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recall

Big Media's new favorite clickbait headliner word for already fixed and/or easily fixable software-only issues that require no action or knowledge on the owner's part to be "fixed." Only applies to Teslas because legacy auto has already bought and paid for the media. Also doesn't apply to every computer or smart phone ever made even though it's the exact same update process.

As long as you're Big Media, you're talking about Tesla, it's an easily fixable issue, and, especially if it's already fixed in a previous software update, then it's a recall. Else it's not news worthy (i.e. not a recall).
Big Media Headline: TESLA RECALLS ALL OF ITS VEHICLES TO ADD AN OPTIONAL CHIME.

Translation: "This over-the-air software update was already sent out to the entire fleet but we just learned about it and need to get money get paid. So this is NEWS and it's a RECALL, ok?"
by tslaqq69 February 3, 2022
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recalcitrant

Choosing not to atone for one's crimes.
The recalcitrant bastard child fleed from the authorities.
by Larstait November 14, 2003
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Recalcitrant Donkey

Sterilized profanity translation is Bad Ass.
(Sterilized profanity is a method of swearing you can do in front of your mother during dinner and, (if your father drinks) your father won't get the joke before you have finished dessert.)
Dude. That guy at the end of the bar is a bit of a recalcitrant donkey. It's best to leave him alone.

Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, allow The Recalcitrant Donkey to hear you call him that, otherwise, you will have to explain the meaning to him before he beats you to a bloody pulp!
by Johnobody June 13, 2010
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Recall

A recall is when a company needs something they sold back if there was a major issue with it that caused safety issues and fires that were caused by a problem in the thing
We have to recall 44,000 lamps due to a issue that caused a fire.
by TheCar2000 November 12, 2018
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total recall

to recall, to remember something, usally nostalgic - hence the reference to sci-fi 'nold schwarz. Used during conversation when a memory comes up and needs to be shared immediately. Not used for the mundane i.e. 'can you total recall if we have any toilet paper at home?'

after one proper use between interlocutors, 'total recall' will be abbreviated to 'totes rec'.
Pee: ...or we could go looting

Poo: we'd be like omg do you total recall that time we looted all those fire victims' houses?

Pee: oh...totes rec all the sweet charred booty!... yeh but no.
by 3S74R March 13, 2009
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recalculous

At first glance, this word means "ridiculous", but in reality it means "amazing that you found out this word is really in Urban Dictionary"
What! That's recalculous! I made up that word over 20, hell 30 years ago!
by SchlabbyGirl June 2, 2008
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Total Recalling

The act of crushing an ammonia inhalent capsule and shoving it up an unsuspecting sleeping victims nose. ** Named after the scene in the popular 80's action film Total Recall, where lead character Douglas Quaid is asked to remove a tracking device from his brain through his nasal cavity.
As I approached the stop light, ammonia inhalent capsule in hand, I couldn't resist the need to Total Recall my shithead brother who'd fallen asleep a few miles back. Needless to say, he did not like it at all. Total Recalling FTW%
by Cbass2 December 27, 2011
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