propriety

Socially and morally acceptable behaviour
Correct or appropriate behavior

Proper young ladies always act with propriety and never talk dirty.

by Gustavo de la Piedra July 7, 2008

propriety-penalty

Refers to any case where Big Brother hypocritically "talks out of both sides of his mouth" in the management/oversight of certain economic policies; i.e., the Government loudly claims to approve/disapprove of a certain practice/behavior, yet they tax you or charge you extra if you actually "do the right thing" in that instance.

A classic example of "propriety-penalty" is the marriage-tax, whereby two people who marry are collectively charged more than twice the amount of income-tax that just one of them would have to pay "on his own", and government-provided financial assistance (i.e., Social Security, SSI Disability, etc.) that two benefits-eligible people receive is significantly reduced if they get married instead of merely practicing the socially-frowned-upon "co-habitating without a wedding band" living-arrangement... in both cases, you get "financially penalized" for "doing the right thing"! It's little wonder that so few couples --- especially the younger ones who might be required to pay income tax if their earnings are high enough --- want to "tie the knot" nowadays; these destructive monetary policies actually **encourage** love-birds to "misbehave" in this way.

by QuacksO August 1, 2018

Catalysmic Propriety

the appropriate conditions needed for a catalystic action to take place.

The Chemical cannot be speeded up because it does not have the right Catalysmic Propriety.

by Filthy Rich May 23, 2006

Titty Propriety

Etiquette of Modern Day Love Making. Titty Proprietybreast ownership comes about when a male lover or sexual partner proclaims the female sexual partner's breasts as his own, maybe forever or as long as the session lasts. Often the female partner will, as a maneuver to enhance the male arousal complex, tell the male that her breasts are his, only his, or some other foreplay dialogue nonsense to stimulate the heat of the moment. She may really intend for her words to be true....or not. And he may have the same notion. Afterall, we live in the Age of 2000+ when we were promised to all be driving flying cars, or pigs.

Steven, these titties are yours!!!!! Yours only!!!! You have Titty Propriety!!!!!

Darlin', Daniella, please let me have the reign of titty propriety, I will sell your milk to no one but me!!!!

Oh, Jenna, Oh, Frank, whoops! They just fell out! Will you take my titties and make them yours and yours only? Oh, my love, keep them from forever falling out the way that they do?

by Sertyardheart February 21, 2013

proprietary software

Proprietary software is software that you are not free to use, copy, modify, and study as you like. It's a form of abuse of users, which sucks and makes people depressed; it gives suits power over creatives.

Skype is extremely proprietary software.

by your real name! June 29, 2009

proprietor

a person who owns a business or property

Bill Gates is the proprietor of Windows.

by Charlemagne57 September 13, 2014

proprietarded

The seemingly pointless use of proprietary hardware to achieve the same purpose as other more common or open-standard solutions.

The Apple Display Connector was a proprietarded way for Apple to make the G4 Cube not have so many cables going from the computer to the display and keyboard. It combined USB, power and video into one cable.

by existenzkampf December 17, 2008