In Lacanian theory, a signifier which stops the slippage of the signified under the signifier and fixes meaning, thereby forming a stable symbolic order. It is a particular signifier with no signified of its own, which stands in for the "fullness" of the meaning of the symbolic system itself. However, since contingency and lack are taken to be primary in Lacanian theory, it is necessarily arbitrary and is unable to guarantee its own primacy except through arbitrary and ungrounded violence. It is always haunted by the return of the Real.
In my view, this concept is useful but its basis is mistaken. What is repressed is active desire, held down for fear of punishment, and not some kind of ontological void. Lacan is wrong to pose his problems on such a metaphysical level.
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A person who thinks they are all that, but truly they are afraid of living life to its fullest, so instead blame everyone around them for their short-comings in life.
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If the person says the word before or in motion of taking, its a perfectly legal grab and there should be no complaints
used when stealing a fry at mcdonalds from your pal: "Snigified!"
To borrow or put in possesion something that isn't yours
To Snigify
One may also say "No Sniggas" meaning you aren't allowed to use the snigification rule
If you call no sniggas on a seat and leave the house, its fair game to take
Some things you just dont snigify, like friends sisters and weed
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