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Personal Infrastructure

We typically think of roads and bridges as infrastructure. So long as potholes are filled and bridges are safe, we take infrastructure for granted because our real goal is the journey, not the road. This is Public Infrastructure which also includes other large undertakings such as national defense, elections, power grids, etc. Less appreciated is Personal Infrastructure, everything we all need to set us up for our enjoyable and productive journeys through life. Our most important Personal infrastructure is health and education. Also are all the little tasks necessary to support our journey such as shopping, servicing cars, paying taxes, cleaning the house--endless.
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We assume government pays for public infrastructure from roads and bridges to national defense, with private financing for our capitalist development. Political disputes, however, rage over who pays for the basics of Personal Infrastructure, individual health and education.
by PPpdddddddcc February 8, 2020
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sexual infrastructure

The overall financial, social, commercial, and (sometimes) medical systems that support your pursuit of, and engagement in sexual activities.

Systems include, but are not limited to: ATM machines (for emergency 2:00 AM cash withdrawals), online hotel reservations, all-inclusive resorts, bottle service, taxis, your friend's place (because let's face it: yours is crappy), and your Mom.
Example framework -
Him: Hey sweetie, its been a while since we've insert sex-related activity here.

Her: Yeah, because you're a cheap-ass and we haven't leverage one or many supporting institutions from the sexual infrastructure in a while.

Concrete Example:
Him: Hey sweetie, its been a while since we've had a threesome with your secretary. What gives?

Her: Yeah, because you're a cheap-ass and we haven't taken a crazy Vegas weekend in over 5 years!
by Canadian Bacon 2011 May 23, 2011
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infratstructure

The structure in which a frat builds their brotherly love while perpetuating the heteronormative values of their forefathers.
Frat Bro 1: Yo dude you're so awesome, I wanna give you a kiss!
Frat Bro 2: Dude, that would be going against my entire infratstructure.

Frat bro 1: Yo, no homo.

Onlooker: Wow you guys are dumb
by brechtian March 5, 2015
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Infostructure

The structure of the information within an organisation.
Adding yet another login process for us to maintain and manage at this point would make our already complex infostructure even more so.
by TheDrunktopus March 8, 2009
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infrastructural technology

Those technological components which support the general end user population inside a local area network. The servers, switches, wires, network based printers, e-mail, other components and software that individual work groups don't want to pay for because everyone uses them.
What is the cost of maintenance and upgrades to our infrastructural technology going to be this year, Bob?
by bfrazier November 6, 2008
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Infrastricture

The is a set of mismanaged operating principles that cause chronic limitations in an organization's ability to operate and functional effectively. This organizational dysfunction is often associated with incompetent leadership, lack of strategy, toxic culture, flawed and ineffectual decision making. Extreme consequences of infrastricture is often associated with leaders of these organization believing and communicating a delusion that they are a highly optimized and competitive organization that holds a leadership position among its peer.
Kodak's infrastricture caused the the company to not effectively respond to the imminent disruption of digital imaging.

Blockbuster's infrastricture caused the company to not effectively defend itself against the threat of Netflix.

Most consulting firms create value for their clients by diagnosing and treating their infrastricture in order to drive future growth.

The CEO of the company was ignorant of the infrastricture that they created in their organization.
by DrReq March 3, 2020
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infrastructroll

A blending of infrastructure and troll, meaning an organization which is crazy about infrastructure in order to improve the local or national GDP.
The worker union is denounced as a heretic by the infrastructroll.
by Jack Meng February 22, 2020
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