non-core promise

A commitment to deliver (a service, funding, an item) that is subsequently set aside. The broken promise is then explained with the glib expression "oh, but that promise was non-core".

Now generalised to non-political situations, too.

Origin: Australian federal elections at the turn of the 20th/21st centuries. The conservative party (known as the Liberal/National coalition) made a number of election promises which were broken soon after the election. The prime minister, John Howard, attempted to explain this behaviour by claiming that some promises are "core" and some are "non-core" and thus, don't count.

Not only did "No tax increases, no new taxes" turn out to be a non-core promise, but in the campaign, Howard had also given a solemn undertaking that "I'm not going to break any promises". That one was certainly non-core.

Laurie Oakes (Australian political reporter/writer)
Excerpt from National Nine News (network TV) 12 May 2005
as quoted at news.ninemsn.com.au

by Kerwyn October 26, 2005

Crisis core

An awesome game that takes place 7 years before Final Fantasy Vii. It revolves around Cloud's dead friend Zack Fair. The game is played on a PSP.

Wow, Crisis Core must be the best game ever.

by VLEX July 9, 2009

core breach

trekkie slang for being close to shitting yourself

man i gotta take a shit or else im gonna have a core breach.. to which the replie should always be..."make it so"

see also warp core breach

by Jim Venner December 15, 2004

octo core

an 8 core processor. the next gen from quad core. Super fast. Super epic.

Me: Dude Amd is working on a octo core processor!
Bob: A wha-?
Me: A cpu with 8 cores!!!!

by Triconick December 3, 2009

kerem-core

Any form of music genre in which a Kerem is a member. A Kerem often adds many characteristics to a band such as off-beat erratic head banging and two-stepping stage moves.

That band from Gorleston in England called "Rumours" are so damn kerem-core!

by asljaksh elff January 26, 2011

Fact core

A personality core in the game portal 2. known for shouting out random facts. used to corrupt wheatley, typically full of bullshit.

"avacados have more calories and fiber than any other fruit. they are found in austrailians" said by fact core

by gjsualksoeuihvxckkj vidios December 23, 2011

100 core

When you or someone you know has a fat stack of cash and it has big bills all the way through.

That nigga got about 100 core on him

by Nickk M August 15, 2018