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Ordealism

When too many people are involved in a decision which involves all persons engaging in an activity, and it becomes too difficult to decide where to go, or how to execute the plan.
We were all supposed to go out, but noone could agree on which restaurant, who would ride with who, there was so much ordealism that some of us lost interest in even going.
by Bellairegirl October 10, 2011
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ordealic

adj: (also ordelic) describes a situation where one would experience a stressful, traumatic or otherwise uncomfortable event ot series of events
Jason's visit to the department of motor vehicles was ordealic because he waited on line for about four hours and visited many clerks only to be told that the vehicle he had purchased was stolen.
by dkarez4u March 17, 2010
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oralism

Noun, a method of educating deaf children by speech and lipreading alone, without and/or banning the use of sign language.

With the result that deaf children grow up without learning eg. English language, and instead learns eg. British Sign Language from older children in school playgrounds.

Such deaf people end up with a deaf sounding voice, and poorly educated with a reading age of 9, unemployed or in unskilled labour.

Adj. Oralist.
by Kerb November 28, 2004
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ordealistic

Drawn to activities that have an element of suffering.
He's so ordealistic that every vacation he takes involves some trek from hell or other form of suffering.
by Cynicool May 7, 2019
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Orderism

The philosophy of always keeping things orderly.
If you are trying to keep things nice and orderly, you are pursuing Orderism.
by PopulousMaster February 1, 2020
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OrelIsMoral

probably the silliest kidshat user, smooches her
"omg OrelIsMoral this is us fr"
by impemoji March 9, 2023
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