Get the Clausty mug.A substitute word or phrase that, while constructed to be socially more acceptable, drastically subtracts from the legitimate intent and purpose of the original.
So, how do we go from 'shell-shock' to 'battle-fatigue', from 'old dude' to 'senior citizen', from 'rape victim' to 'unconsenting intimacy participant'? Because our culture thrives on caustic euphemism: The dumbed-down, homogenized, neutralized language of the mindless majority who want it that way...
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Little Harry took one look at the bleary eyed old geezer with a white beard and did a runner. It was a bad case of traumatic claustrophobia.
by CantorJohn November 17, 2010
Get the Claustrophobia mug.A combination of things going extremely wrong in a short period of time within the same general activity -- caused by stupidity and/or ineptitude.
A polite term using the same initials would be compound fiasco.
A polite term using the same initials would be compound fiasco.
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Get the clusterfuck mug.This is of apparent military derivation, American usage: a situation that is so balled up it is beyond description.
The recruits were given the command "To the Rear, March." Half of them kept going, a few went to the rear, and the rest just stood there.
by J. Bethancourt September 13, 2003
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Especially when each message is its own complete thought and therefore, each one requires a specific response.
Other Forms: Cluster Texting; Cluster Texter
Especially when each message is its own complete thought and therefore, each one requires a specific response.
Other Forms: Cluster Texting; Cluster Texter
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Get the Cluster Text mug.When there are too many people in a confined space, all of whom have no idea what they are doing. When this happens in a nunnery, it's called a Cloister Fuck.
Any retail establishment on the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) is a cluster fuck of the grandest proportions.
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