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quote-laundering

The act of citing a source to support a hypothesis and burying the reference in a footnote or endnote that, once investigated, turns out to be irrelevant, spurious or entirely fictitious.

Similar to quote-stuffing, a common practice in academic paper-writing, but not to be confused with quote mining.
I was trying to track down that juicy reference that Malcolm Gladwell dropped about what Nietzsche said about cell phones but it turned out to be total quote-laundering.
by panopticonopolis December 1, 2011
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gun launderer

Taking an illegally obtained gun and giving it legitimacy. Giving stolen guns legitimate pedigrees and the proper papers to go along with them. This is a problem in Canada where a gun registry exists
"Bring me a gun and i'll make it legit, I'm a gun launderer. That's how it works my friend"
by Drebin June 24, 2015
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Pussy Laundering Scheme

A fictitious activity used to impress a potential mate
"Rick is out with his latest Pussy Laundering Scheme, telling girls about his soup kitchen for stray dogs
by Stevemadden November 13, 2017
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Anton landerer

your favorite hoodlum rock climber. has strong hands and is super HOT
hes an Anton landerer
by jksafhdhflak January 15, 2019
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No Hander Lander

When you swing from the hips to slap your cock on to the forehead of your wife and/or girlfriend/mistress. Best done when she is sitting at the computer.
Dude i laid the best no hander lander on Toni the other day! Good work Ben!
by oddy2222 February 25, 2019
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information laundering

Telling a lie to another party via your lawyer, and their's, so that now the other party believes it. Whereas they wouldn't have believed it directly from you.
I got my lawyer to do some information laundering so that idiot would believe me.
by Frank Flintstone February 11, 2010
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social media laundering

The act of getting another person to post a potentially controversial comment on social media sites (e.g. Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc.) because of a concern that the post will offend ones friends and/or reflect poorly on oneself.
John, who was a liberal (and kind of a pussy), and had a lot of conservative friends, decided to do some social media laundering when posting his views on social issues.
by weyus August 7, 2011
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