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PROXY (software)

PROXY is a licensed software product made by PROXY Networks. Besides being utterly stupid to name any software "proxy" (more widely known as being something completely different in IT networking), the product still looks like it's from Windows 95 and handles more or less to that capacity.

It's complete crap
Idiot help desk tech: My IT shop uses PROXY (software) for remote connections to manage our infrastructure.

Network tech: Wait, why are you using a network proxy for something you need to access remotely?

Every other IT professional: PROXY sucks, use something... literally ANYTHING else.
by donotmicrowaveagain May 18, 2020
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value by proxy

When a medium to ugly guy is in a committed relationship with a beautiful or successful woman, and a woman of lesser standing or beauty attempts/successfully homewrecks that relationship because she thinks if she’s with him it’ll mean she is also beautiful or successful.
Example.)

When Adam Levine cheated on his wife with Sumner Stroh, and she immediately went to tik tok leading with the fact his wife was a Victoria secret model. Hoping that intern that meant she was just as beautiful as a super model.

Hannah thought that by sleeping with the prom queen’s boyfriend she would receive value by proxy.
by Slimey_Space September 22, 2022
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Facebook Proxy

When somebody looking over your shoulder tells you to post something on somebody's Facebook page, when you have no desire to leave a message for that person.
Girlfriend: "Hey! Post Happy Birthday" on your nephews Facebook page !"

Me: "I don't even know him. He is my sister's son."

Girlfriend: "Just do it !"

Me: "Yes, m'am-you are a Facebook Proxy."
by The Pirate of Pissants October 29, 2010
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proxy mine

a mine that explodes in response to something close, a proximity mine
I'm not about to let a proxy mine catch me off guard.
by The Retrun of Light Joker August 2, 2011
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When you consistently post graphic pictures and descriptions of your sick or injured kids on Facebook to get attention that you would otherwise not get.
Yet again, Rachel posted a closeup of her kid's bloody nose on Facebook. Her Facebook Munchausen by Proxy is flaring up. I think I'll unfollow.
by AlabamTa October 13, 2017
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Bragging by Proxy

When a person brags indirectly by citing another person's compliment toward them.
I'm not bragging about my big dick! I was saying that my boyfriend kept saying, "Wow , your dick is so big!" So I guess that, at worst, I'm Bragging by Proxy.
by Waterghost June 27, 2017
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Proxy Slur

Proxy Slur: A term or phrase that is commonly used in a seemingly innocent or neutral manner, but has been assigned a covert, derogatory meaning by specific groups or in certain contexts. The offensive connotation is not apparent to those outside the specific group or context.
"Neighbor": In your example, the word "Neighbor" is a regular term used to describe someone living nearby. However, if two or more parties have agreed to use it as a stand-in for a racial slur, it becomes a proxy slur in their specific interactions.

"Apple": Imagine a scenario where a group uses the word "Apple" to derogatively refer to a person from a certain city or region, unbeknownst to others. In this context, "Apple" functions as a proxy slur.

"Blue Sky": In a hypothetical case, if "Blue Sky" is used among a particular group to negatively refer to a certain ideology or belief system in a covert way, it would be a proxy slur in that context.
by Bicboi_get_tinged January 17, 2024
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