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Useful idiot

Term used to describe someone who blindly supports his or her government despite its imperialistic behavior.
The last definition was written by a useful idiot.
by octavio October 22, 2006
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USTFU

It is an acronym meaning You Shut The Fuck Up!!!

It is a quick counter-insult response towards the well-known stfu.
<Ted> STFU
<Anthony> USTFU
by NameNotTaken December 11, 2005
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A sly way to deem something worthy of masturbation.
That Sparkle Motion dance skit from Donnie Darko was really useful.
by The Real Boyardee February 18, 2011
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Useful Idiot

The person who likes to post ignorant crap on this webpage under the handle "Herbertheperver".
Herbertheperver is clearly a useful idiot who's proned to spinning a well-known term in an attempt to use it against the people who would use it as a term to define people just like Herbertheperver.
by AaronEmus December 18, 2018
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Usuf

Usuf is so cute
by anonymous June 6, 2021
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as useful as a fly screen on a submarine

This saying was conceived by Bob and his buddy Mel while on a cycle ride to Portsmouth Dock Yard via Gosport in the Summer of 1963. They passed by a naval shipyard and noticed a beached and apparently discarded mini (aka: one-person) submarine in the assembly yard. The yard gate was open, so the guys checked out the sub and noticed that it had an open hatch upon which had been placed a fly screen (of the household variety), beggaring the question: "what is as useful as a fly screen on a submarine"??? Ironically, someone had punched a hole through the screen through which a horde of wasps had flown in through the hatch and nested. The thought came to mind of how annoying it would be - after closing up the submarine - to have the wasps buzzing around inside the sub...

Following immigration to Canada in 1975, one of the guys adjusted the saying to: "as useful as a screen door on a submarine" to accommodate Vancouver Island / BC / Canada / North America vernacular (which didn't recognize the term "fly screen").
the act of a Central Bank 'printing' fiat money, ie: quantitative easing, in an attempt to curb inflation is "as useful as a fly screen on a submarine"
by Myrddin Wyllt October 26, 2022
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Useful idiot

A term Republicans use for poor people who vote for them even though the Republican party hates poor people.
Farmer John voted for George Bush even though Bush gave a tax cut to the agribusiness behemoth down the street from John. John could not compete with the corporate behemoth and declared bankruptcy. Now John is a serf for the corporate overlords. George Bush calls these people useful idiots.
by The Corporate Avengers October 14, 2008
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