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Criminalized Dissent

1. The act of a any form of governing body or leader exercising punishment and/or prosecution towards an individual seeking or demonstrating protest of that governing body in any way, regardless of legality.

2. When any form of governing body or leader utilizes, mobilizes, and/or enables militant and/or police forces to detain and imprison citizen(s) regardless of applicable constitutional rights or pursuit of trial as a direct or indirect result of citizen(s) exercising any form of protest against governing rules and/or laws, regardless of how oppressive or not those rules and/or laws are.

3. The process that any form of governing body or leader takes in order to enact any and all laws needed to detain and imprison civilian(s) for the need of placating the perceiving general public and using influence to create the idea that it is permissible to do so even though it may override constitutional rights. (However, legal action is not required.)
Bob: The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is a form of criminalized dissent being pursued by the United States government.

John: No way!

Bob: Way.
by Jane Moon November 13, 2012
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dissues

The never ending pile of dishes in a single guy or girl's sink.

The food particles left on dishes, even after being cleaned in a dishwasher.
Warren would like to go to the party tonight, but he has dissues to take care of.
by constantineone December 30, 2014
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disseminate

squirting semen everywhere; often used to refer to distributing information
Man, he disseminated that shit everywhere!

He disseminated that info like a manwhore at a clusterfuck.
by the Disseminators October 16, 2008
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dissed

To disrespect: to make such an awesome and clever comeback that it renders the person whom you disrespected speechless.
(Working on a group project, you're chatting with your teammates.)

Fat girl: "Blah! You're a waste of time!"

You: "Oh yeah? You're a waste of space."

Teammate no. 1: "Oooooh, dissed!"

Everyone else: *laughing*

Fat girl: "..."
by stupidoldman April 16, 2009
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dissensus

Opposite of consensus. The inability of a group to reach unanimous agreement.
Marketing and engineering have been stuck at dissensus over inclusion of the new feature.
by Raj Gandhi April 28, 2004
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dissertaytay

1. A formal, lengthy exposition of a topic: discourse, disquisition, treatise.
2. A thorough, written presentation of an original point of view: thesis.
Dude, I've only got 2 days left to finish my dissertaytay!
by Craig Munro March 5, 2005
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Weapon of Mass Dissent

1. A person who breaks away and stands out from the crowd
2. Someone who has 0 respect for Authority
3. Someone who distrusts the Media and the Government
4. Truth Seeker
5. An excellent Poem by Warrior-Poet VivaChe
When the reporter decided to grow balls and ask the President some REAL questions, he showed everyone that he was a Weapon of Mass Dissent, not just some pansy-ass.
by Morpheus July 30, 2004
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