When someone does a simple task requested of them badly on purpose so they seem too incompetent to do said task, thus ensuring nothing is ever asked of them again.
Jill: "Will you do *insert simple task here*?"
Jack: "Ugh, I guess." *Does it wrong so she feels that she can't trust him to do it right*
Jill: *Sees the horrible job jack did* "Oh.. I guess I should just do it myself next time.."
Jack: "Great! Weaponized incompetence works!"
Jill: "... What..?"
Jack: "Ugh, I guess." *Does it wrong so she feels that she can't trust him to do it right*
Jill: *Sees the horrible job jack did* "Oh.. I guess I should just do it myself next time.."
Jack: "Great! Weaponized incompetence works!"
Jill: "... What..?"
by ExplodingStrawberries November 8, 2024
Get the Weaponized Incompetencemug. The mighty being who seems stable but is given the ability to turn anything in their environment to a dangerous weapon. Don't be fooled by their "innocence", the consequences may be fatal if triggered
by Dungeon master 7884 July 6, 2022
Get the Kal-El: God of weaponsmug. A distinctive device explicitly stated to be made to cause harm or death such as a adult human being or a large bore artillery piece or automotive vehicle under your private control
by Cody5050 February 13, 2022
Get the Weaponmug. A weapon in a solo or multiplayer video game that is easy to use. Usually consist of high quality looks, faster reload time, and inflicts a large amount of damage on an opponent. They're earned progressively in-game or bought.
by SkyAir June 13, 2019
Get the CHEESE WEAPONmug. CIA runs electronic harassment and NSA and Schriever AFB DEWs, V2K, RNM, hologram, voice cloning, capability and DARPA implants and FBI runs gangstalking and Fusion Centers sychronize everything and they use all of their partnerships as partners in crime and flying monkeys to smear campaign, gaslight, harass, attack, and destroy you with plausible deniability.
by TI Satan June 26, 2023
Get the Directed Energy Weaponmug. A term used by bad managers and by friends, family members, and romantic partners alike in circumstances where they want somebody else to do things their way but they do not want to properly communicate what their way is (or where they are happy to wax on about frivolous details but never justify why said details would actually matter to anyone else).
They will describe whoever is doing a sufficiently poor job reading their minds as incompetent, and if they suspect you are doing a poor job specifically so that they'll have to meet their own ineffable requirements (if you want something done "right", do it yourself) then they will call it "weaponized" incompetence.
In their minds the term means "feigning not being good at a task to get out of doing it" but in practice such a campaign could only ever work when there's only one person who has skin in the game for the task to be done in a certain way to begin with.
They will describe whoever is doing a sufficiently poor job reading their minds as incompetent, and if they suspect you are doing a poor job specifically so that they'll have to meet their own ineffable requirements (if you want something done "right", do it yourself) then they will call it "weaponized" incompetence.
In their minds the term means "feigning not being good at a task to get out of doing it" but in practice such a campaign could only ever work when there's only one person who has skin in the game for the task to be done in a certain way to begin with.
"Don't you even know how to make me a sandwich? The pickles have to go on top of the provolone, and the mustard and mayonaise should never touch. You didn't even cut off the crust, and who slices a sandwich lengthwise? It *must* be diagonal! Fine, I'll make my own damned sandwich, but I swear you do this on purpose just to avoid doing it the right way. It's weaponized incompetence! *huff*"
by Happ MacDonald April 8, 2024
Get the weaponized incompetencemug. Australian Slang: A person who is highly competent at a specific skill. ‘Weapon’ refers to a person who displays great skills or competence. ‘On the tools’ is an ambiguous reference to a particular task or skill set.
by PAtredes November 7, 2023
Get the Weapon on the toolsmug.