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:
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.
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
Get the turkey problem mug.Turkey Cheese, the area of loose greasy skin underneath the chin that looks like a gobbling turkey and also some stinky, tecky and sticky Swiss smock cheese. The turkey cheese can be incorporated into many sexual maneuvers where the man whips out his small smock and buries it right into the cheese hole to the point that he's punching the turkey cheese with his smock like a punching bag.
Wow I went home with this chick from the club on Saturday and punched her turkey cheese like Mike Tyson with my mince meat sword.
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A slur for people from the New England Area, usually targeted towards Patriots fans or people who are just making a fool of themselves.
*At a Football game in Tennessee*
Patrick: "The Titans Suck! Patriots for the win!"
Nick: "Go back home you Turkey Back!"
Patrick: "The Titans Suck! Patriots for the win!"
Nick: "Go back home you Turkey Back!"
by TolerateButHate June 12, 2020
Get the Turkey Back mug.She said she was hungry so I pulled her down and let her dine on my Turkey skin giblets.
He was teabagging my Turkey skin giblets.
He was teabagging my Turkey skin giblets.
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“That’s my Torky…as it seems” 🎶
Torky can often be interchangeable with an adorable little house cat or puppy from how cute she is
The child services mentioned torky as having been spotted in a dam near a pond which only aroused suspicion
Torky, torky (a used napkin holder, etc) is simply Torkish for long lost follower/relative
“That’s my Torky…as it seems” 🎶
Torky can often be interchangeable with an adorable little house cat or puppy from how cute she is
The child services mentioned torky as having been spotted in a dam near a pond which only aroused suspicion
Torky, torky (a used napkin holder, etc) is simply Torkish for long lost follower/relative
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