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Fear mongering
Also called scare tactic. This is a strategy that various governments and news media uses in order to scare you into agreeing with their policies or points of view that usually involves some kind of protection or banning something which thus enacts more and more useless laws. This also helps keep the population under control as a scared population is easier to control and is more trusting of the government.
They usually fear monger by exaggerating the story or accounting of the events by using massive hyperboles, speak of the object from a negative standpoint and never from a neutral standpoint, use certain rhetorical words such as "dangerous", "lethal", "contagious", or "aggressive" and use only partial truth or no truth at all (aka lies). Usually true journalism and research is completely non-existent when using fear mongering techniques. When the story or segments airs on TV, they also use menacing or disturbing music to further bring out a fearful mood out of the viewers.
They usually fear monger by exaggerating the story or accounting of the events by using massive hyperboles, speak of the object from a negative standpoint and never from a neutral standpoint, use certain rhetorical words such as "dangerous", "lethal", "contagious", or "aggressive" and use only partial truth or no truth at all (aka lies). Usually true journalism and research is completely non-existent when using fear mongering techniques. When the story or segments airs on TV, they also use menacing or disturbing music to further bring out a fearful mood out of the viewers.
The government and media were using fear mongering when they talk about any sort of bacteria or virus.
Fear mongering by Digital Preacher January 10, 2015
Mongering
A person who is actively researching and on the prowl for sexual intercourse with a professional or otherwise. This mostly happens away from home in a foreign Country or City, but can happen right in your own town.
Tattie Mongerin Leprechaun
Tattie Mongerin Leprechaun by The Insult Man April 13, 2021
geriatric-mandering
The act of sending your conservative parents to a retirement home in republican stronghold states to reduce the impact of their vote.
Person 1: I’m sending my racist mom to a retirement home in Alabama.
Person 2: Geriatric-mandering, huh?
Person 2: Geriatric-mandering, huh?
geriatric-mandering by CookPu69 February 2, 2020
Share Mongering
The use of social media to spread largely baseless and misleading stories designed to scare the reader. Predominantly created by the tin foil hat brigade.
Share Mongering by bob^ May 8, 2015
Mangeing
The act in which a girl possessing a significant amount of swag (female version a ladies' man), successfully entices a man or men. Note: She does not sleep with all her conquests.
Nancy: "Yo, there was this hot biddy at the party, mangeing it up."
Debbie: "All the bitches were hating."
Debbie: "All the bitches were hating."
Mangeing by Ang the Mange October 4, 2011
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1. That Burberry scarf is so fache-couture.
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