by yo July 22, 2003
by tleger2011 August 12, 2011
The process by which a chronically deprioritized, underfunded and racialized municipal public transit system originally conceived as a public good for efficient daily mobility needs is further morphed by the political establishment and the capitalist system into an afterthought with an unsustainably funding model, leading to a feedback loop of reduced service, reduced ridership and reduced investment to the detriment of all people.
"Do you remember back in 2020 when the United States Congress failed to appropriate necessary funds during the COVID-19 pandemic and thus enabled a nationwide public transit death spiral from which we're still recovering in 2040?"
"Yeah, that sure was disappointing and avoidable!"
"Yeah, that sure was disappointing and avoidable!"
by Sarcastic&Concerned December 08, 2020
Sam o nella's way of describing what happens when something quickly deteriorates in value or quantity.
Sam o nella: "It dawned on people that these pieces of paper wouldn't be useful in a pile of wet tea and smoldering patriots, causing their value to do one of those horny eagle death spirals"
by quanferv April 19, 2021
A phenomenon in which a time traveler unintentionally or intentionally influences a timeline in a loop-like fashion that causes ever increasing differences with each loop around.
Often referred to as a time-loop (inaccurately).
Often referred to as a time-loop (inaccurately).
by bokonon82 January 05, 2019
When a high-level technical discussion is derailed by a pernickety exploration of implementation details. Often exacerbated by a heady brew of opinion and speculation.
We were ploughing through our daily stand-up the other day until that bogan plunged us into a tech spiral, costing us 25 minutes with a discussion on the correct means of parsing hashes.
by greatdeep January 30, 2024
When a high-level technical discussion is derailed by a pernickety exploration of implementation details. Often exacerbated by a lively variety of opinion and speculation.