Explosive Decompressor

A massive fart that initiates with a large amount of power, then tapers off in a linear fashion as pressure drops.

Did you hear that explosive decompressor that Mrs. Reed did in the teachers lounge?

by Ornery Individual November 26, 2021

cowboy decock

(verb) the act of decocking a handgun with an exposed hammer by pulling the trigger while the thumb of one's firing hand rests on the hammer, stopping the hammer's motion, then slowly allowing it to move until it rests at the base of its travel without striking the firing pin with sufficient force to ignite the primer of a chambered round.

I was afraid Jeb was going to put a hole through the floor of my car when he cowboy decocked his revolver.

by J.R., PhD, MD, PsyD, Esq. May 4, 2022

Financial Decolonization

A word coined by Quechua Artist Akapa Supay. This word was coined or created from a blog post he posted on his website which was titled "Financial Decolonization". In simpler terms, its true meaning is unlearning bad financial habits, while adopting financial literacy.

"Did you hear how Chester was saving up his money, used it to invest , while doubling his profit? That's some real Financial Decolonization right there"

"My rent is $1,500 for the month and I only had $2,000 to spend this month. I saw this new game system that was another $500, but when I calculated rent and purchasing the game system I didn't think it was a smart decision. I had to ask myself if It was a necessity, and because It wasn't I chose to save my extra $500. I wanted to execute my Financial Decolonization methods during the heat of the moment.

by Yuraqamaru July 30, 2022

Catastrophic Decompression

When the pants have been successfully jettisoned, but the cargo bay door catastrophically fails prior to completing cheek to seat docking.

I had too much Chipotle last night and experienced a catastrophic decompression this morning.

by WeinerParty November 17, 2022

Gekko Deco

The increasingly popular 1980's office "aesthetic" reminiscent of yuppie culture and decor popularised by real life public figures such as Donald Trump and fictional characters like the namesake "Gordon Gekko" from the 1987 movie "Wall Street" (played by Michael Douglas)

Tom: what you think of those private jets with the gekko deco?

Steve: like the 80s velvet on the Seats, offices like in wolf of wall street?

Tom: yeh it looks super masculine .

Steve: I miss the old days

by DarkI3INARY December 7, 2024

Critical Decolonial Theory

A synthesis of decolonial thought with the tools of critical theory—particularly the Frankfurt School's analysis of power, ideology, and social transformation. Critical Decolonial Theory uses critical theory's rigorous frameworks for analyzing domination while insisting that those frameworks themselves must be decolonized, freed from their own Eurocentric assumptions. It asks how capitalism, racism, and colonialism intertwine; how knowledge production serves domination; how liberation requires both material transformation and epistemic revolution. Critical Decolonial Theory is decolonial thought with the analytical tools of the European critical tradition—but turned against that tradition's own pretensions to universality.

Example: "Her book used Frankfurt School tools to analyze colonial ideology while also showing how those tools themselves carried colonial assumptions. Critical Decolonial Theory: using the master's tools to dismantle the master's house, while recognizing the tools themselves need rebuilding."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Valid Decolonial Theory

A theoretical framework that distinguishes between pathological forms of decolonial thought (dogmatic anti-Westernism, rejection of all universal standards, performative radicalism, intellectual obscurantism) and valid forms that offer genuine insight into coloniality and liberation. Valid decolonial theory analyzes how colonialism structured not just politics and economics but knowledge, culture, and consciousness itself—and argues for the decolonization of all these domains. It draws on Indigenous, African, Latin American, and other non-Western intellectual traditions not as alternatives to rigor but as sources of rigor themselves, not as rejections of truth but as expansions of what truth can mean. Valid decolonial theory doesn't claim that Western thought is worthless; it claims that Western thought has been hegemonic, that this hegemony has impoverished everyone, and that genuine understanding requires centering perspectives that have been marginalized. It's decolonial theory as intellectual liberation, not intellectual closure.

Example: "Her work didn't reject science—it asked why Indigenous knowledge systems aren't treated as science. Valid Decolonial Theory: not dismissing Western knowledge, but asking why it's the only kind that counts."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026