Stands for Very Special Old Pale/Particular. Usually a mark designating the the cognac inside is of 20-25 year old stock. A step above any cognac marked VS.
Snowflakishness about (or obsession with) certain issues, commonly: free speech, traditional family values, national or cultural heritage, immigration, positive discrimination, the European Union, ‘Racial Hygiene’, ‘Cultural Marxism’, ‘Transhumanism’, ‘The Trans Agenda’, etc
Alice: “Did you hear BoJo is bringing imperial measures back in the UK?”
Bob: “That is a particularly egregious example of VSOP nonsense.”
Utility beer is the beer you keep around for the day-to-day moments when beer is a necessity to assist in pedestrian activities (golf, plumbing, yardwork, babysitting, staff meetings, Zoom calls). For the beer snob it is the beer you save for neighbors when they drop in at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday. It is differentiated from the actual high-end beer you save for special events, holidays, and special tastings.
Person 1: Dave, did you bring along those hazy craft IPA's so we could drink while cleaning Lyle's pool?
Person 2: Nope. I just have a bunch of utility beer that Steve dumped on me. Good enough for this. It is only 10:30 a.m.
Police activity, especially of the non-productive type i.e. The act of setting up and patrolling speedtraps, harassing or arresting people based on appearance (racial profiling), breaking up parties, any sort of cannabis bust, etc.
"Did you see all the cops on highway 6? They are oinking hard!"
"I hope Johnny doesn't get caught with his bag of weed, the pigs are oinking"