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Despotism 

"Despotism is government by a singular authority - either a single person or tightly knit group - which rules with absolute power."
George Bush.
Despotism by deathtobees February 18, 2004

desperism 

"Desperism" : The action of publicly ruining your personal reputation through a desperate or humiliating act in order to preserve a flawed ideology, statement of innocence or ill reputed corporate mandate.
Example #1: "The desperism is evident as John still insists that the world is flat even after seeing the photographs of earth from space.
"Example #2: "Despite the overwhelming physical evidence that proved beyond a doubt that Robert was guilty of the murder, in an act of desperism, he continued to claim his innocence without introducing any contradictory new evidence to provide credence to his statement."
Example #3:"A recent clinically study proved that new widgets produced by FLUBBY INCORPORATED contain lethal amounts of toxic substances. Despite these findings, in an act of desperism, FLUBBY INC'c president released the following statement... "Our products are 100% safe and we urge consumers to continue using FLUBBY brand widgets."
desperism by Lance Campeau October 10, 2007
Tendency to keep things as it were. Maintaining status quo.
Reporter: Incumbent Vladimir Putin won reelection for his second consecutive term in office!
Protesters: Respotism at its best.
Respotism by ElishaJ February 4, 2022

despotis panayootis 

Despotis panayootis is a person who like very much things such as beach, roblox, lol
OMG IS THAT YOU DESPOTIS PANAYOOTIS??
KONSTANTIINOO!! COME TO MEED DESPOTIS PANAYOOTIS
despotis panayootis by Blackxri July 24, 2023

despotic rule 

Despotism is government by a singular authority - either a single person or tightly knit group - which rules with absolute power.

Also, see despotism and hydraulic despotism.
columbians monopolizing the coke industry, the mongolians in the Opium wars, Egypt and Babylonia in the BCE era, the government controlled the irrigation channels; good subjects received plentiful water for their crops, while bad subjects were starved of water so that their crops died.
despotic rule by deathtobees February 18, 2004

Despotes 

One of a Kind; rarity in itself
That was a Despotes.
Despotes by Hairy Vag October 16, 2008
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kinktober 

An excuse for people to write porn with different types of kinks throughout the month of October.

Smut Fanfiction
That chick doesn't write often but when she does, its for Kinktober.
kinktober by Kinkiest July 12, 2018
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
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The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
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A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
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When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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