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followship

Reactionary behaviour by leaders of organisations adopting someone else's policies or positions in order to piggyback on its popularity or success.

Politicians are most guilty of this. Similar to me-tooism.

Coined by John Clark on the 7.30 report February 2008.
Man: I can't believe the opposition supports those tax cuts, they're graduating from the followship academy
followship by Kittridge February 25, 2008

Followship

Noun. The act of sucking up to someone, brown-nosing. Usually used by public sector management to describe the characteristics required for elevation to a senior level.
He's crap at his job but he has excellent followship qualities - let's promote him again!
Followship by fsi pointless December 14, 2023

Followship

Verb; describes the act of blindly following instructions, usually given by those in charge, without thought or consideration. Brown-nosing, creep, sycophant
We must give that promotion to Paul, he can't do the job but he has excellent followship qualities.
Followship by fsi pointless January 13, 2024

Perry Bible Fellowship 

Perry Bible Fellowship (PBF for short) is a webcomic by Nicholas Gurewitch. Comics are usually 3 - 4 panels long, and are generally characterized by the juxtaposition of childlike imagery or fantasy with extreme morbidity. Its humor is mainly absurdist. Featured themes include religion, sexuality, war, suicide, and death.

fellowship 

- It's the gathering among elite poker players with one common goal, to finish a quest. A quest is usually winning the poker game.

- A group of poker elite who help each other
I dub you sir (given name) of the prima fellowship
fellowship by Sir Sonny December 28, 2005

fellowship of the ring

The correct acronym is 'FORD'.
Fellowship of Ring Damage. Gentry of an Antipodean background who form a friendship with a trader associated with large losses on his trading portfolio. Normally associated with regular late night drinking & arrivals in the office the next morning of a tardy nature.
'Oh look, there's the FORD on the golf course again'.
More from Urban Dictionary
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
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