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delayed reaction

When someone makes a reaction that is delayed. Obviously. This happens by means of mental illness or just stupidity.
Dude1: Haha, you suck.
Dude2: (*smacks Dude1*)

((two minutes later))

Dude1: ...hey that hurt!
by Chelsie Strode November 11, 2004
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creative reaction

A moment of unlimited potential, where energy and creativity are released in high yields. (A more descriptive term for "being in the zone", the phrase it replaces.) The conditions necessary for a creative reaction are a well-engineered infrastructure, simplified business procedures, and productivity skills which enable creatives to shut out distractions, make the most of available time, and be energized. When these conditions are met, the spark of creativity is all that is needed for a creative reaction to occur.
I shut my door, turned the ringer off, then quit out of chat & e-mail. I got SO MUCH of my screenplay done. Creative reaction is the only way to describe it!
by Marc L. Grubb July 1, 2008
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reactionary

A term used by college socialists and neo-Marxists to describe anyone with political views to the right of Mao. The word has its roots in the Communist model of history, where all of human history is supposedly one long class struggle between the working class and the bourgeois.
Chuck took an Uber on the Uber strike day! And last week, he told me he doesn’t believe in a 90% tax rate for the rich. He’s such a reactionary.
by malik_sappa May 9, 2019
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class reductionism

The idea that class-based oppression should be the foremost concern among revolutionaries, with things like gender, race, sexual orientation, etc, taking a back seat until 'after the revolution.' For the most part the term is used as a pejorative by liberals against socialists and materialists, rather than being advocated by anyone.
"Bernie Sanders disappointment with Hillary Clinton's failure to secure the support of white working-class voters in the 2016 presidential election was a grotesque display of class reductionism, cultural insensitivity, racism, sexism and homophobia"
by Santos D January 18, 2019
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rejectile

1. From projectile a reverse throw over ones shoulder

2. Something which is the product of something else falling/thrown against gravity and in turn being emitted

3. The bad, possibly harsh end result of something or someone's action(s).

4. Negatively thrown particles - in the direction they're not normally meant to go.

5. Sound:
Wayward and i)textured audio or ii)pitch.
Rougher than reverberation, instead of gentle pizzicato, it's dirty slap-bass. Hammered notes.
Pitch: Instead of gentle verbrato it's jaggered modulation.
The slap technique involves hitting the string from above, forcing it against the fretboard.
When playing, a musician presses the strings down to it in order to change their vibrating lengths, causing changes in pitch. A fingerboard may be fretted, of the bass momentarily, producing a brief puchy note. The string can be hit with any part of the hand, but is most commonly hit with the knuckle of the thumb.

Also like the swing/shudder you get from one object hitting another ie heavy marine rope hitting the deck on a pier.
1. With his back to Stephanie's, James threw the pen lid using a clever rejectile-manouver, flinging it over his head to hit her in her back without her seeing his arm movements.

2. There were some serious rejectile sparks flying from the angle grinder

3. "Well that was a total rejectile of an idea"

4. Caleb jumped, but became a rejectile and was violently pushed away and thrown against the side of the cliff by the turbulent water like a ping pong ball trying to get past an industrial fan.

5. Slap bass is a form of rejectile-sounding music. It began in the early 1910's by Louisianna String Bass player Bill Johnson, who started "slapping" the strings of his bass (a more vigorous technique than the classical pizzicato) after he accidentally broke his bow on the road with his band in northern Louisiana in the early 1910s.
by fireMayden November 19, 2004
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male receptionist

A man who is comfortable enough to work a job role stereotyped to be a woman's.
"It's great to have a male receptionist working with us, as it brings diversity and modernism"
by Riley Lissandra January 12, 2016
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Reactionist

A person who does something just to see and get a reaction out of someone.
My girlfriend flirted with another guy just to see my reaction. She is so the reactionist!
by helimc November 21, 2010
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