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Reverse Ettingermentum

Reverse Ettingermentum

Reverse Ettingermentum is a satirical political term used to describe the phenomenon where a political commentator, analyst, or prediction consistently proves incorrect, often with outcomes opposite to those forecast. The phrase is modeled after the financial slang Reverse Cramer, which refers to investors profiting by doing the opposite of television host Jim Cramer’s stock recommendations.

The term plays on “Ettingermentum,” a colloquialism (often used online) for misplaced hype or momentum in political forecasting, where an analyst’s confident assertions are later contradicted by electoral results or public opinion shifts. In practice, Reverse Ettingermentum suggests that if a certain commentator or outlet predicts a political outcome, observers expect the opposite to occur.

Usage

The phrase is primarily employed on social media and in online political communities as a form of irony or criticism directed at punditry, polling, and conventional wisdom in politics. It encapsulates skepticism toward predictive models and expert commentary, particularly when prior predictions have failed.

Examples

Instances often cited as “Reverse Ettingermentum” include:

Pollsters and commentators projecting a “red wave” in the 2022 United States midterm elections, only for Democrats to outperform expectations.

Media consensus in 2015 that Jeb Bush was the likely Republican nominee for 2016, followed by his early exit.
“His track record is so bad, he’s practically the poster child for Reverse Ettingermentum.”

“Reverse Ettingermentum strikes again: he declared the race over, and the underdog won in a landslide.”

“They should put him on TV more—he’s a walking Reverse Ettingermentum indicator.”

“Pollsters calling it wrong? Must be Reverse Ettingermentum season.”
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Reverse Peacocking

Rather than flaunting your resources or assets, you work to conceal them in order to attract a mate who has lower expectations.
If Aladdin was peacocking, then Princess Jasmine was Reverse Peacocking at the top of the film.
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reverse satan

When you suck a fuck on ur way to heaven, it's gods dick
Man, I bet he did the reverse Satan when he died
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Dominance Reversal Call

1) A call by a raven to challenge the dominance of another raven.

2) The largest stress inducer for female ravens.
Ravens who hear a dominance reversal call from a foreign group will not care.
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Reverse Bentification

The process of a queer safe spaces being invaded and taken over by heterosexual men
Reverse bentification is a major problem for queer safe spaces
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Reverse Cum

When you bust a fat load but it was so good you want to experience it again so you take a nintendo 3ds stylus and a urethra sized funnel and you put the man juice into the funnel and stuff it down with the nintendo 3ds stylus all the way up to where nut is stored, the bladder, then u conk your man meat until you cum again. Then repeat until intervention.
Mom: Bickletuck get down here foods ready!

Bickletuck: MOM SHUT THE FUCK UP IM TRYING TO REVERSE CUM

MOM: Well.. boys will be boys.
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Reverse Ass Rape

Verb. When you poop so hard and it’s solid enough that it’s like being ass raped but in reverse.
I ate the pound hamburger at Fudd Ruckers and it was so good going down, but it was reverse ass rape after digestion.
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