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Get the Atrocity-of-life mug.The deployment of historical context, utilitarian calculus, or ideological ends to minimize, excuse, or morally vindicate large-scale human suffering. It often involves bogus counterfactuals ("it would have been worse otherwise") or the labeling of victims as acceptable collateral damage in a grander narrative of progress or security.
Example: Justifying the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by claiming they "ultimately saved lives" by ending the war faster. The immediate vaporization of civilians is rationalized through a speculative, retrospective body-count calculus. This atrocity rationalization uses a hypothetical alternative to sanitize a concrete war crime.
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Get the Atrocity Rationalization mug.This term is similar to the apostrophe catastrophe, but it is reserved for the most revolting of apostrophe errors. Only a true abomination of a linguist would commit an apostrophe atrocity.
Examples of the apostrophe atrocity:
"Did yo'u do the home'work?"
"I do'nt think that its nece'ssary"
"O'h loo'k, its our Eng'lish teach'er"
"Why i's sh'e cryi'ng?
"Did yo'u do the home'work?"
"I do'nt think that its nece'ssary"
"O'h loo'k, its our Eng'lish teach'er"
"Why i's sh'e cryi'ng?
by Enigmatical November 20, 2010
Get the Apostrophe Atrocity mug.a reprehensible conflict of interest, usually political in nature, benefiting three parties; an arrangement among three people intended to enrich themselves.
The politician's spokesman worked at a newspaper before he joined the politician's payroll, but his wife still works for the paper. She writes about politics. What a menage atrocity!
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conflict of interest ethics morals scruples greed corruption politics self-serving bureaucracy abuse politicians media
by Brunette, not Blonde April 19, 2010
Get the menage atrocity mug.Son, I saw your boy the other day, dude had missin teeth and shit looks like he's doin bad. What? Yo for real? Yeah, a walking atrocity. Damn!
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