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A form of goalpost manipulation where the ultimate objective is to get a user banned—from a server, community, or platform. The banpost is the moving standard of rule-breaking, the shifting target that the user can never quite avoid. First, they're warned for tone. They adjust; now they're warned for content. They adjust again; now they're warned for frequency. Each warning moves the post, each adjustment is insufficient, until finally—inevitably—they cross a line that wasn't there before and are banned. The banpost is maintained by those who want someone gone but need the appearance of justification. It's rule-enforcement as weapon, standards as traps.
Example: "They wanted him out of the server, but he hadn't broken any rules. So they created the banpost: a new rule about 'tone,' applied retroactively to his old messages. He appealed; they created another rule about 'community fit.' He asked for specifics; they created another about 'vibes.' Eventually, he was banned for 'continued failure to meet community standards'—standards that had been created specifically to fail him."
Banpost by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 18, 2026
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banjostring

1. The elastic band of tissue connecting the foreskin of the penis to the underside of the glans; the fraenulum praeputii penis.

2. The string of a banjo, often plucked or strummed in order to produce twangy music as most regularly associated with the Hillbilly or Billy Connolly.
Not quite so hard, Sarah; you'll snap my banjostring!
banjostring by Tama Boyle January 29, 2007
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banjostring

The thread that joins a males testes with his penis, clearly visible as an apparent line running down both the shaft of a mans penis and his testes.
"Oh My god, last night when i was fucking my girlfriend my banjostring snapped and it bled for hours".
banjostring by TimmyVerbs September 9, 2005

Banjostic 

A typically Banjo way to look at or live life
wow Becca, I can't believe you are so ant-Banjostic
Banjostic by Told you Becca April 25, 2015
A form of honeypot designed specifically to get users banned—a server, community, or group created to attract, provoke, and then report rule-breakers. A banpot might present itself as a debate forum, a political discussion group, or a support community, but its real purpose is to generate ban-worthy behavior. Moderators encourage conflict, look the other way at provocation, then swoop in when the target finally snaps. The banpot is a trap: enter, be provoked, react, be banned. The creators enjoy the game; the victims never knew they were playing.
Example: "The 'free speech' server seemed ideal for open discussion. But every conversation was mined, every conflict escalated, every slip screenshotted. The server was a banpot—designed to attract people who would eventually say something ban-worthy, then report them to the platform. Users came for debate; they left banned, not knowing the game was rigged."
Banpot by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 18, 2026
A goalpost‑moving tactic that demands the target demonstrate mastery of arcane financial or banking concepts before their economic views can be considered. The perpetrator insists that without a deep understanding of fractional reserve banking, monetary transmission mechanisms, or Basel accords, the target’s opinion is worthless. When the target does research and engages, the standard shifts to “real world experience” or “executive decision‑making.” Bankpost is a way to gatekeep economic debate behind specialized knowledge that most people cannot easily acquire.
Example: “She read three books on central banking to prepare. When she cited them, he said ‘that’s academic—you don’t know how it actually works in the markets.’ Bankpost: no amount of knowledge is ever enough.”
Bankpost by Abzugal April 1, 2026
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026