Adaptive Non-Salaried Position (Adaptive-NS) 

A change of employment status from a full-time, salaried position to an Adaptive Non-Salaried Position (Adaptive-NS) without the security, benefits and perks usually associated with full time work.

"At least with a layoff, I'd know I was out of work, but apparently this Adaptive Non-Salaried Position (Adaptive-NS) reclassification is supposed to make me think I'm making a sideways move - just without health care, retirement benefits or any notion of a future. Do I look that stupid?"

Adaptive Non-Salaried Position (Adaptive-NS) by Gainfully Funemployed October 21, 2009

Adaptive Denial

The process of continually adjusting an untenable position in the face of increasing counter evidence.

When faced with overwhelming evidence against a strongly advocated position, narcissists will use adaptive denial to evade being held to their original statements. “Climate change isn’t real!” morphs into “climate change may be real but people didn’t cause it!” as the evidence mounts against them..

Adaptive Denial by Ajmc6760 January 17, 2020

Adaptive White Gaussian Noise 

This is a racial slur, because it associates individual personalities and traits with a skin color.

It is both positive and negative:
(1) Adaptive: flexible, able to switch to a different strategy in a new environment.
(2) Gaussian: (named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, a mathematician) vaguely implies above-average mathematical abilities or intelligence.
(3) Noise: (pejorative) nuisance, something to be ignored. A neutral synonym would be "dissenting opinion". However, in some social settings, being a dissenting voice imparts a sense of snobbishness.

Not to be confused with Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN), which is a mathematical concept deeply rooted in digital signal processing and probability theory. The correct interpretation of the four words of AWGN are:

(1) Additive (not to be misspelled addictive) means addition (the sum of two numbers).

(2) White means (i) consisting of all frequencies (ii) uncorrelated. This meaning stems from the physical phenomemon that a white light is formed from a mixture of monochromatic lights of various frequencies.

(3) Gaussian refers to the Gaussian Distribution, also known as a Normal Distribution, a concept in probability.

As used in bumper stickers, tshirt. Misuse of "Adaptive White Gaussian Noise" may result in disciplinary actions from school.

Adaptive White Gaussian Noise by emergent chaos March 29, 2009

Adaptive perspective 

If someone has an adaptive perspective, it basically means that they change their point of view of something depending on who they are around, mainly to impress them (e.g. different point of view in front of your friends and your girlfriend). In most cases, having an adaptive perspective won't end well, but someone being told this will more than likely dismiss this claim with the words "it'll be fine".

Girlfriend: I hope the Packers get beat this week, don't you?
Me: (pause) Yeah of course. by the way, i won't be here this weekend because I have an important business trip that i have to go to.
Girlfriend: Oh OK then.
Girlfriend to my friends: Did you hear about that business trip that John had to go to this weekend?
One of my friends: What business trip? He told me that he got tickets to the Packers game!
Girlfriend: He hates the Packers though!
Friend: The Packers are his favorite team in the NFL. Must be his adaptive perspective again.
Girlfriend: That's it, he's in for it!

Adaptive perspective by CJ Moose September 30, 2013

adaptive chugging

A term used when people are chugging a liquid (mainly alcohol ) off of random objects into their mouths. It’s very popular on the Do It For State page. This includes drinks being poured down dead animal carcass, through engine blocks, in between titties, down the ass of a cow, down a gutter, out of trash can.. etc

“Hey johnny boy, lets go do some adaptive chugging to the point where I go blind!”

adaptive chugging by Platezz January 25, 2018

Adaptive Sort 

a sorting algorithm by Rylid-umil made to adapt to most situations and uses an iterative detective merge and circle sort + a bunch a random other crap

"Adaptive Sort is so easy to code!" said no programmer ever

Adaptive Sort by ishu4 July 19, 2024

Karma-adaptive 

Taken from the word karma that means destiny or fate from ones own behavior, and the word adaptive to contribute or show adaptations; karma-adaptive is a behavioral system often used in a relationship to purposely create a counter effect or a revenge-like operations depending on the circumstances being received by the other party. This mirroring act will either create a very healthy flow of a relationship by enhancing control of oneself, therefore towards one another, or it will help ruin the relationship all together by creating a much needed chaos.

1. If you're never good in making a strong stand while being in a relationship, try the method of karma-adaptive. It will create a mirrored feel in your relationship in order to determine how good or bad the person you're in the relationship with is.

2. Karma-adaptive worked well with my relationship, we now understand each other better since we applied this "eye for an eye" method to one another.

3. Thank God for karma-adaptive method that I applied in my relationship, it actually made us realize that we are not good for one another.

Karma-adaptive by 123rian October 14, 2014