by conman on dat perc June 8, 2023
Get the percnation mug.It is when a country attacks another country (or entity) that it fears may plan to attack it later. In other words, it takes action not because of factual threat but of mere potential risk. The precautionary principle is also applied when someone is detained or jailed not because of what he has actually done but because of what the government or police think he may potentially do.
The United States attacked and occupied Iraq using the Precautionary Principle. Nothing would prevent it to use the same principle to attack Iran.
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two-foot to two-foot jump undertaken by traceurs as part of parkour. name derived from the fashion in which the distance is precicely controled. the aim is not to jump too far, it is to jump an exact distance; for instance from one rail to the next.
two-foot to two-foot jump undertaken by traceurs as part of parkour. name derived from the fashion in which the distance is precicely controled. the aim is not to jump too far, it is to jump an exact distance; for instance from one rail to the next.
'that's what... four foot? i could precision that easily'
'did you precision? it was like a ten-meter rail-to-rail!'
'did you precision? it was like a ten-meter rail-to-rail!'
by Flamsmark January 12, 2005
Get the precision mug.I'm getting a migraine. I think it's a preaction to the staff meeting we have scheduled at work tomorrow.
by BonnieG December 9, 2008
Get the preaction mug.A bass model crafted by Fender, and endlessly imitated. Slang term is the "P-bass". The first electric bass guitar manufactured in 1958, this has evolved into one of the most popular models ever. A versatile instrument, and extremely well rounded, but known for being able to produce a nice, fatter, lower tone. Sometimes said to be a "punk" instruument, but that's normally coming from the mouths of Ibanez-loving metalheads.
by The Allergen April 30, 2005
Get the Precision Bass mug.Referring to any massively pregnant woman who has retained advanced dexterity in daily activities. Observers marvel at both the miracle of life and the developmental mom's freakish mobility, likened to the heroism of Lions' WR Calvin Johnson.
Those iron supplements were stocked way up high, but Pregatron managed to haul them in with crisp alacrity.
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