moving the goalposts

The act of redefining the conditions for victory or completion of a task, either when the original conditions for achieving them were met or whilst the person or group is busy working to achieve the current conditions, in order to prevent them from succeeding. Usually done with malice by a superior or peer looking to exclude or remove people from a group by portraying them as incompetent of not completing the task they keep altering.

When Jake was close to finishing his training, his supervisor who had always hated him started moving the goalposts by claiming that Jake needed four references of work experience instead of two in order to graduate, a condition that nobody else had to meet and with only one day left for the deadline. Jake didn't pass.

by thejimler May 5, 2015

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mroing

Apparently, the time of day when news concerning the death of babby is reported.

It was on the news this mroing.

by zeeroid July 16, 2009

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I'm not moving to Burbank

When you don't want to do something others want you to do.

Everyone tells me I'd go big in Hollywood. Yeah? I'm not moving to Burbank.

by JormanThoad June 18, 2018

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Mozingo'd

The act of catching a person red-handed when they are not going to Sunday school.

Skyler: "Hey let's go somewhere else instead of class."
Parker: "Hey who's that?"
Skyler: "Man we got Mozingo'd!"

by d3ck3r June 2, 2013

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furniture moving

A metaphore for fighting

Jessica: I saw your husband Jaquan kissing on some chick last night.

Starkesha: Oh, there's about to be some furniture moving tonight.

Jessica: Just don't shoot the n*gga.

by GreyLadi July 7, 2011

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