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photoshopping reality

When the press, public relations firms, government officials and political campaigns distort reality, twist the facts, apply filters like those used in PhotoShop to changes images, that is photoshopping reality. Closely associated with spin, perception management, marketing and propaganda.
When Secretary of State Colin Powell showed photographs to the UN proving the existence of chemical warfare plants, he was photoshopping reality. Also, President George W. Bush's infamous comment to FEMA chief Michael D. Brown while the latter was botching the federal response to Hurricane Katrina: "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."
by Songpoet February 7, 2008
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photoshart

edit a picture in photoshop or similar graphics program to such an extent that it becomes bizarre and unuseable.
I spent all morning photosharting and instead of a new myspace picture I turned myself into E.T.
by LALALALaaaaaaaa June 30, 2008
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photostranger

Someone on a holiday picture who you don't know nor remember, in most cases a complete stranger or other tourist.
A: check it out! My holidays pics came in this morning!
B: ow, how nice. But, who's that?
A: oh, that's just another photostranger
by Miauw February 5, 2010
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Photastrophy

noun; When a person in front of you, during the taking of a photo, places their head/body/drink/etc... in the exact position of your face - thus rendering only a fraction of your face visible in the picture.
Person 1: That was a really nice picture of the group last night. Why were you not in the picture? I thought you were there...

Person 2: I actually was there! John caused a "photastrophy" by standing directly in front of me and cutting me out of the picture.

Person 1: Yeah, John's a scumbag.
by packersaregoinfortwo June 1, 2011
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Photoshopgenic

When one is only photogenic after a few major tweaks on photoshop.
That girl is not pretty, she's photoshopgenic!

Can you photoshop that picture of me to make me look good?
by phantea July 18, 2012
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PhotoShoplifted

When a photo YOU took has been used by someone on a social media site (ie. Facebook) and they don't give you credit for it and it gets more likes on their page than it would on yours because they have better friends and are just an all around better human being.
Jim Smith's photo of he and Adam Wahlberg, that I took at the Murder Mystery show, has gotten a lot of "likes" from people I don't know. Some of them are by hot ladies that won't accept my friend request. Jim Smith "PhotoShoplifted" my art work!
by YourHeroKevin October 15, 2013
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Photostoned Syndrome

A condition in which a person looks high in the majority of photos, regardless of intoxication status.
"Dude, did he blaze before the class picture?"

"Nah, he just has photostoned syndrome."
by loyalistlord February 12, 2014
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