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EthnoWashing 

A blanket term that describes how Producers and/or Directors play fast and loose with character gender, phenomal variant or sexual orientation. Perhaps they think that appealing to everyone will gain them the audience of... everyone but it very quickly ceases to be amusing. In some cases it can even be disturbing.
They cast a black female as Ann Boleyn!
Decades before England knew black people existed? That is EthnoWashing.
EthnoWashing by CryHavoc February 5, 2021
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Ethnowashing 

When you hire a person from a minority ethnic background to speak and defend on behalf of your racist and xenophobic ideologies.
The chancellor of exchequer is a perfect example of ethnowashing. Taking a member of ethnic minority who represents racially biased ideology, where someone who is successful and from a minority is somehow an exception to the rule.
Ethnowashing by Jambalaya2 September 24, 2022

Inclusive Ethno-Washing 

A single term that describes Producers & Directors (Usually Television, Movies of Music Videos) that play fast and loose with gender, phenomal strain or sexual orientation regarding humankind along with including at least three of the four base human strains (Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid) Perhaps it is thought that having broad representation will equal broad appeal. While some of this can be amusing or doesn't interfere with a story line, other instances of this can leave people shaking their heads (and in some cases can be dangerous).
Person 1: You see the latest version of The Stand? It is cool!
Person 2: The story line is still there but one gal with a German last name is now Hispanic, a white male character is now a Native American female and a second white male character is now black. So the minorities are going to be killed by the evil white people? This is politicized Inclusive Ethno-Washing designed to circumvent rational thought. (Dangerous).

Ann Boleyn is going to be black? England didn't even know blacks existed at that time. This is inane inclusive Ethno-Washing.

Fantastic Four reboot made the Storms step siblings. Needless to say, the Inclusive Ethno-Washing (A black Johnny Storm) didn't go over well.
The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
Word of the Day on August 15, 2026

SkyPesos 

Delta SkyMiles, also known as SkyPesos, is the frequent flyer program of Delta Airlines. It has a very poor value and hard to use.
- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.
SkyPesos by 404_name_not_found December 6, 2018
Word of the Day on August 14, 2026

Quiche Peanemis

Quirky niche peak cinema analysis
It describes the analysis of a media piece which is quirky and niche, yet peak.
Give me the quiche peanemis on the movie I missed.
Quiche Peanemis by Mushroom2241 June 17, 2026
Word of the Day on August 13, 2026

Hate Draft

1. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sports draft to spite or anger one or more of your opponents because they had intended to select him/her.

2. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sport draft to put one or more of your opponents at a strategic disadvantage.
1. Billy hate drafted Chad OchoCinco because he knew Sam had wanted him since he is from Cincinnati. Billy already had plenty of players to fill that position but wanted to make sure Sam didn't get him.

2. Billy hate drafted Peyton Manning because he was the only good quarterback left and he knew Sam had been planning on drafting him.
Hate Draft by pffler September 1, 2009
Word of the Day on August 12, 2026