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Rowleyism 

A phrase created by writer Douglas Murray on Metropolitan Police’s former assistant commissioner Mark Rowley, indicating a false equivalency that serves a dishonest political purpose. To quote Mr Murray:

"Mark Rowley embedded the idea that the UK faces an equally balanced challenge: Islamist extremism on the one side, far-right extremism on the other. In order to sustain this equation it appears that for the time-being one must draw a moral equivalence between Muslims who blow things up and non-Muslims who do not, but have mean views. And an equivalence between Muslims who call for murder and non-Muslims who do not. "

Rowleyism is giving equal or similar weight to both or using one to decontextualise the other
To say that you are more concerned about right-wing nuts than Islamists is a dangerous example of Rowleyism.
Rowleyism by Rowleyism May 21, 2018
Words you can keep
quirky, off-color sayings by Dr. Rolle that are usually related to the class lecture in some odd way-or just completely off topic.
Rolleisms:

“Kerosene is wonderful. You can almost feed it to your cat.”

“Does Mercedes still make that 8 cylinder V12?”

“Calories - in a candy bar, in ice cream, in a beer; they’re great stuff!”

“9 times out of 10 tinkerers are always way off in the woods violating the second law of thermo.”
Related Words

rileyism 

The sacred church of Riley based around the state of giving zero shits
That minister is an aposal of Riley and a member of Rileyism
rileyism by Rileyism March 3, 2017

Romneyism 

A turn of phrase used by a 2012 Presidential Candidate that, despite being totally factual, offends the delicate sensibilities of left wingers who would rather shut their ears to the facts.
Mitt Romney said 47% of the country is on some kind of government assistance or entitlement. Can you believe the nerve of that guy?

Yeah, that's a Romneyism that will live on forever. The truth hurts.
Romneyism by McFoo100 November 28, 2012

Rileyism 

A group of religious people who wear dourags in there sacred colours to protect there hair from being seen in the public eye. this is done as they believe the hair is too pure for public eye and should only be seen by them selves and lovers
That minister is an aposal of Riley and a member of Rileyism
e.g. cult circle
Rileyism by thepurerileyist April 30, 2019

rowdyism 

the conduct of a rowdy.
rowdyism affects everyone! If you are roudy you may be fined $557
rowdyism by West Hawk Rules June 10, 2007

Romneyism 

A blurted deeply held politically-incorrect belief that one thinks will rally people to one's cause, or make people more sympathetic to you, that winds up having the directly opposite effect.
That "gifts" remark along with the "47%" remark must be tied in first place for the all-time greatest Romneyism ever uttered.

Romneyisms are the Democrats' secret weapon against Republican convert seekers.
Romneyism by the original serial poet November 21, 2012
Word of the Day on November 24, 2012
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026

Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026

board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026

young pup 

a young person, a young adult in their late teens/early 20s.
Ah, you're just a young pup at 23!
young pup by the dog May 30, 2006
Word of the Day on August 25, 2026
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