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wag the dog 

to cause a persuasive movement in any large body of influence, i.e., a mass of people, through means by which a lesser influence is utilized.

From the phrase, 'It's the tail that wags the dog.' This can be seen when a dog begins to wag it's tail, and it's body then follows.
in partisan politics, an unpopular party will wag the dog using a variety of provocative political manoeverings and machinations to undermine the public favour from the popular party, out of which a momentum can be borne.
wag the dog by seanonyms September 18, 2013
Word of the Day on January 9, 2020

The Disney Effect 

The act of making a bad/horrendous/cop-out-of-a-sequel or prequel to an originally good movie.
Dave: Dude, I heard they were making a sequel to Boondock Saints.

Steve: I hope they don't apply the Disney effect to it.
The Disney Effect by Ryanson April 27, 2007

bite the dust 

to lose, fail, get pwned.
bite the dust by Laird December 9, 2003

The devil 

Some shithead that wasn’t good enough for god
Thank you mr.needful
Please, call me the devil
I think not
The devil by Goats ‘n Goats October 4, 2018

the dirty stien 

The act of tossing someones salad while simultaneously tickling their taint with your long, lucious eyelashes.
That Maybelline model could give me the dirty stien any day!

RSVP the Divorce 

A phrase used when you will not be attending a wedding knowing the marriage will end in divorce.
"Yo you going to Bethany and Skiba's wedding?"

"Naw I'm gonna RSVP the Divorce."
RSVP the Divorce by DonKehote August 23, 2011