Carrots and sticks
Carrots and sticks by anonymous September 15, 2025
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carrot and the stick
A way to describe enticement or promised rewards without satisfaction as a way to get to some useful point or solution.
Derived from the use of a carrot on string supported by a stick tied to the neck which is hanging a few inches in front of horse, donkey or mule. This is a way to entice the animal forward. The animal never actually gets to eat the carrot.
Implies that the animal, person or country is not too smart and ruled by base instincts or political expediency.
Often used incorrectly to describe enticement (the carrot) from the front and threats from the rear (the stick, for beating). Usually in a political context
Derived from the use of a carrot on string supported by a stick tied to the neck which is hanging a few inches in front of horse, donkey or mule. This is a way to entice the animal forward. The animal never actually gets to eat the carrot.
Implies that the animal, person or country is not too smart and ruled by base instincts or political expediency.
Often used incorrectly to describe enticement (the carrot) from the front and threats from the rear (the stick, for beating). Usually in a political context
Correct usage but less commonly seen in the media.
The USA is using the carrot and stick approach to nuclear disarmament with North Korea, promising food, fuel and trade in exchange for closing down the nuclear weapons plants. The North Koreans have complied but the USA has not delivered the promised goods.
Incorrect usage but quite common in the media.
Obama is using the carrot and the stick approach with Israel, promising them new F-14 aircraft if they sit down at the table with the Palestinians and discuss a two state solution to the conflict and threatening them with a cut off of military aid if they do not negotiate in good faith.
The USA is using the carrot and stick approach to nuclear disarmament with North Korea, promising food, fuel and trade in exchange for closing down the nuclear weapons plants. The North Koreans have complied but the USA has not delivered the promised goods.
Incorrect usage but quite common in the media.
Obama is using the carrot and the stick approach with Israel, promising them new F-14 aircraft if they sit down at the table with the Palestinians and discuss a two state solution to the conflict and threatening them with a cut off of military aid if they do not negotiate in good faith.
carrot and the stick by icemaniceman2222 June 2, 2009
Stealthie
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
Grindset
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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jerb
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026
Cheeks
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."
"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."
"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
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