Defention is the act of defending yourself against someone else defending themselves. Such as someone hitting you in defense and you hit them back in defention.
I defended myself against her defention.
by Strigger January 26, 2012
Get the Defention mug.When an abusive man, even one previously convicted of spousal abuse, lies as a way to dismiss or excuse his own abuse towards her. This is often accompanied by a social campaign against her and the suppression of her evidence in court that he was abusive.
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When a guy and girl are making out and the guy continues to try to cop a feel despite the girl moving his hand away. Eventually she gives in and allows him to reach "second base on defensive indifference."
Guy 1: Last night I got to 2nd base with Sally!
Guy 2: Really?!? She let you touch her boobs?
Guy 1: She didn't want me to. But I was persistent, so she allowed it. I guess I reached second base on defensive indifference.
Guy 2: Sweet.
Guy 2: Really?!? She let you touch her boobs?
Guy 1: She didn't want me to. But I was persistent, so she allowed it. I guess I reached second base on defensive indifference.
Guy 2: Sweet.
by PrenticeRedman November 27, 2011
Get the Second Base on Defensive Indifference mug.depends on the weather could mean yes or no. Most likely yes, most likely no. Honestly it just depends on the weather.
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Get the depends on the weather mug.by Andy Pettitte August 14, 2004
Get the Defensewhere mug.An attempt to deflect criticism of one's own stupidity for being unable to discern between satire and reality onto the supposed stupidity of a group, particularly one that is looked down upon by current company, by invoking Poe's Law. When someone is called out for responding seriously to an obvious troll or satire, they will attempt to explain that their failure to comprehend the source was not due to their own lack of reading ability, but because there are individuals within that group that are so crazy, stupid, or devious that it could have actually been legitimate.
Person A: I can't believe this Jonathan Swift guy wanted to eat babies!
Person B: That was a satire, dumbass.
Person A: Hah! Isn't that funny? Those intellectual elites are so cold and inhumane that when one of them talks about cannibalism, you can't even tell if he's joking!
Person B: Poe's Defense? Really?
Person B: That was a satire, dumbass.
Person A: Hah! Isn't that funny? Those intellectual elites are so cold and inhumane that when one of them talks about cannibalism, you can't even tell if he's joking!
Person B: Poe's Defense? Really?
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Get the Poe's Defense mug.The most defensive people in the world are the ones who call other people defensive, and never admit to being defensive themselves.
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