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de junta

Any rule or practice established by a junta, whether by law or not. Primarily used in contrast with de jure meaning in principle or by law. Related to de facto, meaning in fact or in practice as opposed to being by principle or law.

A de facto practice or situation established by persons having come to power by revolution.

Related words :
junta : revolutionary government in power by force or deception rather than law.

de facto : in fact, whether by law or not.

Antonyms :

de jure : established by principle or law
Is the practice of beating opposition politicians de-jure or de-facto? It is de-junta!

It is the de jure standard that politicians should be able to speak freely. It has become de junta that politicians speaking against the government are assaulted.
by nzgov August 19, 2014
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de sarandé'd

When you're absolutely focked off your face, typically on pills, MD or ketamine. Usually considered one of the three cornerstones of the trinity of focked.
Frankie was so de sarandé'd last night she forgot what her mum looked like
by Matty T 420 June 2, 2016
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De Andre

De Andre is a soft spoken person with a huge personality who you can trust
De Andre is so helpful
by DeAndé October 21, 2019
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Des Moines

A place where everyone is actually pretty okay except for the privileged West Siders who can't seem to mind their business. Not synonymous with West Des Moines.
Man... I'm so sick of these people in West Des Moines not knowing how to drive. Let's go to the East Village in Des Moines.
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Des's Cave

3 Guys fit in and she looks "surprised" they all fit in with room to spare
Did you see Facebook? Everyone went on a hike and they all ended in Des's Cave.
by HikingAnonymous August 11, 2019
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De Montfort

DeMontfort Uni is a Leicester based University which made the bright decision to utilise a glorified wind tunnel as it's fucking campus.

Though spacious and open plan, it is surrounded by some properly dodgy areas to go at night, typically infested with crack heads, and worse still, cyclists.
Steve: Hey Mark, you wanna head down to De montfort to enjoy the sun?

Mark: Nah man, I don't particularly fancy being run down by an Uber Eats moped mid campus, and then having the gale force winds defile my corpse
by Sherma985 May 28, 2022
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de-Musk

Realizing that Elon Musk is an asshole and rejecting use of his products
I just learned that Elon Musk is an asshole therefore I'm going to de-Musk but not using Twitter.
by Laughs Along With Humans December 18, 2022
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