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don't let your tongue decapitate you

an Arabic proverb meaning

a) don't say something hurtful to someone when you are in a close relationship with them and you want that relationship to continue"

b) think twice before saying something retargerous and having subsequently deal with the negative consequences
just like don't put the camel in the trash , don't let your tongue decapitate you is a useful phrase to add to your trashabulary if you are a modern idiotager yet want to be grounded in reality
by Sexydimma August 18, 2018
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decapitulate

to upset bad order or discombobulate, undone,etc.
those idiots were in for a decapitulate situation.
by Marc Edenfield October 13, 2007
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Decapitation

A decapitation is the complete seperation of the head from the body. In humans and most other animals, death will always result from such injury.
Judge: You are being executed by decapitation!
Criminal: Damnit.
by Oxler_Psycho April 28, 2017
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mentally decapitated

When your so slow it's like you don't have a head...
zookeeper525: Hey, you want to come hang out, SON?!

godlover: huh??? what you mean????

zookeeper525: WOW!!!! YOUR MENTALLY DECAPITATED!
by zookeeper525 March 14, 2009
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Internal Decapitation

When someone's head is completely dislocated from their body, but remains attached by the neck skin.
When the skier collided with that lift pole, he was internally decapitated.


Man, that girl is ugly. She looks like she suffered from internal decapitation at birth.
by Hashim Negrodamus January 9, 2009
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Decapitated Communication

Communication not directly involving the head or, by extension, the body. This includes any form of internet chat aswell as, technically, letters. The significance of it is that the lack of emotion and tone inputs into decapitated conversations can cause serious miscommunications. A simple example is the difficulty of conveying sarcasm via writing. While not impossible, it is much more difficult than when talking to someone. Importantly, decapitated communication is not the same as long distance communication, as many luddites will have you believe. Video chatting, for instance, is not decapitated. Neither is simply talking on the phone. In both of these cases, there is direct input of the head - in the case of the phone, it is only voice but it is still sufficient to make communication much more seamless.
Emoticons were a noble attempt at overcoming the barriers of decapitated communication, despite achieving only limited success.

The limitations of decapitated communication make discussions about emotional situations, such as relationships, clumsy and often unsuccessful. It is because of decapitation that such conversations can often take a turn for the worse.
by The Recapitator January 14, 2012
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decapitulate

vampires and demons decapitated in the pit of hell and late as in dead.
the lord is the author to decapitulate evil monsters.
by Marc Edenfield October 13, 2007
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