May 14 Word of the Day
Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy
Person A: Man, that nutcase Martin Bryant guy shot 35 people in Tasmania!
Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.
Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.
by Mystikan April 11, 2006
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for times when 'damn' just doesn't cut it. The expression just doesn't give off the appropriate feeling
by Hugh Jass July 29, 2003
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A mild curse. Often believed to have originated from its similarity in spelling to "damn". In fact, however, it is an acronym for "Dingo Ate My Baby", the cry made by Australian women when their children are carried off and torn apart by the wild dogs of the Outback.
by Buggieboy April 11, 2008