double one-way switchback

A street layout phenomenon occuring in driving, where a motorist unfamiliar with an area encounters two one-way streets in succession, forcing the course of the car away from the destination, or back to the location where the impasse was first noticed. A triple one-way switchback involves three one-way streets and produces the same results.

Bill kept driving away from where he wanted to go. The neighborhood was a maze of double one-way switchbacks.

by Nick Estes April 9, 2006

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Bait and Switch

To start flirting and spending more time with a boy or girl just to get to know that person's friends more. Then, going out with one of that person's friends instead of the person him/herself.

I though John was really into me, but he just used me to hook up with my friend Kara. John just pulled the old Bait and Switch on me.

by Aamoldini February 26, 2009

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Taylor Swift

The most AMAZING singer on the face of the Earth!!! LOVE her!!! <3 Say you're

sorry, that face of an angel comes out just when u need it 2. As I pace back and

forth all this time cuz I honestly believed in you. Holdin on, the dayz drag on,

stupid girl, i should've known, I should've known...<3

Me- I love Taylor Swift
Person- Me 2!
Nero- I dislike Taylor Swift, but I'll publish this anyway and not be a mean editor! :)

by *Lex June 14, 2009

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Swiftboat Veterans for Truth

An organization that sought to discredit Senator John Kerry's military service in Vietnam by claiming that he committed cowardly acts and that his medals were not deserved. This group was supposedly comprised of veterans who had served in Vietnam at the same time and on the same type of missions.

Actually a front group for Republican operatives aiming to discredit their opponent, Swiftboat Veterans for Truth suddenly appeared during the presidential race. Their attacks were effective despite Kerry's record of combat service versus his opponent's stint in the National Guard away from combat. Kerry lost his election bid and the Swiftboat group disappeared immediately after George W. Bush was reelected.

The verb "to swiftboat someone" has since entered the American political lexicon as a synonym for an ad hominem attack which seeks to discredit a person, usually made by a thinly veiled front group of operatives.

Where have the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth gone? Here they were, instantly organized and running ads on TV as if they were well financed by the Republican National Committee or something, and now they have disbanded and faded into nothing more than a verb used to describe bearing false witness and attempting to discredit a political opponent.

by el_che June 18, 2008

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