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subvert expectations

To behave contrary to an established belief or assumption for the purpose of being fresh and interesting. Usually used in the arts when analyzing the reaction of the audience to a performance or piece of writing. Sometimes mistakenly used as a positive when the result in neither fresh nor interesting.
A. Star Wars: The Last Jedi did a great job of subverting audience expectations!
B. No, it was just a narrative mess.

A. Your report written in crayon was very unprofessional.
B. Come on! I was just trying to subvert expectations!
by OkiShisa November 21, 2018
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expensive nap

A movie or play that is so boring you sleep through it. It usually costs a decent sum of money.
Man 1: "Hey Tom, how was Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 last night?"

Man 2: "Real forgettable bro, it was a total expensive nap."
by Ganzi November 14, 2013
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Brutal Expectations

If you have no idea what is going on and are completly out of the touch with a community.
Player Base: "We want a working game with basic Battlefield features upon release."
Andy McNamara: "Love you guys but these are brutal expectations."
by Sir-Slang-A-Lot January 18, 2022
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Elpenor

Originates from the epic poem "Odyssey" by Homer. It is used to describe someone who breaks their neck when falling off a roof like the character in the poem does.
Stop being a fucking Elpenor!
by Jonathan Breck November 15, 2018
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soft bigotry of low expectations

Not expecting disadvantaged people or minorities to meet the same standard of behaviour or achievement set for most people. It is called "soft bigotry" because it is a more subtle and subconscious form of prejudice.
"I will confront another form of bias: the soft bigotry of low expectations.

Several months ago I visited Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, where African-Americans confronted injustice and white Americans confronted their conscience. In 43 years, we have come so far in opening the doors of our schools. But today we have a challenge of our own. While all can enter our schools, many--too many, are not learning there.

There's a tremendous gap of achievement between rich and poor, white and minority. This, too, leaves a divided society.

And whatever the causes, the effect is discrimination.

My friend Phyllis Hunter (ph), of Houston, Texas, calls reading the new civil right. Equality in our country will remain a distant dream until every child, of every background, learns so that he or she may strive and rise in this world. No child in America should be segregated by low expectations, imprisoned by illiteracy, abandoned to frustration and the darkness of self-doubt."

- George W. Bush, speech before the NAACP (2000).
by Man Moth February 8, 2017
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expand dong

"Wow, that's so sexy I'm about to expand dong!"
by SwagLowMuffins June 8, 2014
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exenger

noun. Someone who has previously worked as a bike messenger but is no longer earning a living from it.

A portmanteau of the prefix "ex-" and "messenger", an exenger may or may not wear the clothing or equipment associated with bicycle couriers.

Typically, an exenger will have the skills and experience to distinguish themselves from a fakenger or a posenger. This is sometimes not immediately apparent, especially if the cyclist is a Fixie La Douche style of exenger.
Bill is the king of the exengers. Although he hasn't been a courier since the 80's he still rides a fixie, wears a messenger bag and rolls the leg of his trousers up. He can track stand and roll a cigarette at the same time.
by teleski75 March 27, 2013
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