expansionist

The process of expansionism is taking a simple point and making it complicated, usually using long words and complicated sentence structure, for the purposes of looking smart.

"I'm trying to draw the important distinction between a tool and a work of art. one of the important reasons for drawing this distinction is for ascribing authorship. with photoshop, credit goes to the user. with Text Rain, though the experience is in a sense co-authored, credit goes to the artist. is Text Rain a tool? Camille Utterback would say that it's an interactive product made using C and other software tools. I would have to agree with her. it is a work of art (and a good one i think) but i don't think it is a tool. You make a good point that some tools can be considered a work of art, particularly given that tools in and of themselves can be titillating to the brain or senses. I would add that one can appreciate the artistry that went into a tool's creation. I suppose this could fall within the category of titillation."

by Reuben Strayer May 3, 2004

expatriate myopia

a form of blindness resulting from having travelled to a remote part of the planet, under very difficult conditions, only to realise that there's a tour group there. Expatriate myopia causes you to not see the tour bus, the group or any individual that may remotely come from where you're from. It's often accompanied by deafness. Usually contracted by backpackers...

Diane developed expatriate myopia in Bakit Lawang, having arrive there after a 23 hour bus trip, only to find that every room was taken by Australian Year 12 students on schoolies.

by Normally Light Fingered February 3, 2010

Expatting

v: Expatting, to expat. The act of moving to another country for the purpose of building a better life or a more fulfilling career.

The job market really sucks. My friend? He's thinking of expatting to another country. He's really got some good plans for what he'll do!

Or:

The job market really sucks. My friend? He expatted to another country. Now, he's living his life to the fullest!

by Aych April 25, 2012

expatreneurship

the act of pursuing small business ownership in a foreign country

This guy's as American as they come but has started multi-million dollar companies in Vietnam, Canada and Nicaragua. He's pretty much the Michael Jordan of expatreneurship.

by TheExpatreneur December 28, 2014

expand your constituency

(to) do everything and anything to attract political followers, even if it includes lying

if youre Hillary Clinton, stop trying to expand your constituency and focus on the issues instead.

by Sexydimma May 10, 2018

Expat Moment

This is where an expatriot from a first world country becomes so accustomed to the benefits of living in a developing country that they have expectations or express opinions that would totally unreasonable back at home.

eg. I am used to all of my dirty clothes magically disappearing from the floor in my bathroom and reappearing in my cupboard clean and ironed (and I pay very little for this service). But one day I go to wear my favourite shirt and discover it is still in the laundry. Instead of walking to the laundry to get it with my own two legs, I get huffy and annoyed that my maid hasn't brought it to my cupboard. (The expat moment !) This feeling lasts for a moment (hopefully) until I realise that I am spoiled and ridiculous and can get my shirt myself.

by pippasweetie December 4, 2011

Expand Dong

1. To erect your male genital (if you are originally male)

2. A photoshopping meme, using the words and letters from various or single source to make often perverted captions, followed with images of characters. The first meme is made in 2013, from letters and Donkey Kong's face from Donkey Kong 64 boxart.

Donkey Kong: *sees Candy Kong*
Also Donkey Kong: *EXPAND DONG*

by amogusamoguseverywhere August 10, 2021