SWIFTBAITING

1. Hinting at affiliation with Taylor Swift to drive social media engagement.

2. Creating off-brand content about Taylor Swift to drive views.

.What's the deal with Joe Jonas swiftbaiting? He won't stop hinting at Taylor Swift and Pizza just for the TikTok attention.

.Here goes the Empire State Building swiftbaiting again...I assumed they'd stop after the '22 NYE deception.

.Have you seen the Jimmy Fallon segment about Taylor Swift dropping 1989 rumors? Can't tell if he's swiftbaiting or if it's a genuine easter egg.

.Nah Duo Lingo doesn't swiftbait! Zaria's like an OG swiftie.

SWIFTBAITING by Zwiftie September 6, 2022

swiftboating 

The process of smearing a military veteran's service record for political purposes. Named after the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, who discredited John Kerry's war record during the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

He was a popular candidate, until the swiftboating started.

swiftboating by SmileyScout January 21, 2006

swiftboating 

A political ploy whereby allegations, falsehoods, exaggerations, or distortions are publicized to discredit a person or entity and have the intended effect that public attention is drawn to the ensuing controversy about the veracity of the allegations and away from some other political embarrassment.

Questions about Kerry’s military service and whether he deserved purple heart medals was swiftboating the public’s attention from whether or not Bush was AWOL.

swiftboating by Nels Christianson October 14, 2006

swiftboating 

The act of exposing the exagerated or inflated claims of a person seeking to promote themselves into a position of authority.

He would have gotten away with his outrageous lies if not for the swiftboating he received at the hand of his classmates.

swiftboating by Bobby Farrelly August 24, 2006

swiftboating 

Swiftboating is a term used to describe the campaign waged by a group named "Swiftvets and POW's for Truth" against presidential candidate John F. Kerry. A swiftboat is a navy craft with a shallow draft used in the Vietnam war (PCF - Patrol Craft - Fast); It is armed with machine guns, usually from two fixed points. It is the type of craft that Kerry served on in the Vietnam war.
Many (not all) of the swiftvets served with John Kerry and didn't believe he was presidential material. They went public with their beliefs. Among their claims was that Kerry gamed the system by receiving Purple Heart Medals for minor injuries in an effort to end his tour of duty. Kerry received three Purple Hearts in four months and shows no debilitating injury; which is most unusual. Moreover, he will not release his service medical records. The intersection of this data strongly suggests that the claims of the swiftboaters has a good foundation.

The petition from the Swiftboat Vets makes, among others, this claim against John Kerry:

". . .Upon your return from Vietnam, you betrayed your fellow veterans by accusing them of engaging in horrendous war crimes. Through your post-war activities, and during Senate testimony viewed by the entire nation, you created and nurtured the myth that American soldiers in Vietnam were involved in such crimes on a daily basis, and that such activity was sanctioned by our commanding officers. Specifically, you stated that we: "had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, and razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan."

The above is a matter of record.

But, this is the political arena. Swiftboating is defined by some as the unwarranted trashing of a good person's reputation. Those are the people who like Kerry. Others will define it as truth coming forward about a person's character.

In the end, a person can fight a swiftboating claim against them by making all their records available for public viewing. For swiftboating to work, it must be stonewalled and the truth hidden. That's what Kerry did.

The claims against this Senator with a sterling reputation are nothing but another form of swiftboating.

or

The Senator refuses to disclose records concerning his duty, dismissing it as "swiftboating."

swiftboating by Steven Maikoski September 15, 2008

Cheeks 

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

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