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cancellation consolation

Da complimentary gingerbread and hot chocolate dat they serve you at da public-transportation depot to make ya feel less bummed out when they hafta delay a departure due to a scheduled trip's being nixed for whatever reason.
Another example of a "cancellation consolation" would be if someone had to regretfully forgo a promised activity due to an unforeseen mishap, but offers you a comparably-enjoyable alternative, such as if a cute chick had arranged to go for a pleasant stroll hand-in-hand wif you, but then she accidentally hurt her foot and thus made it too painful for her to walk a long distance, and so she offered to let you savoringly massage her pretty feet for an extended period instead.
by QuacksO March 29, 2024
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Glute concoction

A profoundly regrettable culinary–metaphysical experiment in which an alarming assortment of miscellaneous objects are deposited into a pot of jelly and stirred with a headless spoon—a utensil whose bowl has been mysteriously removed, leaving only a tragically useless handle. The resulting mixture, while technically edible in the same way gravel is technically chewable, produces in the victim an overwhelming and existential sense of dread, woe, and the creeping suspicion that the universe has personally wronged them.
I took Gluteus Maximus's jelly and formed a glute concoction out of spite.
by Wedgeificus March 7, 2026
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Stolen consolation

when a creep (e.g. news caster; Youtube producer) exploits someone else's tragedy without consent from the victim. Wholly for the sake of garnering attention, monetary gain, or gratification for themselves. Under the color of caring about the victim, and the tragedy.
Wow, that creep ham and cheesed it up like he was the one who lost his legs. It was total stolen consolation. He was making a Youtube video. He used someone else's tragedy to garner attention for himself while feigning concern. That poor man who lost his legs. He did not consent to be a prop for this creep's show. It was super gross, and I puked a little. It was so dramatic that I had to literally destroy my device. This tragedy exploitation porn I witnessed. It caused me to denounce the western world, and join a monastery.
by MessiahIAM April 28, 2025
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dirichlet convolution

this little lemma took 10 pages to prove, and one line to state. must be a dirichlet convolution!
by big N. September 11, 2025
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feline of high convictions

We went to the cat house and checked out a feline of high convictions; two of us are still M.I.A.
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Any pervious convictions?

What an authority figure asks you to determine whether your criminal history includes any sexually-shocking misdeeds.
Maybe if Peeping Tom had been asked, "Any pervious convictions?" prior to his being allowed to occupy his house when da birthday-suited Lady Godiva went by, he might not have gotten his desired eyeful of said self-sacrificing damsel's nude loveliness, after all.
by QuacksO February 18, 2023
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The fallacy of demanding that one's opponent be absolutely, exhaustively convinced before any action can be taken or any conclusion reached. "You're not 100% certain, so you can't act." The fallacy sets an impossible standard—complete conviction, total certainty, no doubt whatsoever—and uses it to block any decision, any action, any conclusion. It's the logic of the certainty trap applied to conviction: since nothing can be known with absolute certainty, nothing can be done. The Fallacy of Exhaustive Conviction is beloved of those who want to maintain the status quo, who can always find a reason to wait, to study further, to demand more certainty.
Fallacy of Exhaustive Conviction Example: "She was 95% sure the policy would help, but he demanded exhaustive conviction: 'You can't be absolutely certain, so we can't act.' The 5% doubt was enough to block the 95% certainty. The Fallacy of Exhaustive Conviction had done its work: making action impossible by demanding impossible certainty."
by Abzugal February 21, 2026
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