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Dissendium

1. A highly evolved organism created by an electro-chemical reaction caused when BBCi dropped the ball.

2. Destructor of text talk.

3. Home of authors of world renown. No, truly.
And on the eighth day Dissendium was created. And the Internet saw that it was good.
by Albert M. January 13, 2005
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dissent

Dissent echoed through the room
by ._QUEEN_. December 5, 2015
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dissnowpointment

The deep sadness felt when forecasted snow does not fall or accumulate as anticipated. Most commonly impacts inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest, west of the Cascade Mountains.
"There was city-wide dissnowpointment when the weather advisory was wrong. Again. And everyone had to go to work and school as usual."

"Dissnowpointment was widely shared on-line, with pictures posted of bare pavement and captions about school closures in Portland and Seattle."
by ella_dude January 28, 2012
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Urban dissin'ary

This is the subset of Urban dictionary, where definers use definitions to vent their spite for a certain group of people, whether or not the word being defined is actually relevant. Definers will either make up a word (like I just did) or worse, piggyback on another word, and then begin spewing their hateful commentary. In my opinion, rather than polluting the definition, these people should just start a blog and say "I can't stand people who dress like X and come from Y and think of themselves as Z" and follow it up with some more penetrative commentary.

Often someone will express their distaste for something by attempting to coin a derogatory term for people who like that thing. Rather than simply state that they think that Edgar Meyer is a pedestrian musician, they try to characterize someone who would listen to Edgar Meyer as an ignorant philistine.

The definition you are reading may seem like an example, but it has the following important distinction: it describes the action that people that annoy me do. I am not implicitly asserting that other characterists correlate to committing such an action. I am not saying that people who do this wear Calvin Klein jeans, listen to Benny Goodman, come from a certain rural regions east of Duvall WA, or drive a metallic green Japanese hybrid vehicle.
OK, this does belong in the Urban dissin'ary.
by FineHall December 14, 2009
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Cocknitive Dissonance

When you are aroused by something that probably shouldn’t arouse you.
Person 1: I saw a picture of my grandma at the beach when she was younger, she used to be hot.

Person 2: Looks like a case of cocknitive dissonance
by ShadyMemeDealer97 May 20, 2018
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deflective-dissonance

a last ditch tactic in either a debate, argument, and or social issue when a person(s) avoid answering a direct question with good and honest intentions, quote false facts, impugn others, and simply will not admit to the abundantly obvious question, fact, point, or truth. Because admitting to the point, would be defeat or they are wrong.
Joe-I'm overwhelmingly qualified. I have a degree in the field, managed the award winning team, and have the most experience of all the candidates, yet you only hire the white personnel, so you're a racist. Boss- I just go with my gut instinct on hiring, like the NFL. Joe-That's deflective-dissonance!
by Giancarlo Jones February 27, 2022
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Post-VR Dissonance

Post-VR Dissonance is a feeling users that are new to Virtual Reality devices often experience after using the console. Some feelings include feeling like you're remotely controlling yourself, a need to touch something to feel grounded, and possibly symptoms of Motion Sickness. After a few days the dissonance disappears and using VR and regular life become second nature. It is recommended to not use VR applications that use Joystick movement, high intensity games, or very long experiences in VR when one is new to the platform, as these can possibly worsen the effects of Post-VR Dissonance.
Clyde played a high intensity VR game the first day he used his headset, and felt Post-VR Dissonance because of it.
by M. D, VR Enthusiast August 16, 2020
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