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Manufactured Outrage

When people, particularly those in media organizations, take minor concerns held by small amounts of people, and not too strongly even by them, and present them as though they are causing hordes of people to go into chaos. Manufactured outrage usually draws on legitimate things that are being said, but blows them way out of proportion to the point of painting a highly misleading picture. Mostly a means of getting attention and selling media.
An example of manufactured outrage happened in 2016. A fair amount of people were moderately (and for the most part reasonably) critical of the new Ghostbusters trailer, but a handful of obnoxious trolls made low-effort negative comments about the stars' gender. Many media publications treated it as though hundreds of angry middle-aged men were deeply furious about the movie, despite this being a clear exaggeration of reality.
by RandomAnonymouseUD November 11, 2021
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manutards

Incompetent people in the manufacturing industry. They make things (like a Yamato toy) that look deceptively good in quality, but breaks after gentle transformation. Manutards know everything there is to know in manufacturing like their normal colleagues, but they choose to be special instead.

Manutards can be found everywhere. The largest concentration of manutards however, can only be found working for Yamato toys, Japan.
"When manutards die, even hell will not take them for fear they'll fuck things up."

"Yeah, that's why ya get alot of them in Yamato.
by beware of blast June 1, 2007
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Manuka Face

To have the face of a killa. One whose face shows obvious signs of the street life. (Example): A life full of; Money, Sex, Drugs, Guns, and Murder.
I would't fuck with that guy, if I were you. . . . He has a Manuka Face!
by Topher Escobar June 2, 2009
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Manufacturer

A factory owner, somebody who produces goods.
I'm not a manufacturer.
by Jafje May 25, 2007
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Manual Breathing

Conscient, manual breathing (as opposed to unconscient, automatic breathing), where you directly control your inhaling and exhaling. Gets really annoying if it lasts.
"Manual breathing."
"OH NOES, I HATE YOU D:"
by H1R1 June 26, 2009
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manual transmission

The way that driving has always been done. In order to drive in manual, you control a clutch and a gearshift in addition to gas and brakes. Manual transmissions give you much more information about your car such as its feel, its power, its engine to gear ratios, etc.

Newcomers to manual transmissions often stall out and get frustrated by the addition of extra controls. But if you practice at it a lot, it becomes delightfully challenging, you will feel out of place in an automatic by comparison, and the feeling you get when you drive circles (or donuts) around your friends is totally worth it.
I've been driving in manual transmission for so long, automatic just didn't feel the same. My hand kept reaching for a stick that wasn't there, and I almost hit the emergency brake thinking it was the clutch. I hope automakers keep offering stick-shift models!
by spinaltapsoundguy November 10, 2009
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Manual Hold

A preventative measure intended to avoid pissing one's pants. This is acheived by jamming your hands frimly over your crotch.
Heidi- Hey Heather, get outta the stall quick! We got one out here in manual hold!
by Heather February 18, 2004
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