Zero Sum Total

Outcome of failed incursion or influence strategy wherein no victory can be achieved.

A zero sum total occurs when a planned strategy faces an inevitable outcome where the probability of success becomes zero and nothing is achieved.

Examples of real world zero sun totals:

Zero Sum Total Political Strategy:
The 45th President continually claims the nation is in decline by degrading any positive results made by the 46th President. In doing so, they create a mindset that positive outcomes are not possible regardless who has achieved them. This results in no net gains of solutions for the nation.

Geopolitical Example: Russia aims to conquer ukraine but must destroy ukraine to conquer and by doing so unites majority of world against Russia and their Allie’s while achieving no real physical victory.

by anonymous July 31, 2023

Zero Sum Total

Outcome of failed incursion or influence strategy wherein no victory can be achieved.

A zero sum total occurs when a planned strategy faces an inevitable outcome where the probability of success becomes zero and nothing is achieved.

Examples of real world zero sun totals:

Zero Sum Total Political Strategy:
The 45th President continually claims the nation is in decline by degrading any positive results made by the 46th President. In doing so, they create a mindset that positive outcomes are not possible regardless who has achieved them. This results in no net gains of solutions for the nation.

Geopolitical Example: Russia aims to conquer ukraine but must destroy ukraine to conquer and by doing so unites majority of world against Russia and their Allie’s while achieving no real physical victory.

by Boomerboy79 July 31, 2023

from zero to website

The process of building a website without considering smaller milstones throughout the project.

We should have released smaller pieces of the site as we worked. Instead we tried to go from zero to website, and now it's been 2 years in development.

by Scott R King April 16, 2008

Subject Zero

One hot ass bitch in Mass Effect 2 and 3. She's got good tattoos, badass attitude, and some powerful biotics. In 3 she becomes a teacher which turns out to be a good career option for her.

"Testing on Subject Zero was a mistake"

by Dovahkiin1144 February 22, 2019

Super-zero

Characters who aren't heroes or anti-heroes because they really aren't heroic at all, or worthy of idolizing or redemption, and they also don't do only what a real person would or could do in the same situations, they go far beyond the pale. Truly un-relatable and unrealistic.

Scarface, Breaking Bad & The Sopranos main characters were all super-zeroes.

by BaaLyle January 29, 2019

Priority Zero

Paramedic term for time AND life-critical patient, especially when their condition deteriorates so badly that they could pass if not treated immediately.

Paramedic: Received a Code One case (time critical and unconscious) patient who suffered a fall, but during our travels, but it has turned into a Priority Zero as she also a cardiac patient who is having a cardiac arrest as we speak. We must get to her ASAP.

by brockhoward October 1, 2019

world zero

A roblox dungeon crawler game. Created by abstactalex and his crew. you choose 1 of the 3 basic classes(swordmaster, arcane mage, defender). you can collect "class tickets" to get better classes. oddly enough, there are 6 worlds(as of writing this) when the game is called "world zero"...
As of now, the max level cap is 90

I hit level 90 in world zero!

by anonymous May 5, 2021