facebook diplomacy

"Facebook diplomacy" is so called because it is, like real diplomacy, the building and maintaining of relationships, except it is done with facebook instead of in person, over the phone, or using any other traditional means of communication. Facebook diplomacy usually consists mostly of exchanging wall posts with other people.

Unfortunately, given that the nature of facebook is devoid of meaningful substance, facebook diplomacy is often just useless banter and/or not thought out or cohesive. A person might have a lot of facebook diplomacy with an acquaintance that they don't really know, which will often boil down to an essence of nothing more than "what's up?"

College student: "Man, I've got eighteen new wall posts, I've got some serious facebook diplomacy to conduct."

College student: "That girl from class just friended me. She seems cool, I think I'll do some facebook diplomacy and get to know her a little."

by Mister Big Words January 11, 2009

pugilistic-diplomacy

When involved in a politically-tense situation and all progress has halted in discussions, it is the practice of applying percussive-logic to your opponent in the form of a beat-down.

"Justin was ignorantly speaking about 'homos' again last night at the bar. But my gay cousin was with us and got really upset. So I stuck up for my cousin and argued with Justin until he threw a beer at me. At that point I switched to pugilistic-diplomacy and prevailed in the argument."

by BangarangYourMom August 22, 2012

Red Sofa Diplomacy

The act of giving your mother-in-law a red sofa as a gift only to take it back (or attempt to) many years later.

Neon Dale is a master of red sofa diplomacy because she vainly tried to take back a 7 year old red sofa that she gave to her widowed mother-in-law.

by Dread Raffles August 2, 2012

diplomacy

1) Is the ability to tell someone that they are full of shit and having them fully understanding and agreeing with you before you've finished explaining why.
2) Knowing how to sound like you agree with an opposing view while tactfully bringing the opposition around to your way of thinking.

Talking your way out of a traffic ticket takes tact and diplomacy.

by cunninglinguist April 26, 2005

big stick diplomacy

Also known as the big stick policy, this was the foreign policy popularized by the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt in 1901. Essentially, one's assets were used to intimidate opponents rather than one's words.

"Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far." - Theodore Roosevelt, 1901

"I firmly believe in and practice big stick diplomacy when pursuing life goals."

by H.M.S. The Leopold December 29, 2008

Brewski Diplomacy

That form of diplomacy in which a president (esp. in the United States) mends quarrels by sitting the parties down over a tall, cool one.

President Obama will engage in Brewski Diplomacy Thursday when he sits down with the parties in the Skip Gates dustup.

by Uncle Hugh July 28, 2009

displomacy

disˈplōməsē/

noun
1. the pursuit and/or belief in one's own skill of managing international relations, despite a simultaneously comical and utterly terrifying lack of qualifications or ability.

synonyms:

dealmaking, big time; beratesmanship, beratecraft

In an unpresidented act of displomacy, the President Elect started World War III by tweeting insults to the Chinese government.

by Dr. Wordchuck February 5, 2017