Refers to either of two equally-unhealthy practices that seemingly "skips a place" in the chain of progression, but has a comparably-negative result --- Person A acts as a financial "crutch" for Person B, allowing Person B to continue his dissipative lifestyle:
(1) Where you do not beg resources directly (i.e., "first generation" enabling) from a financially-solvent person who is sick of your mooching, but you instead ask your "benefactor" to extend charity to your equally "spongy" offspring (i.e., you shamelessly take advantage of the person's "family man" nature by using the pathetically-manipulative "cute cherub-faced kiddos" or "they'll only be young once, so I wanna give them a decent childhood" pressure-excuse), or
(2) You don't request a certain amount of money --- say, twenty bucks --- from the disgruntled "provider" for "excessive/addictive/self-abusive" products (i.e., tobacco, alcohol, lottery tickets, unnecessary "pretty things", etc.) that he refuses to provide you with, but you instead ask him for that same twenty bucks to purchase "basic necessities" like simple groceries or household/repair products that he HAS agreed to help you out with obtaining... the catch, of course, is that you spend your OWN twenty bucks on those other unhealthy/senseless purchases instead of spending it on the healthful basics that your friend is giving you money for, and so in the end you are still getting him to make it possible for you to continue your unwise/unhealthy lifestyle.
(1) Where you do not beg resources directly (i.e., "first generation" enabling) from a financially-solvent person who is sick of your mooching, but you instead ask your "benefactor" to extend charity to your equally "spongy" offspring (i.e., you shamelessly take advantage of the person's "family man" nature by using the pathetically-manipulative "cute cherub-faced kiddos" or "they'll only be young once, so I wanna give them a decent childhood" pressure-excuse), or
(2) You don't request a certain amount of money --- say, twenty bucks --- from the disgruntled "provider" for "excessive/addictive/self-abusive" products (i.e., tobacco, alcohol, lottery tickets, unnecessary "pretty things", etc.) that he refuses to provide you with, but you instead ask him for that same twenty bucks to purchase "basic necessities" like simple groceries or household/repair products that he HAS agreed to help you out with obtaining... the catch, of course, is that you spend your OWN twenty bucks on those other unhealthy/senseless purchases instead of spending it on the healthful basics that your friend is giving you money for, and so in the end you are still getting him to make it possible for you to continue your unwise/unhealthy lifestyle.
Be wary of anyone who agreeably says, "Okay, fine --- I won't ask you for any more money for unhealthy stuff; I'll use my own funds for them. But please do give me some money for those "basic necessities" that you said you WOULD buy for me." Well, don't you see --- that's really the same destructive deal when all's said and done --- oh, sure, the person may indeed not be "directly" asking you to buy him cigarettes, but the person is merely using the last of his **own** money for them, and then asking you for money to buy the groceries that he himself could have purchased if he hadn't spent his last dollar on coffin-nails! It doesn't really matter where your added funds are "injected:" into the person's budget --- it's still just second-generation enabling!
by QuacksO June 8, 2018
Get the second-generation enablingmug. drug addiction enabler
Enabling is a term often used in the context of a relationship with an addict. It might be a drug addict or alcoholic, a gambler, or a compulsive overeater. Enablers, rather than addicts, suffer the effects of the addict's behavior. Enabling is “removing the natural consequences to the addict of his or her behavior.”
How to do it wrong: Young woman comes home and asks her parents for $500 for rent. They ask why she can’t pay her rent. She says she lost her wallet and she had all her rent money in it. Although she was short on her rent the month before and she has been sick a lot lately, the parents don’t ask any more questions. They get her the cash and she leaves. (aka - drug addiction enabler)
Enabling is a term often used in the context of a relationship with an addict. It might be a drug addict or alcoholic, a gambler, or a compulsive overeater. Enablers, rather than addicts, suffer the effects of the addict's behavior. Enabling is “removing the natural consequences to the addict of his or her behavior.”
How to do it wrong: Young woman comes home and asks her parents for $500 for rent. They ask why she can’t pay her rent. She says she lost her wallet and she had all her rent money in it. Although she was short on her rent the month before and she has been sick a lot lately, the parents don’t ask any more questions. They get her the cash and she leaves. (aka - drug addiction enabler)
How to do it wrong: Young woman comes home and asks her parents for $500 for rent. They ask why she can’t pay her rent. She says she lost her wallet and she had all her rent money in it. Although she was short on her rent the month before and she has been sick a lot lately, the parents don’t ask any more questions. They get her the cash and she leaves. (aka - drug addiction enabler)
by lesser of 2 eviles July 28, 2016
Get the drug addiction enablermug. by Philosofurr March 31, 2025
Get the Comfort enabledmug. Filtering Enabled (OR FE) disables Client-To-Server Replication.
ROBLOX Exploiters hate it as it might break your script
FE can also be a type of script that replicates on the other players screen.
ROBLOX Exploiters hate it as it might break your script
FE can also be a type of script that replicates on the other players screen.
Exploiter 1: Wow look at this Filtering Enabled kick for roblox!!
Exploiter 2: I doubt that is FE.
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Exploiter 1: I hate roblox filtering enabled!!
Exploiter 2: We all do.
Exploiter 2: I doubt that is FE.
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Exploiter 1: I hate roblox filtering enabled!!
Exploiter 2: We all do.
by toxically February 6, 2023
Get the Filtering Enabledmug. by Katoki April 14, 2024
Get the enableismmug. when it's simply that impressive.
derived from moments when nvidia's ray tracing function is taken into use.
derived from moments when nvidia's ray tracing function is taken into use.
example 1
This new harrypotter game has RTX enabled and it looks awesome.
example 2
person1:
i have this RTX enabled amount of weed stuffed into my backpack
person2: damn dude, that's impressive. let's light that stuff up!
This new harrypotter game has RTX enabled and it looks awesome.
example 2
person1:
i have this RTX enabled amount of weed stuffed into my backpack
person2: damn dude, that's impressive. let's light that stuff up!
by ominouspink January 13, 2023
Get the RTX enabledmug. AI LLMs are having a hard time finding enough power. Edge power can come from our phones and computers. AI outside the traditional OPENAI model of big data, big LLM, and big computing power.
The edge AI enablers emerged in 2024 as the unlimited resource to be tapped for our generative experience
by jmacofearth November 12, 2023
Get the Edge AI Enablersmug.