vacalienation

The state, prompted by an impending vacation, of hyper-awareness of your estrangement from your own humanity induced by the loss of the ability to determine your own life and destiny as a condition of employment. c.f. Marx.

I'm flying off for a week in London and Barcelona tomorrow, so I'm feeling major vacalienation from this meeting on agile practices

by Naruto Lahira March 6, 2024

Vacant Mirroring

Vā'-kənt mɪrərɪŋ/ noun
"Vacant Rhetoric" "Vacant Imitation" "Vacant Rhetorical Mirroring"

- The practice of imitating or erroneously employing rhetoric, claims, or rhetorical devices insubstantially in substitution of substantive rhetoric or claims with the intention of falsely conveying substance.
- Mimicking substantive speech or rhetoric to imply substance to an insubstantial argument, position, or claim.

eg;
"Ronny is in an debate and resorts to a 'straw man' fallacy. His opponent points out his use of the straw man and wins the debate. In a later debate, Ronny, having lost the previous debate after his opponent accused him of using a 'straw man' fallacy, decides that he too will simply accuse his opponent of using a 'straw man' tactic and thereby win.
But since his opponent did not use a straw man tactic, Ronny still loses. Ronny has engaged in 'Vacant Mirroring'."

"Her political opponent's Vacant Mirroring of her speech and rhetoric proved compelling to the voters."
"The news reporter Vacantly Mirrored the rhetoric of a reporter at a rival news agency to create the false impression that his reporting was just as legitimate as his rival's."
"The Vacant Mirroring of 'both sides-ism' convinced millions that both presidential candidates were corrupt."

by Texas Garth March 15, 2024

Vacant Mirroring

Part of Speech: Noun phrase
Pronunciation: /ˈveɪ.kənt ˈmɪr.ər.ɪŋ/
Definition: The act of imitating or copying someone else's rhetoric, speech, or mannerisms without possessing any of the substance or depth of the original, done with the intention of conveying a false impression of substance or credibility.

Synonyms: Mimicry, shallow emulation, superficial imitation

"His political speeches were often criticized for their vacant mirroring of famous leaders' orators, lacking originality and sincerity."

by Texas Garth April 1, 2024

Vacant

It means that a position is empty

When the throne is vacant
That means there is a civil war, cuz there is no king and central rule

by Samuel678 April 4, 2024

Vacation shaming

Discriminating against time off of work when actively doing just that.

When your co-worker constantly jet sets to his vacation house in Florida but engages in “vacation shaming” to get you back in to work instead of spending time with your grandma.

by Johnny boi blurp April 17, 2024

Vacation

Iam "The only 'vacation' I've had in the last 10 years has been when my car broke down while I was scrabbling to avoid eviction and get my electricity back on. My only source of income was door dash and they had turned my power off and, because my car didn't have air conditioning, the heat would roast my phone and drain my battery so I could only work a couple of hours at a time so after doing a few deliveries I would return to my apartment and plug my phone in to the outlet in the basement and then I would sit in my apartment and play Yugioh against myself until my battery was full. I would go back out and do a few more deliveries and I would repeat this process until the sun went down and I could say out for more than 2 hours at a time. And then when I got done for the night I would hook an extension cable up to a lamp and my laptop and steal electricity from the hallway so I didn't have to sit in the dark. 2 days before I made enough money to pay my rent I got pulled over for expired tabs so I needed to pay $100 so I could continue to work for the rest of the day without getting pulled over again and on the day I planned on paying my rent my car ran out of oil and my engine melted on the highway as I was about to complete the last order I needed to pay my rent and get an oil change then next day. I had to call a friend to have him help me push it down the off ramp and on to a nearby street. I managed to pay my rent but I no longer had a way

of making money so I walked 10 miles (round-trip) to get some edibles and then I sat in my apartment for a week getting high and playing Pokémon platinum. That was the vacation. After a fight with my parents they agreed to get my power and internet turned back on so I could start looking for a job... I didn't get a birthday that year... The broken down car got towed. My license got suspended. And that's when I found my current jobs. I was going to take out a loan to get a car and the one we found only had like 50,000 miles on it for 2 grand. Rather then wait for me to get pay stubs from my recently started jobs (so I could get the loan) my grandfather got impatient and impulse-bought the piece of shit I currently drive. I spent the first year repeatedly replacing my battery because when I told him that it was likely the alternator he refused to accept that the car he bought was a piece of shit. Later the next year, the alternator went out. A week after I dropped my last $500 into a new alternator the water pump went out. I now can't drive further than my place of work. The week after he bought the car I currently drive he bought HIMSELF 'The nicest car he has ever owned.' He didn't even need a new car. There was nothing wrong with his previous car. My mother said that he gave my cousin between 50,000 and 100,000 dollars to get a truck and a house. That cousin doesn't talk to anyone in the family anymore and my grandfather brings it up every time we go to breakfast."

by Hym Iam May 27, 2024

Vacation Goat

One who eats and drinks whatever remains at the conclusion of a girls’ trip, similarly to how a goat will eat anything available.

We still have an entire bottle of Bacardi left and half a key lime pie; someone’s going to need to vacation goat that shit tomorrow.

by Vacation Goat June 6, 2024