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Progressive income tax 

The more money you make, the higher taxes you pay.

Antonym: flat tax
We need to make taxation more progressive and raise taxes on the wealthy.

Progressive income tax 

An income tax that becomes more and more burdensome and/or complex over time.

Progressive income tax
The "progressive income tax" like the income tax system of the United States of America is one of the ten planks of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx.

progressive taxi

a polite way of requesting a hand-holding walkthrough of something for an idiot

Comes from aviation. When a plane lands at an airport, the tower usually gives the pilot directions to his gate. If the pilot can't remember the directions he can request a progressive taxi, where the tower guides the pilot to his gate (turn left... go straight 200 yards... turn right). This is a nuisance to the tower because it requires that someone usually focused on difficult job of directing traffic in the sky to divert their attention to something stupid like giving simple directions on the ground.
Store clerk 1 to clerk 2: this gentleman needs a progressive taxi to the mens shoes section
store clerk 2: Got it. Come with me sir, ill show you where they are.
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
Word of the Day on May 21, 2026

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019
Word of the Day on May 20, 2026