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empty-boxcars train of assurers

Derisive term for a sizable number of acquaintances of someone with a dubious reputation who make praising statements about the individual's character/morals, offer to co-sign a loan he's requesting, etc., but who are of comparably-questionable integrity themselves, are also broke, etc., and so their own word and/or reliability is viewed as not being much more of a legitimate guarantee than the promises of the person they're vouching for. In other words, "quantito, but not qualito"... lots of impressive-looking "containers", but with no actual/tangible/legitimate "goods" inside of said containers.
Loan officer: I always feel really wary/suspicious whenever someone of unknown/questionable reputation asks for a loan and offers to bring in a number of other folks to vouch for his character, reliability, and financial responsibility --- "methinks he doth protest too much", plus usually his so-called "witnesses" appear to merely be an "empty-boxcars train of assurers"... they seem no more trustworthy than I would view the loan-requester himself as being, and so their voluminous praise/recommendations hold little significance and inspire little confidence in me regarding whether the loan-requester would actually possess adequate means/motivation/dedication to repay the money. I feel something like how the lady-attorney in "Losing Isaiah" did when she pointed out that the members of the "support group" whom ex-druggie/shoplifter Khaila had named as the people who were assisting her in her efforts to "go straight" and "live clean" had themselves all been former drug-users and/or criminals, and so she felt that they should not be considered to be viable/reliable helpers to prevent Khaila from relapsing.
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Emptiness

Emptiness is loneliness
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Your words are as empty as your soul

Someone who speaks lies or says something irrational
Dracula: "Perhaps the same could be said of all religions"
Richter Belmont: "Your words are as empty as your soul, mankind Ill needs a savior such as you"
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empty page syndrome

When you haven't updated your social media pages in days, weeks or longer.
The bar under my apartment is awesome but they've got empty page syndrome, you never know if there's events or happy hour looking at their Twitter.
by @cam May 16, 2016
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no empty hole

When a man/woman is being fucked in every hole.
Made famous on PornHub, and that fucking disgusting but orgasmic scene in Spartacus.
Random Porn producer “Our channels losing views, what do we do?”
Ron Jeremy “Get that mail order Russian whore and leave no empty hole”
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contract emptiness

that feeling you get after you finish the campaign of your contracts in a Mutliplayer game. This feeling often leads you to not want to play the game despite the fun you know you could be having.
Hay man I'm feeling contract emptiness. Could we not play TF2 today.
by Speck Speck February 7, 2018
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Empty invitations

When someone really don't want you to go with them but they offer anyways knowing you absolutely cannot go ,that's an empty invitation and it makes them feel good cuz at least they offered.
My boyfriend's such a jerk he's always offered me empty invitations so he thinks that makes him a good guy.
by Darthfraai November 4, 2023
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