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boycott

a Catholic priest's favorite place to sleep.
Father Cahill had a boycott in the rectory and slept like a baby. Meow!
by connorsji May 1, 2009
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boycott

Word originated in County Mayo, Ireland where an English absentee landlord called Captain Boycott expected his tenants to harvest his crops as part of their rent. The tenants refused to deal with him and the word boycott was added to the English language. The landlord and his family were totally ignnored and their crops rotted without harvesting.
Similar to the term "sent to Coventry".
by Matt Connaire August 3, 2005
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boycottin

Why you guys be boycottin when im tryna gモ† my swerve on??
by s nd Я September 27, 2009
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bycott

I am boycotting BP, so my friend is bycotting me and going out of his way to purchase BP gasoline.
by Squirmybean June 13, 2010
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boycott fatigue

when Americans at the height of privilege exhibit such revolting gluttonous behavior that they can't stand by their principles for long enough to go without a McChicken for thirty seconds
I condemn Starbucks for using slave labor, but unfortunately, I have boycott fatigue—I value the Pink Drink over human rights and am a hedonistic dollop of lard!
by woman genius October 29, 2023
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Boycott

The new age millennial approach of avoiding use of a business or place when a group of people decide they do not like what has occured or what it supports. Resulting in business foreclosure or redundancy.
I #boycott_(theme park) because an incident occured and feel it needs to be shut down and have 1000 people lose their jobs because of how I feel.

I started a boycott movement because i disagree with what the owner said but can not find a reasonable response so I just chose to create drama.
by The-honest-aussie June 18, 2017
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boy-on-boycott

To refuse patronage to a restaurant, store, organization or company because it is openly against homosexuality.
Let's boy-on-boycott Chick-Fil-A; I just read an article about how they oppose same sex couples.
by Valerie Irene Jackson December 1, 2011
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