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builder's remorse

When a corporation or institution (museum, university), signs off on the creation of a new building for itself, usually designed by a "starchitect", convinced that this new "home" will bestow prestige, success, and street-cred among its associates, patrons, and even its rivals. Occurrence usually coincides with various economic "bubbles" where cash seems to be overflowing everywhere. (See also: "Irrational Exuberance")
"Now that Time Warner has officially divorced itself from AOL, don't you think they have at least a bit of builder's remorse for that huge hunk of new rock in Manhattan?"

"The Bilbao? Yeah, it's cool looking, but in this economy I'll bet the Guggenheim gang is feeling some mean builder's remorse."
by BWB December 12, 2009
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Remorseful Hitman

Derived from the word remorseful meaning re·morse·ful
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adjective
adjective: remorseful
filled with remorse; sorry.
"the defendant was remorseful for what he had done" and the word hitman meaning hit·man
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noun: hit man; plural noun: hit men; noun: hitman; plural noun: hitmen; noun: hit-man; plural noun: hit-men
a person who is paid to kill someone, especially for a criminal or political organization.
A remorseful hitman is a person who cries and says I am sorry that i am going to have to kill you but i was paid to.
by LilJDUB71 November 10, 2019
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introverts remorse

This term is intended to highlight the internal conflict introverts often face between their need for solitude and their attempts to fit into socially expected behaviors.
He called his friends to follow up on weekend plans and immediately felt a sense of introverts remorse
by heeem321 May 3, 2024
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Swipers Remorse

When on tinder you either swipe right on an ugly person or left on a hot person. Regretting your choice instantly or later down the road.
Guy1: None of these girls are hot.
Guy2:Really? You have to have atleast one hottie.
Guy1: I haven't seen one.....FUCK!
Guy2:What?!
Guy1:I just swiped left on a dime. Son of a bitch. I'm going to have swipers remorse on that one.
by Interemptor August 23, 2016
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porkers remorse

Your typical instagram attention seeking teen early 20's party skank that drinks too much at a party and hooks up with some clown then in the morning as the fog lifts realizes what happened and feels like the victim of rape.
Damn dude, did you hear what happened to Corinne Olympios ?
Nah man, what?
She got drunk in the pool and was all over some random dude . When she woke up the next day she said she was raped!
She wasn't raped, she's just feeling porkers remorse!
by ballbuster June 15, 2017
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