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turkey problem

Anecdote popularized (and maybe invented) by the author and former economics professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb that shows the risk in rare but harmful events. - so called "black swans".
It goes as follows:
"A Turkey is fed for 1.000 days by a butcher. Every day confirms to the turkey (and the turkey's economics department, and it's risk management department and it's analytics department ...) that in fact the butcher loves turkeys. Every day brings more confidence to the statement. Until one day the Turkey is ripe for Thanks Giving."

Definition of "Turkey Problem": A series of events or actions enticing an unsuspecting party (Turkey; usually used to symbolize people or corporations) to be misled about the amount of risk / potential harm entailed in a transaction.
by GruntPa June 13, 2019
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Turkey Movement

When you move one leg to the left and the other to the right. Then gobble gobble gobble!
When Melissa came over the other night, we heard her signal her boyfriend for a Turkey Movement.
by TheGuySmiling November 27, 2014
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Wet Turkey

A wet turkey is when you shove a ballon in her butthole then blow it up untill it pops,then you fuck her in the peehole while you ejaculate she is trying to figure out what you put in her butt.
by Julien martinez October 14, 2017
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Caroline’s Turkeys

A lady named Caroline has Turkeys that terrorize the people of Georgetown, NY. The turkeys have been seen jumping into random people’s windows looking for food and freely roaming the town. Caroline’s Turkeys can describe a group of people wandering around aimlessly, dicking around.
At work today when it got busy I turned around and my coworkers are just fucking walking around like Caroline’s Turkeys.
by Hipstereclipse August 24, 2020
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Turkey ice

Slushy ice mix on a trail where you don’t know if there’s solid ice or grippy mud under it.
Since it’s 40 degrees out, Riley Trails is all turkey ice right now.
by mattmichielsen January 13, 2021
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Cold turkey

When you say you’re going cold turkey, but are a cigarette addict
by Eekesteek August 2, 2018
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Turkey Mama

Damnnn she gained weight! She a turkey mama now!!
by Ronnie Ron July 13, 2022
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