strategery

Used in a Saturday Night Live sketch parodying the 2000 presidential debates in which George W. Bush (played by Will Farrell) uses the word to summarize his campaign. The term satirizes Bush's propensity for mispronunciation. (The episode of SNL aired on October 7, 2000.)

Question: "George W. Bush. In your own words please summarize your presidential campaign."

Bush: "Strategery."

by Rev. Lovejoy February 5, 2005

Gypsy Rose Lee Strategy

In negotiations or in a hierarchy, this is a strategy of holding back the commitment of some resources. The plan is that they might be subsequently required by a customer or superior and, when provided, gives them the sense that they have gained a considerable concession. This is named after Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970), American ecdysiast (stripteaser), who advised a stripper to pretend that she had completed her disrobing but still had one or more garments that could be removed and had been planned to do so. This caused the customers to clamor for her to remove more, and when she would seemingly reluctantly did so, it would, give them the sense of having gotten something extra.

On my original proposal, I used the Gypsy Rose Lee strategy by not listing some things that were planned because I knew that they would be requested and I wanted to give the impression of them having gained some big concessions.

by Duckbutt January 30, 2007

strategic yogurt production

French foreign trade protectionism

Even though Dannon owns a large chunk of Pepsi, they wanted to make it illegal becuase of their strategic yogurt production.

by Joe Noory January 15, 2008

f***strated

upset and angry at the same time

Man, this history project makes me so f***strated

by Samano May 29, 2008

bilateral strategically stalking

two separate individual’s plan of action to simultaneously give obsessive attention to one another in an inconspicuous yet playful manner to achieve a particular goal

The way those two are bilateral strategically stalking each other at this party, the night should have a happy ending for both of them.

by Ichiban80 September 1, 2011

Learning Strategies

The most boring course you could take in all of school history.

Learning Strategies is a horrible course please get rid of it.

by BobDaBlob27 October 4, 2023

Strategic Withdrawl

To run away, but in a strategic manner.

Used When:

- Every last resource is washed up

- All hope for winning is lost

- You aren't sure what to do next

- Your enemy will surely plow you into the ground

Often used in anime such as Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple.

A failed attempt at strategic withdrawl:

Girl: *runs away* Strategic withdrawl! *throws excessive amounts of food at guy*

Guy: *catches all food, unfazed*

A successful attempt at strategic withdrawl:

"Hero": Crap, I guess it's time for STRATEGIC WITHDRAWL! *throws large amounts of dirt at enemy's face while running away*

Bad Guy: Dammit, always with the strategic withdrawl! *cough cough*

by Ami-chan August 2, 2010