cover term

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.

"Shelter" is the cover term for rent, mortgage payments, housing, and so forth.

by mrburlesk November 11, 2022

Five Year Term

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!

by Wasitpolad October 13, 2024

long term financial investment

A short term investment that has gone bad.

Investing in GME is a very viable long term financial investment.

by ThatDapperLad March 6, 2021

Pulling a Term

When you call out cheats for no reason at all.

Term: OMFG HE JUST FLEW THROUGH THE WALL FUCKKK HACKERS
Anyone: omg stop pulling a term

by Naxxxxy July 27, 2017

Shlong Term Memory

A person has a combination of short and long term memory.

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.

by MountedGeneral June 30, 2018

The Weaponization of the term 'Anti-Semitism'

Oh, what!? They're just weaponizing the term!? They're just using it completely arbitrarily to demonize their political opposition!? Wow! Boy-oh-jeez I wonder where they got THAT EXACTLY IDEA from... 🤔 HMMMMMMM.... It's a head-scratcher... God, well... I just- I just don't know! Who could they POSSIBLY have gotten THAT from.... Hmmmm...

Hym "Oh no! Wahappan? Wahappan guys? You see, it's usually the right-wingers who are the Anti-Semitisms. But now they're calling US that! What... What's going on!? I don't understand! Literally ALL I care about in life is 1. Not being a racism and or making sure other people aren't even racism-adjacent and 2. Taking money from people who have more money than me and giving it to the poor for my Robinhood fantasy! That's literally just politics is Robinhood fantasy versus The Punisher fantasy. But where did The Weaponization of the term 'Anti-Semitism' come from? Who gave them that idea? God, it's so weird! Just calling someone a phobe or a bigot just, you know, entirely arbitrarily... Who could have possibly given them THAT idea? Cus it's the right wing that is all the racisms... I don't know. Maybe write a book about it. Get the historical precedent or something because the shit-libs aren't the ones who get called Anti-Semitisms. You guys get all the Anti-Semitisms and my side is all the good people, right? That's how the team works. My team is the good one and YOU GUYS are the Anti-Semitisms. You don't call me the Anti-Semitisms cus that's not how this works."

by Hym Iam February 10, 2024

fortnight terms

dog water-really trash at the game

cracked-really good at the game

on me !-when someone with a pump runs up to u

dog water

_____-dude my brother died 20s into the game

______-bruh he is so dog water

cracked

_______-mate ur really cracked

_______-thanks i’ve been playing for a while

these are the fortnight terms

by bigshlongman69696942069 April 9, 2021