v. : to ignore a Facebook invitation to an unfavorable or undesired event, until the event has passed, rendering the invitation moot; esp. an event happening shortly after the invitation was sent.
1.
"I really didn't want to go to Megan's Party, so I pocket-veto'd the invitation."
2.
Guy A: "WTF? I was hoping Lauren would show up to this. Last time I checked the event page she hadn't responded yet..."
Guy B: "Sounds like you got pocket veto'd you."
Alternately:
Guy B: "Sounds like she gave you a pocket veto."
"I really didn't want to go to Megan's Party, so I pocket-veto'd the invitation."
2.
Guy A: "WTF? I was hoping Lauren would show up to this. Last time I checked the event page she hadn't responded yet..."
Guy B: "Sounds like you got pocket veto'd you."
Alternately:
Guy B: "Sounds like she gave you a pocket veto."
by iscratchmymind August 01, 2010
by Nomnom. August 27, 2008
A person playing Halo 3 who vetos a game in matchmaking when the countdown is under 1 second just to be a jerk.
That guy is a veto fag.
by xofnnelg August 10, 2008
Where a person who objects to a speaker can riot and cause damage or threaten to commit violence so that the speaker’s event is called off or faces high security costs.
Violent leftists rioted at Berkeley trying to use the hecklers veto to disrupt a Ben Shapiro lecture.
by Facts and logic October 10, 2020
A politically correct way of telling someone : "Fuck You". From the encoded message Arnold Schwarzenegger sent to the California senate.
by FPB October 29, 2009
A 'Thug's Veto' is when violent and/or threatening activists and/or protest groups, usually on the left of the political spectrum, force the closure, cancellation or disruption of an event that they don't agree with by means of intimidation or threats of violence and chaos.
"Did you see how the New Zealand Prime Minister endorsed a thug's veto when she said she was 'proud' that controversial speakers were shut down by protesters in her country over the weekend?"
by FreeSpeechLiberation August 07, 2018
Action taken by one player in a role-playing game to force the story into a fight regardless of the preferences of the other players. See also, Leroy Jenkins.
Despite the fact that the remainder of the group wanted to try and sneak into the castle, John executed a berserker's veto by rushing the guards and attacking them.
by Trogdor_the_Burninator February 05, 2024