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Special Tactics

Phrase used in StarCraft 2 play, especially at the pro level, to describe adapting to a situation with a seemingly on the fly strategy that exploits a specific mistake made by an opponent that is unlikely to be repeated later in the game or in further games for that round if it were countered by using a conventional strategy. As an opponent would then be forced to react by changing their overall playstyle for the remaining games in the match, the targeted weakness will likely disappear. Thus a player would lose their metagame advantage of being able to predict where and when an opponent is open to attacks.

Comes from veteran Ukranian StarCraft progamer Aleksey "White-Ra" Krupnyk responding to a question regarding how he would handle an infamously tough match-up for him in an event, which due to his strong accent and odd use of English came out in a memorable fashion:

"Don't worry, I use Special Tactics this time, no problem."

White-Ra went onto win the match 3-0 and advance to the next round by playing standardized openings that moved into bizarre unit mixes and unorthodox usage of them that were unique to each game but in all cases exploited the same specific weakness in his opponent's strategy.
"Dave played a normal 3-gate robo opening, but then shifted into some bizarre 1 colossus and 4 zealots in 2 warp prisms to kill his opponent's workers and kite his marines away from the base at the same time."
"Well he must have used Special Tactics"

"He was pushing out of his main base with a ball of marines while expanding to his natural, so I used Special Tactics and dropped 4 blue-flame hellions to kill of his workers in the main, then picked them up and dropped them in front of his retreating marines while dropping 2 tanks behind his mineral line to pick-off workers as they're made and destroy his buildings."
by Grandpa 'toss October 12, 2012
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Trace-Buster

To bust someone's trace.

To cock-block.

Can be modified with itself to bust someone's trace-buster. See example.
I kept trying to dance with her, but her friends kept trace-busting me.

Jiri Nishi used a trace-buster-buster-buster to bust Gump's trace-buster-buster.
by momosexxxual October 13, 2009
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Tractor lover

A kid from Yale Michigan goes by the nickname tractor lover. His dad Brad beats him in a closet.
by Fuckyalemichigan June 17, 2019
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Tractor tipping

An activity taken place in the world of cars most notably seen in the first movie. It includes harassing the equivalent of cows in the real world.
Hey Lightning, want to go harass those sleeping tractors who have done nothing wrong to us whatsoever?

Or...

Hey Lightning, wanna go tractor tipping?”
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Tactical Fisting

The act of fisting oneself in order to prepare one's vagina for childbirth.
Person 1: "That bitch is so loose I bet her kids would just fall out."
Person 2: "I'd rather that than the pain of childbirth!"
Person 3: "You should be doing a few tactical fisting sessions then, it will make the whole process much more pleasant."
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no trace fap

when your at a friends, a relatives, or even your girlfriends and they have to leave the house for some reason and your all alone and you rub one out and when they get back they dont know (sometimes they have a suspicion and look for clues) because u dont leave a stain, tissue and not even the internet history or even a boner when they meet you unexpectly
grannys tried to catch me slippin with her fast hd laptop and her nice guest bedroom with a kleenex box conviently placed on the nightstand but little does she know ima no trace fapper
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Maybe I'll Be Tracer

I'm already Tracer
What about Widowmaker?
I'm already Widowmaker
I'll be Bastion
Nerf Bastion
You're right. So, Winston
I wanna be Winston
I guess I'll be Genji
I'm already Genji
Then I'll be McCree
I already chose McCree
I have an idea
What's your idea?
You should be...
I'm not gonna be Mercy
him: Maybe I'll Be Tracer -
her: IM ALREADY TRACERRRRR
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