intentionalizing

when someone says something to intend something different then what is true

“why are you intentionalizing that i’m gay?” “because you look like it” “well i’m not!!”

by slipperyshoe June 5, 2023

Incesting

Interesting incest

The sex me and my sister had last night was incesting.

by SpamTheSalmon June 24, 2023

Ideption

Idea and option in 1 word

it's an idea and an option = ideption

by eknsawger August 1, 2023

ideption

idea and option in one

it's an idea and an option = ideption

by eknsawger August 1, 2023

intentional letters for chaos

This when someone utters words simply to start an argument. No one wants this. Well, some do and fuck them! Not literally.

Leo:"Hey honey. Does this shirt make me.

look fat"
Leah: "What?!? I won't fall for your

intentional letters for chaos.

again! And that shirt is mine!"

by von groovy July 17, 2024

intentional destructive cooperation

A coordinated effort by individuals or groups within a political or diplomatic framework to deliberately undermine, sabotage, or obstruct collective goals, negotiations, or institutional functions for personal, ideological, or strategic gain. This form of collaboration while appearing as teamwork aims to erode trust, create instability, or weaken opponents through tactics such as misinformation, bad-faith negotiations, strategic non-cooperation, or bureaucratic sabotage. It is often employed to stall progress, shift blame, or manipulate public perception while maintaining plausible deniability.

The act of intentional destructive cooperation is a huge problem in society today.

by Noisy Jackets March 7, 2025

Intentional Ignorance Theory

A theory, inspired by Peter Burke's "Ignorance: A Global History," proposing that ignorance is not merely the absence of knowledge but can be deliberately created, maintained, and deployed for strategic purposes—goals of power, identity, social control, mass psychology, and hegemony. Intentional Ignorance Theory argues that ignorance is often an active achievement, produced through specific practices and institutions. Modern manifestations include dismissal tactics like Sokalism, Kampfism, and Boghossianism-Lindsayism-Pluckroseism; biases like Objectivity Bias, Unbiased Bias, and the Fallacy Fallacy; and rhetorical strategies like Neo-Sophism and Scientistic Sophism. Historically, it appears in colonial suppression of indigenous knowledge, institutional cover-ups, and elite cultivation of public ignorance. The theory reveals that ignorance is often not something to be overcome but something actively produced—and that understanding how ignorance is made is as important as understanding how knowledge is made.

Example: "The tobacco industry spent decades cultivating Intentional Ignorance about smoking's health effects—funding contradictory research, attacking legitimate science, creating doubt where none existed. They weren't ignorant; they were making ignorance. Intentional Ignorance Theory explains how knowledge is suppressed, how doubt is manufactured, how entire populations can be kept in the dark by those who benefit from their darkness. The theory doesn't just describe ignorance; it reveals its politics."

by Dumu The Void March 8, 2026