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HONYwashing

When a politician strategically responds to a Humans of New York post in order to cover up for the bad things they've done. Similar to pinkwashing or whitewashing but instead using HONY (Humans of New York) to achieve a certain end.
Hillary Clinton demonstrated HONYwashing during her run for 2016 presidency when she responds to a HONY about a gay child fearing for his future. Many people praised her reaching comment, effectively erasing her 2004 statement that marriage is between a man and a woman.
by prollygon October 21, 2015
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hotwashing

Hotwashing is a casting practice in the film industry of the United States in which hot actors are cast in historically non-hot character roles or in roles which are scripted for non-hot characters. The film industry has a history of frequently casting hot actors for roles about non-hot characters.
Tom Holland is playing the "four-eyed geek" Peter Parker (Spiderman) at Forest Hills High School? That's totally hotwashing!
by ShaneRyan January 30, 2019
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Hollywashing

It refers to holy wood taking awesome series/movies/novels/events and recreating them as a slick shiny, shallow, subtext-less, romance set primarily in LA using.

Generally hollywashing involves removing all political commentary, character development, nudity, gore and scenes that don't have broad demographic appeal.

Hollywashing also involves adding lots of computer graphics, epic wide-screen cinematography, lots of close ups of the actors faces, strategically placed products, Christian references and American flags.
Classic Hollywashing, (things that that have been hollywashed):

-The new series of V
-la femme nikita
-Planet of the Apes
-Doctor Dolittle
-The Nutty Professor
-War of the worlds
-Wild target
-Perl Harbor
-The lord of the rings
by mr duck 1234567 December 28, 2010
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Handwashing vs Brainwashing

Two modes of processing intelligence concerning COVID-19.
She was tuned to CNN, he to Fox News. She believed you could not be too careful. He believed it was a liberal hoax. Their tiny apartment had become a Handwashing vs Brainwashing battlefield.
by Monkey's Dad April 5, 2020
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hogwashington

everything was good until bush became president. Then eveything got hogwashington
by abbitbay October 28, 2008
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Midnight handwashing

Midnight handwashing is when a girl has just finished fingering herself, and is washing her hands repeatedly to clean herself off, can also be used as a euphemism for female masturbation.
"I spent some alone time last night that ended with midnight handwashing."

"I'm gonna go wash my hands repeatedly in the middle of the night ill talk to you later."
by ballin'mcballerthe16th July 24, 2023
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