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opportunity cost disaster

Opportunity cost disater or OCD is when the opportunity cost of the strategy that is choosen is greater in extent than a certified disaster would be. In many cased net loss of opportunity is huge, way beyond what occurs in a normal disaster.

Even when things are great and everyone is happy with the chosen alternative like some people are with urban sprawl, the lost opportunity of the strategy can be so large that it equals or surpassses a legally defined disaster or disaster area.
The Iraq war is an opportunity cost disaster. There are a lot of bad ideas out there but these guys put a lot of thought into making it this bad. I can't think of much worse of an alternative, but I am sure they will, as it is getting worse all the time.

Some people living in this urban sprawl think they are in paradise but this is a total opportunity cost disaster. A hurricane wipes out the crops but sprawl eventually wipes out the farm houses and crop land, covers the best soil, eliminates the ecology and native plants and animals, and put's it in a tomb of concrete and asphalt. You can everywhere but it will cost 10 dollars in gas there is no there there.
by mlhiss March 28, 2008
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I heard there's gonna be a natural disaster

Person 1: "I heard there's gonna be a natural disaster!"
Person 2: "Crazy!"
Person 1: "Right?!"
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disaster

A real elmore, fuck up, fiasco or general mess.
Enron was a complete elmore; the result was a disaster for the shareholders and employees alike.
by Mmmm Lewinsky October 9, 2007
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Scrotanic Disaster

A horrific event occuring to one's scrotum or sack, usually used as a threat.
Dude, if you don't chill soon you're going to find yourself in the midst of a Scrotanic Disaster!
by Errr June 19, 2006
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Disasterbation

To gorge on the massive amounts of fear-mongering news media that reports on nothing more than tragic and violent events across the country and the world.
The disasterbation in this country was waning after the shooting in Arizona until the earthquake/tsunami hit Japan.
by Sudds McDuff April 13, 2011
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Disasterbate

When, after unsuccessfully attempting to pick up at the bar (or elsewhere), one returns home to masturbate... Generally while sobbing.
"I was chatting up this totally hot yoga instructor all night when she decides to mention that she has a boyfriend... So I basically had no choice but to head home alone and disasterbate."
by djwendo March 21, 2010
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