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Business Critical

'Business Critical' is THE highest level of critical. It comes higher than 'critical' 'uber critical' & 'life & death critical' on the scale of all things critical
If something is 'business critical' you have to do it no matter what. You should trample on your own family if that is what it takes to get it done!
by Nando19 July 8, 2010
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cringecast

A cringecast is a podcast or a videocast that comes off as awkward and unrefined, with many pauses and moments of /cringe.
Mark: Hey Jay, did you catch any of that League of Losers Podcast?
Jay: No dude that show is a total cringecast.
Mark: You're a cringecast.
by atticon40 April 28, 2014
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Critical Adventure

A franchise that should've died after the second game killed itself.
Calex, (fuck you) was the owner and was cancelled after the devs found out he was paying someone underhanded to remake the game and not paying the actual developers, now people want to revive it because "oh nostalgia trip!!!!!"
"Critical Adventure is retarded, why do people still make spinoff games?"
by MomDoer2014 February 3, 2021
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Critical Race Theory

Critical race theory (CRT) is a legal and sociological framework for analyzing how racial power relations in society work to maintain unequal socioeconomic outcomes for people of different racial groups, often in such a way that benefits the dominant racial group at the expense of marginalized racial groups. Beyond merely analyzing racial power relations, CRT also seeks to actively change the status quo to allow for a more equitable society for people of all racial groups.

Origins:

CRT has been influenced by fields such as Critical legal studies and Feminist legal theory and began in the 1970s when scholars and activists sought to understand why the social progress from the civil rights era had seemingly stagnated.

Scholars and authors:

Derrick Bell, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Richard Delgado, Cheryl Harris, Jean Stefancic, Alan Freeman, Charles R. Lawrence III, Mari Matsuda, and Patricia J. Williams.

Assertions and terminology:
(1) Systemic racism is the default and perpetual state of affairs in society.

(2) Race is a social construct that arose as a means by which to further expand class stratification.
(3) White people have benefited the most from civil rights legislation.

(4) Color blindness perpetuates racial inequality.

(5) Whiteness as property.
(6) Interest Convergence.
(7) Storytelling/Counter-Storytelling.

Disclaimer: These are just the arguments made by proponents of CRT, not universal absolute truth.
Person 1: "Have you heard that they're trying to implement Critical race theory into the k-12 curriculum? How do you feel about it?"

Person 2: "I have heard of it. But since I am not especially educated on the topic of CRT, I think it's best for me to withhold judgement before making irrational and erroneous claims about a concept that I can't even adequately define.
by Shnook May 24, 2021
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Clinical

Something that is a typical example (or a 'textbook' example) of something such as a symptom of an illness (e.g. a runny nose & a high temperature) which often presented to a medical clinic is easily diagnosed. Clinical may be a synonym for 'textbook' or 'textbook case'.
An WOW addict quits playing because he determined it was ruining his life and a few weeks later begins heavily playing some other MMO game - That's Clinical - a clear example of (in this case) an addictive personality who needs help
by Christmas29 December 15, 2011
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critical mass

When something reaches the threshold of it's limits. This can apply to things, people, events, or concepts.
At the party, John told Sue the room had reached critical mass and asked if she wanted to go outside.
by WEW September 6, 2007
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clinical

To be depressed, as in clinical depression.
She is so clinical today, do you think she's okay?
by TaraM May 26, 2005
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