acceptance

A word that is often thrown around with little intention of actually following the definition.

Acceptance is often preached in the Bible, and yet Christians often refuse to accept those who believe differently from themselves.

by Sn1pereye November 27, 2007

Acceptable Losses

A shift in epidemic management, that transitions from a life-preserving Social Isolation strategy into an Economy Salvaging mode with implicit increase in death toll.

Hey, it's almost been 2 weeks since we started sheltering in place and the COVID-19 spread has only gotten worse.
EVERYONE JUST GO BACK TO WORK...we'll take the Acceptable Losses as long as the stock market is propped up.

by YAWA March 23, 2020

social acceptance

A term referring to the ability to accept, or to be able to tolerate, differences and diversity in other people or groups of people. Tolerance. Some opposite notions of social acceptance would include racism, sexism, homophobism, and prejudice in general.
"The highest result of education is tolerance." -Helen Keller

Learning about other races and cultures promotes social acceptance.

by DaniMari July 9, 2006

Post acceptance depression

The depression high school students experience after being accepted to college. It comes with the realization that they have to wait 8 months or more until they are 'out of this shit town'.

Mom: why are you acting so "emo"
Kid: you're not cool and I'm suffering from post acceptance depression, Just leave me alone to stalk the college facebook group message boards and listen to asher Roth.

by Wirffkes January 15, 2010

online acceptance letter

the coldest, most impersonable way to get denied from the college of your dreams. ironically, a few days after you see that those fuckers denied you virtually, you get a letter that denies you all over again.

Boy:Hey, I heard you applied to Dartmouth!
Girl: Yeah I looked up a copy of my online acceptance letter, and I found out they fucking rejected me.

by oh_hawt_dayum December 19, 2008

social acceptance morph

a social acceptance morph (SAM) is a person with a servile need to be liked. This person has a fluid personality that changes depending on the social situation or whom they are with. Social acceptance morphs are the people usually described as "nice" or "sweet," and they are often the most popular people in any given situation. Upon meeting a SAM, you will feel as if you have met your new best friend--someone who shares all your same interests and laughs at all your jokes. For this reason, a SAM has many infatuated admirers and people who think they are really good friends. Unfortunately, these interactions are not authentic. In most cases, a SAM has very few real friends. It is the tragic circumstance of a SAM that s/he, because of the constant need to please and morph to suit those around, has no real idea who s/he is.

Actually, Bob really has no interest in rock climbing, he's just a SAM.

Honestly, the only reason Olivia laughed at your joke and said studying sociology was fascinating is because she is a social acceptance morph.

by vedaslade April 3, 2010

Social acceptance

Something you don't need.

"I don't need social acceptance. I want to be my own individual person."

by ObviouslyGay June 16, 2018