Privacation

noun: privacation, privacationer; plural noun: privacations, privacationers; intransitive verb: privacationed, privacationing

An extended period of leisure and recreation, taken without family or other needy sorts becoming aware that you are enjoying personal time. Only previously vetted, trusted friends are allowed to know about privacation plans. Spreading this information is in violation of a sacred trust and will invariably result in noncommunication of future secrets.

A portmanteau of private + vacation.

Coined within a group of vetted, trusted friends on January 6, 2023

"I'm taking a privacation at home to recharge my body and soul; whatever you do, don't tell my parents!"

by Brassbright January 6, 2023

provocation

being annoyed until you do something stupid to the stupid person thats annoying you.

ahhh, its total provocation being in the cubcle next to his

by ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhomgomgomgomg March 5, 2009

prevacationitis

a feeling in which you can not concentrate on anything because your mind is on your up and coming vacation.

omg, there's only 15 more days until italy! have you gotten prevacationitis yet?

by dee2013 May 9, 2011

Privation

It’s good because I takes the slaves work harder.

Hym “Privation is good so let’s print 2 trillion dollars and tank the economy. Dr. Jeepjorp won’t be effected. Unless someone takes it into their own hands... Nah.. that’ll never happen.”

by Hym Iam September 27, 2022

Optimal privation

Why the privation? Do you want to know? They NEED you... To NEED Jesus and their reality monster.

Hym "So... If you DON'T ACTUALLY NEED THEIR REALITY MONSTER... Well... That's nothing a little OPTIMAL PRIVATION WON'T FIX! Then you'll have nowhere else to turn. And if you DON'T? Well, the creature will sort you out after you're dead. So, they need to manufacture it with inaction. People can be quoted saying 'Well, so-and-so could fix world hunger over night' BUT that would get rid of all the privation. No need for Jesus anymore. The church would have no one to feed to justify all of the money they are given. The poor are perpetual money farms so long as you create a perpetual state of privation. Because people are always willing to donate to charity or church. They aren't even expected to spend all of the money ON THE ACTUAL THING FOR WHICH THEY ARE BEING GIVEN THE MONEY. The don't have to show their receipts."

by Hym Iam August 14, 2023

Fallacy of Absolute Privation (Fallacy of Communism Killed Millions)

A logical fallacy where someone dismisses an entire ideology, system, or idea by pointing to its worst outcomes, stripped of all context, history, and mitigating factors. The name comes from the classic "Communism killed millions" argument—which isn't false on its face, but becomes fallacious when used to end all discussion without examining specific contexts, variations, alternatives, or comparative harms. The Fallacy of Absolute Privation isolates the worst instances, treats them as the whole truth, and uses suffering as a conversation-stopper. It's not that the suffering isn't real—it's that citing it without context, comparison, or analysis is a rhetorical weapon, not an argument. Any system, ideology, or idea can be condemned by its worst expressions; the fallacy is pretending that's the end of the story.

Fallacy of Absolute Privation (Fallacy of Communism Killed Millions) "We were discussing educational reforms, and someone mentioned learning from Nordic models. Response: 'Nordic socialism? You mean like Communism that killed millions?' That's the Fallacy of Absolute Privation—conflating Nordic social democracy with Soviet communism, ignoring all context, and using historical tragedy to shut down discussion of school lunch programs."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026

Fallacy of Isolated Privation

A fallacy where someone takes a single isolated instance of harm, suffering, or failure and uses it to condemn an entire system, practice, or idea. Unlike Absolute Privation (which focuses on the worst historical examples), Isolated Privation grabs one anecdote—one medical error, one plane crash, one bad teacher—and treats it as representative of the whole. "One patient died from this treatment, therefore the treatment is worthless." "One plane crashed, therefore air travel is unsafe." "One priest abused a child, therefore the entire institution is evil." The isolated case may be real, but using it to condemn the whole ignores base rates, statistical reasoning, and the difference between exceptions and rules.

"My aunt tried acupuncture once and didn't feel better. Now she says 'Acupuncture is complete fraud' every time it's mentioned. That's Fallacy of Isolated Privation—one anecdote, zero context, infinite certainty. The plural of anecdote is not data, Karen."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026