An artform which involves the study and implementation of strategic and tactical manoeuvres made by an individual in order to further his own interest. The practice can be ruthless towards an opponent. This term is derived from the TV show PROFIT whose lead character is Jim Profit.

Man, our manager sure know his profitology.

profitology by Santosh George May 27, 2006

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Profitology

The art of manipulating one person to do the work of two people, while receiving the same pay as one.

One example of profitology; A company decides to layoff employees to improve productivity. Therefore, one employee is laid off, and their workload is added to a remaining employees workload. The remaining employee now works twice as hard, for the same pay. This allows the employer to gain more profits, and pay themselves even larger bonuses.

Profitology by AspenNomad August 5, 2010

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Privatology

The study of private initiative, private enterprise, and the ideology of privatization using Sovietological methods. Privatology examines how “private” is constructed as superior to “public” regardless of outcomes, how private power is made invisible while public power is scrutinized, and how the rhetoric of entrepreneurship masks rent‑seeking and monopoly. It studies the role of private foundations, consultancies, and lobbying firms as the hidden infrastructure of policy‑making. Privatology reveals that the “private sector” is as opaque, hierarchical, and self‑serving as any state bureaucracy.

Example: “Her privatology of charter schools showed that ‘parental choice’ rhetoric disguised a system of cherry‑picking students, union‑busting, and public subsidy for private profit—privatization as ideology, not evidence.”

Privatology by Abzugal April 2, 2026

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space gravitology

the study of the effects of lack of gravity on spacemen; bioastronautics.

Space gravitology is beyond my ken.

space gravitology by uttam maharjan April 8, 2012

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