The practice of prosecuting individuals out of embarrassment, well in excess of any demonstrable harm. The practice is particularly ubiquitous in Western democracies where sedition is an unpopular prosecutorial tack in order to dispense retributive punitive enforcement in response to indefensible egg-on-the-face.

Two cases are particularly illustrative:

The US government's piling on of charges against Barrett Brown constitutes a very clear, inflamed case of butthurt-prosecution.

Barrett Brown guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/21/barrett-brown-persecution-anonymous

Although he pleaded guilty to offenses carrying ~20 years in prison, Bradley Manning must still stand trial for his life, as the DoD and DoS have a wicked bout of butthurt-prosecution.

Bradley Manning bradleymanning.org/

butthurt-prosecution by kenneth lipp May 18, 2013

Prosecutor

Often put out as the bad guy but in truth is one of the reasons your not dead yet. Being a prosecutor is one of the most honorable professions of which I know. These are true public servants, as they are taking a college degree that can easily earn them 10 times as much as they will ever earn as a prosecutor and using it to serve our justice system.

- Prosecutors are lawyers working for the people against the criminals.

Prosecutor by BlehImBoreda August 1, 2012

county prosecutor

A sorry ass excuse for an attorney that couldn't make it as a real attorney ex: making $30k a year vs $150k for the average attorney. Usually a overbearing bitch of a woman that is against all men and their rights.

Bob: I have to go see the county prosecutor today!
George: I'm sorry, I hope you don't get an overbearing bitch, you will for sure be guilty.

Anna: That's not true
George: You wouldn't know, you are a woman.

county prosecutor by 4thidco December 30, 2011

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026