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moving the goalposts

The act of redefining the conditions for victory or completion of a task, either when the original conditions for achieving them were met or whilst the person or group is busy working to achieve the current conditions, in order to prevent them from succeeding. Usually done with malice by a superior or peer looking to exclude or remove people from a group by portraying them as incompetent of not completing the task they keep altering.
When Jake was close to finishing his training, his supervisor who had always hated him started moving the goalposts by claiming that Jake needed four references of work experience instead of two in order to graduate, a condition that nobody else had to meet and with only one day left for the deadline. Jake didn't pass.
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guapportunity

an risky opportunity to acquire mad guap, and is often hard to turn down even though the risks out shine the perks.

pronounced: GWOP-ore-TUNE-ity
she gotta understand your guapportunity, and your knockin!

Goalpost Shifter 

The worst type of Nintendo bootlicker who defends their multi-million dollar company when :
1. There's a criticism of Nintendo when they shut down fan stuff borrowing their IPs.
2. There's a criticism from fanboys of rival consoles.
3. They lose an argument, some of them start mocking their colloquist at this point.
Here we go there's a Goalpost Shifter under a Twitter post criticising Nintendo shutting down Youtubers who upload their OSTs.
Goalpost Shifter by Shiine-1 February 2, 2022
A word to describe particularly handsome things and/or people. Origin of word: Senor Wooly
Do you see that guy Victor? He is sooo guapo!
Guapo by TSB_101 June 23, 2022
Él es guapo = He's handsome.
Guapo by SPaNiSHChiCK January 21, 2008

Guapo Baller 

Also known as BossDon Guapo,
Guapo Makkavel , Guapo Guapo. He is known as the most spectacular and immaculate , all about pussy , money and marijuana ain’t concern in drama Doesn’t hate or envy but still hated by many
The ladies love Guapo Baller.

Who that?Oh that’s Guapo he so guapo he got guap oh.

Every girl got a Guapo Baller story.
Guapo Baller by UhurdItherefirst February 16, 2020