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natural selection

when an event occurs naturally, especially involving animals
John: I hit and killed a deer today.
Paul: I think that's illegal.
John: How? Isn't it natural selection anyway? I naturally hit it?
by WiseElf October 12, 2015
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When someone is respectful and to everyone except a certain person. This may occur in people due to personal issues and heavily applies among teachers.
Student: She treats everyone nicely except me!
School Counselor: Ms. Watkins, you have a case of SDS (Selective Douchebag Syndrome), which means you treat everyone nicely except someone certain.
by An SUV December 29, 2021
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client natural selection

The process by which would-be difficult or annoying clients magically disappear in a Darwin-like fashion and only the fittest clients survive.
Thank goodness for client natural selection. Even after just one conversation it was clear that client would have been a real pain to work with!
by bobo76 November 21, 2013
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selective britishness

As stated before, a good example of English Selective Britishness is the use of country names in wins/losses in sport (England won, Britain lost/Britain won, Scotland lost)... Yet it works both ways!

For example, in a recent Televised poll, many (NOT all, I'm not generalising!) Scots said they want all ties to be cut from England, to preserve Scottish heritage etc... Yet these same people expect Scottish TV presenters etc. to remain presenting English TV!?
Scotland is currently still part of Britain, hence their own ability to display traits of Selective Britishness... That's not to say England isn't guilty!

Let's keep Britain firmly in place... it means more public holidays for both countries! :D
by gratedraindrop February 21, 2007
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Selective Hearing

The act of listening to only the things a person wants to hear. This can lead to a complete topic change.
Matt: Yo are you watching this Rockies game? It's nuts!

Ben: uhh. I don't think this long distance relationship is going to work out.

Matt: (thinking to himself) Damn. That's some crazy selective hearing if I ever saw it.
by tombalaya October 23, 2009
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Selfsting

Act of using social media to implicate oneself.
"Donald Trump's tweet are part of a sting operation to trap himself! He is guilty of selfsting."
by MissingHeads October 14, 2016
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selective memeory

Continuously posting and reposting every meme that supports your own point of view, without regard to accuracy.
James posts his extreme right-wing memes to our thread daily. But no one is persuaded by his selective memeory.
by Sassafrass Grove November 8, 2017
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