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Expeception

An expectation is when there are multiple layers of expectations between people with whom you have expectations of, when they also have expectations of you.
Pronunciation- Expe-ception

"I expect Ron to expect Becky to expect Ron to want to smash" "Woah, expeception!"
by loz24490 November 30, 2019
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Brutal Expectations

The Expections that the Community towards the Developers have to release a finished and working Battlefield with enough supporting Content
I want a good Battlefield. Damn this Community has brutal Expectations.
by DisappointedPlayer January 15, 2022
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American Exceptionalism

A tool used to keep people satisfied with not knowing how much they are being fucked over.
"America is the greatest nation in the world. It's perfect and nothing needs fixing. It literally can't improve! I already have the best possible lot in life."
--American one lost paycheck away from homelessness

"American Exceptionalism is the best! I can pay my workers poverty wages, and they won't even do anything about it because they don't know any other way of living! Let's make sure things stay that way."
--American Billionaire
by PortableBacon March 23, 2019
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minimally exceptional

A euphamism for stupid, said to parents of school-aged children who are likely to sue if their "special little guy" isn't treated like a genius.
Teacher: "Mrs. Johnson, little Billy is minimally exceptional."
Mrs. Johnson: "Oh, how wonderful to hear!"
by EverGreen February 16, 2012
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subvert expectations

To behave contrary to an established belief or assumption for the purpose of being fresh and interesting. Usually used in the arts when analyzing the reaction of the audience to a performance or piece of writing. Sometimes mistakenly used as a positive when the result in neither fresh nor interesting.
A. Star Wars: The Last Jedi did a great job of subverting audience expectations!
B. No, it was just a narrative mess.

A. Your report written in crayon was very unprofessional.
B. Come on! I was just trying to subvert expectations!
by OkiShisa November 21, 2018
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Brutal Expectations

If you have no idea what is going on and are completly out of the touch with a community.
Player Base: "We want a working game with basic Battlefield features upon release."
Andy McNamara: "Love you guys but these are brutal expectations."
by Sir-Slang-A-Lot January 18, 2022
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soft bigotry of low expectations

Not expecting disadvantaged people or minorities to meet the same standard of behaviour or achievement set for most people. It is called "soft bigotry" because it is a more subtle and subconscious form of prejudice.
"I will confront another form of bias: the soft bigotry of low expectations.

Several months ago I visited Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, where African-Americans confronted injustice and white Americans confronted their conscience. In 43 years, we have come so far in opening the doors of our schools. But today we have a challenge of our own. While all can enter our schools, many--too many, are not learning there.

There's a tremendous gap of achievement between rich and poor, white and minority. This, too, leaves a divided society.

And whatever the causes, the effect is discrimination.

My friend Phyllis Hunter (ph), of Houston, Texas, calls reading the new civil right. Equality in our country will remain a distant dream until every child, of every background, learns so that he or she may strive and rise in this world. No child in America should be segregated by low expectations, imprisoned by illiteracy, abandoned to frustration and the darkness of self-doubt."

- George W. Bush, speech before the NAACP (2000).
by Man Moth February 8, 2017
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