beerlinguistic

A person that only speaks one language, but is knowledgeabe enough to order a beer in several languages.

Being beerlinguistic, is the most important information one needs, while traveling to foreign countries.

by Terry Endres October 18, 2006

Beerlington

Another name for the town Burlington in vermont because of UVM people drink a lot of beer.

"Yo dude, We should head up to Beerlington tonight and get shitty and fuck college chicks all night"

by nanananana3 March 14, 2009

Beerling

A boy/man who doesn't know how to socially interact around vaginas. however loves the penis

Oi Beerling you nass kid

by Chazza b March 14, 2011

biercing

Noun - biercing: jewelry added to a beard

Noun - biercer: one who adds jewelry to a beard, whether to self or to another

Piercing an otherwise natural beard with beads, metal or any other adornment.
Items clipped, clasped, cuffed, braided or any other method of attachment into beard hair

Verb - bierce, beircing: the act of adding jewelry to a beard

The community of hirsute men having grown tired of the same look every day is looking to bierce their beards. Estheticians of all types are seeing an opportunity raise the bar on biercing. A cottage industry of professional biercers is rising in 2023.

by Konundrummer January 12, 2023

De Beering

The calculated practice of manufacturing or manipulating scarcity for the express purpose of exaggerating and sustaining the perceived value, desirability, or exclusivity of a commodity, service, or even an abstract idea. The term takes its name from the historical strategies of the De Beers diamond corporation, which successfully fostered a cultural and economic mythology of rarity around diamonds despite their relative geological abundance. In this sense, De Beering refers to any deliberate attempt to withhold supply, obscure availability, or construct a narrative of uniqueness that serves to elevate market prices and social prestige. It encapsulates a mode of economic and cultural engineering in which scarcity itself becomes the principal product, reshaping consumer behaviour, fuelling aspirational demand, and embedding the illusion of preciousness within the collective imagination.

A clear example of De Beering could be seen in 2022, when Shell capitalised on the lingering perception of oil scarcity in the wake of Covid-19. By maintaining the narrative of shortage despite stable reserves, the company achieved a record-breaking profit margin of around £40 billion, the highest in its history. This reflected not natural market conditions but the strategic engineering of scarcity to inflate value and consolidate shareholder wealth.

by DemocracySold September 4, 2025