A cover term is a word (or phrase) that provides a more general, legal, or accurate overarching term for a set of dissimilar terms that share a common property. Synonym: category.
"Cover term" may sound like "comfort term" when enunciated poorly or quickly, which might suggest the cover term is being used to make the original word (or phrase) more palatable or less anxiety producing to the audience. While this may occur, it is never the primary objective of using a cover term.
"Cover term" may sound like "comfort term" when enunciated poorly or quickly, which might suggest the cover term is being used to make the original word (or phrase) more palatable or less anxiety producing to the audience. While this may occur, it is never the primary objective of using a cover term.
by mrburlesk November 11, 2022
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Get the long term financial investmentmug. The maximum parliamentary term in the UK. Similar in many respects to a prison sentence except more painful, in that it affects over 60 million people, whereas a 5 year prison term ostensibly just affects the imprisoned individual. Also unlike a prison sentence, the nation could have the sentence doubled to 10 years, if Labour were to get in again!
Yes, I was caught bang to rights in the cab of my JCB trying to remove an ATM from the outside wall of my local SPAR at 2 o'clock in the morning. I got a five year term!
Like a good citizen I cast my vote on 4 July 2024, but unfortunately we've got Kier Bloody Stamer and his bunch of ponces, likely for a five year term!
Like a good citizen I cast my vote on 4 July 2024, but unfortunately we've got Kier Bloody Stamer and his bunch of ponces, likely for a five year term!
by Wasitpolad October 13, 2024
Get the Five Year Termmug. Me: Hey Gordon, do you remember the homework that was due today from two weeks ago.
Gordon: Nah, I don't remember anything like that.
Me: But it's due in like an hour.
Gordon: What's due in an hour?
Me: Damn you got that shlong term memory.
Gordon: Nah, I don't remember anything like that.
Me: But it's due in like an hour.
Gordon: What's due in an hour?
Me: Damn you got that shlong term memory.
by MountedGeneral June 30, 2018
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Get the terms of servicemug. The opposite of Layman’s terms. To make something much more complicated than it has to be. A convoluted nonsensical explanation.
Jerry: Ellie and I are breaking up.
Mike: wait what happened?
Jerry: Well to put it into Laywoman’s Terms, she told me that she “had a dream that I cheated on her with her friend Nichole who is a Scorpio born on a full moon, and her amethyst crystal said our relationship was incompatible”.
Mike: that makes no god damn sense.
Jeremy: exactly
Mike: wait what happened?
Jerry: Well to put it into Laywoman’s Terms, she told me that she “had a dream that I cheated on her with her friend Nichole who is a Scorpio born on a full moon, and her amethyst crystal said our relationship was incompatible”.
Mike: that makes no god damn sense.
Jeremy: exactly
by Andrew G 001 September 22, 2021
Get the Laywoman’s Termsmug.