A cover term is a word (or phrase) that provides a more general, legal, or accurate overarching term for a set of dissimilar terms that share a common property. Synonym: category.
"Cover term" may sound like "comfort term" when enunciated poorly or quickly, which might suggest the cover term is being used to make the original word (or phrase) more palatable or less anxiety producing to the audience. While this may occur, it is never the primary objective of using a cover term.
"Cover term" may sound like "comfort term" when enunciated poorly or quickly, which might suggest the cover term is being used to make the original word (or phrase) more palatable or less anxiety producing to the audience. While this may occur, it is never the primary objective of using a cover term.
by mrburlesk November 11, 2022
Get the cover termmug. (1.) A polite way of saying the person has only just left his/her bed.
(2.) The person recently died, and the recipients of the will want their estate immediately.
(2.) The person recently died, and the recipients of the will want their estate immediately.
Mr. Lockley: I'm terribly sorry about your aunt Jane, Jim...
Jim: Thank you, Mr. Lockley. So then, do you know whenabouts I can expect my lump-sum payment of the will?
Mrs. Lockley: For heaven's sakes Jim. The covers are still warm!
Jim: Thank you, Mr. Lockley. So then, do you know whenabouts I can expect my lump-sum payment of the will?
Mrs. Lockley: For heaven's sakes Jim. The covers are still warm!
by Gmwilkie George November 14, 2018
Get the Covers Are Still Warmmug. by 231231231231 February 16, 2021
Get the Deep Covermug. Any type of face covering, covering all or part of the face, that proves, as the name suggests, that you are either a fauci groupie or a fauci groundhog or both.
A fauci covering is not limited to the cloth mask. It can also include items such as a gas mask or a diving helmet, if fauci wants you to wear those.(for those who don't know, a diving helmet is the ancestor to modern scuba diving mask).
by Sexydimma May 27, 2022
Get the Fauci coveringmug. In general terms used in the corporate world.
When a manager/supervisor/boss stands up to protect verbally an employee from interference from other managers from other departments.
When a manager/supervisor/boss stands up to protect verbally an employee from interference from other managers from other departments.
by anonymous March 4, 2024
Get the Top covermug. Person 1: Are you addicted to abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Asexual (+: A catch-all for all other identities and orientations not covered by the specific letters.)
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Asexual (+: A catch-all for all other identities and orientations not covered by the specific letters.)
by Abreathofaversaillian January 20, 2025
Get the Asexual (+: A catch-all for all other identities and orientations not covered by the specific letters.)mug. And once the more zealous members are gone, let's face it, want to grow old with there kids and family. And if you getting busted for leading the coalition isn't a huge deal to them. So, once your gone, the risk to THOSE people would theoretically subside immediately by virtue of the impetus for what's happening being exposed and thus ending the conflict.
Hym "Not everyone is as invested in the cover up as you. Or old. Once the zealots are gone the people who don't actually care that the zealots are gone will act out of sheer self-preservation. Theoretically speaking of course. And you know, an assassination like that must clearly have been PLANNED. Right? You would have to know where Charlie Kirk was going to be. Find a viable bird's nest by casing the place beforehand. Find a way to get the gun to the sniper's den without being seen. And then you would need an escape route that avoids cameras. A place you could change your clothes in case you were seen as you fled. A get-away car. A route that would avoid both police on the way to the shooting and traffic cameras. And then you would need to drive the speed limit all the way home to resume your daily life without interrupting your work schedule in such a way that it draws suspicion. This guy clearly didn't just wake up one morning and say 'Hey imma do a murder right-quick.' No. This was PLANNED."
by Hym Iam September 11, 2025
Get the Not everyone is as invested in the cover up as youmug.