Color revolution

Term used to describe nations that suffered a CIA/US backed coup d'etat. Unfortunately, the term is also used by tankies and campists when they find out an eastern nation supports the United States, as a result, the term has lost all meaning these days.

Campist: UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT WAS A WESTERN BACKED COLOR REVOLUTION
Normal person: Pretty sure Ukrainians have more than enough reasons to detest the former USSR and now Russia. Especially after the decades of oppression they suffe-
Campist: BOOTLICKER IS YOU!!!!

by IDEMANDSUCC May 9, 2024

Revolut

An unknown payment app. Their slogan is "CHANGE THE WAY YOU MONEY". Peculiar.

Can I use revolut to pay my debt?!

by herrmannbüttler February 28, 2024

Moztrel Revolution

The act of spinning your body left and right (centered on the dick) to the beat of a speedcore song during sex.

"Hey man, I just had the biggest Moztrel Revolution with my girl!"

by BenSav March 3, 2024

Viridian Revolution

A future movement that will begin in Scotland before spreading across the world.

Hopefully the Viridian Revolution comes soon because I have to pee…

by SahaibP March 9, 2024

Theory of Constructed Industrial Revolution

The argument that the narrative of the "Industrial Revolution" as a sudden, inevitable, and monolithic turning point is itself a historical construction. It lumps together disparate, localized technological changes (in textiles, steam, iron) into a single, epic story of "Progress" to serve national myths and ideological narratives (like the triumph of capitalism). This construction obscures the alternatives, the brutal costs, and the fact that it wasn't a "revolution" to those living through its decades of messy, uneven change.

*Example: "Textbooks present the Industrial Revolution as a neat before-and-after: farms to factories. The Theory of Constructed Industrial Revolution says that story was built later by historians and boosters to explain the rise of British power. For a spinner in Manchester in 1790, it wasn't a 'revolution'; it was a confusing, brutal shift in daily grind. The sweeping narrative constructs a destiny from what was, in the moment, a chaotic, contested, and far from inevitable mess."*

by Abzu Land January 31, 2026