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Sportwashing 

Murderous regimes whose reputations get laundered by pro-sport leagues
In 1936, Berlin Olympic Games engaged in Sportwashing of Nazi atrocities during Holocaust. In 2022, the PGA Tour is actively Sportwashing Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by collaborating on lucrative-golf events at The Former Guy's shithole in Bedminster. famed golfer Greg Norman, in another bit of Sportwashing, called brutal-bonesaw murder of Jamal Khashoggi a "mistake."
Sportwashing by Uncle Joosie September 25, 2022
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sportswashing

The use of sports to present a sanitized, friendlier version of a political regime or operation.
Qatar engaged in sportswashing by hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup to hide it's numerous human rights violations.
sportswashing by stankybomb32 November 21, 2022
Word of the Day on September 26, 2025
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sportswashing

When a developing country involves in/uses sports so that they can hide (Or at least distract people from) their wrongdoing that they won't fix
Sportswashing is an example of reputation laundering.
sportswashing by XAMMAK08 December 31, 2022
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026
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