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Rumification

Rumification refers to the huge international impact of Rumiko Takahashi in the anime and manga industries.
Rumification happened when the excess of Gekiga style anime was receding.
by Snapper2001 February 28, 2026
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DeLayed gratification

A term for Money Laundering. Coined after the infamous house majority leader, Tom DeLay, after his conviction on money laundering charges.
John realized that most of the money he made was illegal, so he didn't mind some DeLayed gratification while he moved the money around in order to hide it's source.
by ohIkawtyou2 November 27, 2010
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Self gratification

When a person goes out of their way to please oneself.
"Jane just signed up for charity work even though she only think of herself"
"She's just doing it for self gratification, man"
by Dreshi January 10, 2017
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Pre-Rimification

When you finish your sugar rim on your pint before you finish your beer
On her pumkin ale the sugar nutmeg rom was go e before sha finished her beer. She got no satisfication with her beer when the pre-rimification occurred.
by Lisalee the great June 25, 2017
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Instant Gratification Policing

When law enforcement officers unreasonably require that their commands be followed immediately and without hesitation. Almost all police abuse and killings stem from this inability to be patient, deescalate, and just listen to people first.
Instant Gratification Policing can happen when police say: "Turn around!" or "Put your hands behind your back!" or "Get on your knees!"
by Cigar Dave June 9, 2020
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Christmas Gratification

Enjoying yourself sexually on Christmas as a gift.
I let him have some Christmas Gratification while I wrapped the kids presents.
by Emptychair361 January 5, 2023
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Inverted Reification Fallacy

The fallacy of treating an abstract concept, political view, or theoretical position as if it were a concrete, physical object or event with the same kind of objective reality as a rock or a tree. Where standard reification treats abstractions as things, Inverted Reification goes further—it treats political positions, ideologies, or worldviews as if they were brute facts of nature, beyond interpretation or debate. "The left believes X" becomes as solid as "water boils at 100 degrees." "Postmodernism says Y" becomes as unquestionable as "gravity pulls." The fallacy creates Concrete Hyper-realism: abstract positions treated as physical laws, interpretive frameworks treated as objective reality. The result is that debate becomes impossible because you're not arguing about interpretations anymore—you're arguing about what you've declared to be facts. And you can't debate facts, only reject them.
Inverted Reification Fallacy - Concrete Hyper-realism "Postmodernism denies objective truth—that's just a fact about what postmodernism is." That's Inverted Reification Fallacy—treating a complex, contested intellectual tradition as if it were a simple, objective fact. But postmodernism isn't a rock; it's a label for diverse thinkers with different views. Treating it as a concrete thing you can define definitively is the fallacy. Reality is complicated; treating abstractions as concrete is how we pretend it's not."
by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026
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