This is a response to the dilemma of having to choose between Bud Light or Blight, and Bud Light Platinum or Plight. Like the fight-or-flight response, the blight-or-plight response is a physiologic reaction to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival. After the initial shock due to a systematic increase in adrenaline, the response results in disgust and rejection of either beer option.
When I first walked into the liquor store I had a wicked blight-or-plight response until I realized the microbrews were hidden all the way in the back.
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Inflected Form(s): pre·poned; pre·pon·ing
Etymology: Latin preponere to place before, prepone, from pre- + ponere to place -- more at POSITION
Date: circa 2003, Providence RI
1 : to put off to an earlier time : pre-DEFER
2 a : to place earlier (as in a sentence) than the normal position in English <prepone an adjective> b : to place earlier in order of precedence, preference, or importance.
Inflected Form(s): pre·poned; pre·pon·ing
Etymology: Latin preponere to place before, prepone, from pre- + ponere to place -- more at POSITION
Date: circa 2003, Providence RI
1 : to put off to an earlier time : pre-DEFER
2 a : to place earlier (as in a sentence) than the normal position in English <prepone an adjective> b : to place earlier in order of precedence, preference, or importance.
Jonas, Peter and Rowena scheduled a meeting for 11:00, but Sam preponed it to 10:00 due to an impending etymology debate.
by Peter Wyner September 11, 2003
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An action describing that the person, place or thing being of having been interacted with has yielded no output.
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After the Mayor received heavy criticism for poor spending, he offered a blanket response to the press to buy himself some time.
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Get the Duff nutz response mug.It's the opposite to postponed. When one has made an appointment and needs to make it earlier rather than later.
Hi Peter, Can we "prepone" our 5pm meeting today to 3pm? I have another engagement that has come up.
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