Decomposure

A state of unrest, agitation and chaos.

His decomposure was caused by the chaos around him.

by Shanning December 3, 2010

Decolonization

Decolonization is the rematiriation of culture and tradition as well as repatriation of land and sovereignty to Indigenous People

As a settler, decolonization is not an option. However, I can do everything in their power to support the decolonization efforts of Indigenous people by centering the voices, process, and initiatives of Indigenous Nations that invite the settler voice to speak to those that willfully ignore Indigenous voices.

by Rodsarva December 10, 2020

Magic Decoder Ring

Google, or another search engine, used in an online situation to keep from looking stupid because you don't know what your buddy is talking about.

Walter was telling me about how to use terminal, and asking me about my LAN. I didn't have a clue what he was talking about, so I used my magic decoder ring and got it all figured out.

by meownkat September 6, 2009

decockgestant

A cocksuckers remedy used to get rid of a bad taste in their mouth. Usually needed by men or women who constantly suck up to their boss to get ahead or feel important.

"He has been sucking up to his boss so much, he'll need some decockgestant to get the taste of his boss's cock out of his mouth."

"When she comes out from under her boss's desk, she'll need some decockgestant and some floss.

by johnjamescecilalawishusIII September 11, 2011

Deconsider

To leave out of consideration; treat with scant consideration.

“Maybe because we are so diverse--and have no direct allegiance or lineage to Africa--but to deconsider whiteness as a factor is a powerful tool.”

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

by oldtdevil December 23, 2011

Decommute

To promote individual transport at the expense of commuting / public transport

We are proud to decommute this town by increasing the sales of our SUVs.

by Ade78 October 6, 2012

Deconstruction

A central premise of deconstruction is that all of Western literature and philosophy implicitly relies on a metaphysics of presence,1213 where intrinsic meaning is accessible by virtue of pure presence.1415 Deconstruction denies the possibility of a pure presence and thus of essential or intrinsic and stable meaning — and thus a relinquishment of the notions of absolute truth, unmediated access to "reality" and consequently of conceptual hierarchy. "From the moment that there is meaning there are nothing but signs. We think only in signs."Language, considered as a system of signs, as Ferdinand de Saussure says,24 is nothing but differences. Words have meaning only because of contrast-effects with other words. 'Red' means what it does only by contrast with 'blue', 'green', etc. 'Being' also means nothing except by contrast, not only with 'beings' but with 'Nature', 'God', 'Humanity', and indeed every other word in the language. No word can acquire meaning in the way in which philosophers from Aristotle to Bertrand Russell have hoped it might—by being the unmediated expression of something non-linguistic (e.g., an emotion, a sense-datum, a physical object, an idea, a Platonic Form).25 Derrida terms logocentrism the philosophical commitment to pure, unmediated, presence as a source of self-sufficient meaning.

No true definition can be derived, so this space is wasted trying to explain deconstruction.

by deconstructionexpert March 12, 2014