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Buttering the cat
This term began to appear after the December 2021 viral Reddit post "AITA for “perpetuating ethnic stereotypes” about Jorts?" on r/AmITheAsshole by u/ThrowawayOrangeCat about a conflict involving two cats at their workplace. The cats are named Jean and Jorts, and to cut a long story short, a human colleague named Pam had been spreading margarine on Jorts to encourage him to groom himself. (Presumably he would like the taste and spend more time licking it off.) It's unclear whether Jorts responded to this, because Jean began to lick his fur -- this upset her digestive system. Pam was asked to stop applying margarine to Jorts. Readers shared the post to social media, and people began posting memes and jokes about the situation.
Later that month, #DisabilityTwitter used the situation as an analogy, to address whether a particular accommodation is useful. (Implied: even if it's well-intentioned, if it's not helpful to the person with needs, it wastes time and may actually have negative impacts. Just like applying margarine to Jorts.)
Later that month, #DisabilityTwitter used the situation as an analogy, to address whether a particular accommodation is useful. (Implied: even if it's well-intentioned, if it's not helpful to the person with needs, it wastes time and may actually have negative impacts. Just like applying margarine to Jorts.)
"Are you helping, or are you just buttering the cat?" (from #DisabilityTwitter)
A person may want to help resolve a difficult situation, but realizes that they lack the necessary skills and would just make things worse: "I'd love to help, but at this point I suspect I'd just be buttering the cat ..."
A person may want to help resolve a difficult situation, but realizes that they lack the necessary skills and would just make things worse: "I'd love to help, but at this point I suspect I'd just be buttering the cat ..."
Buttering the cat by TapirTrouble December 21, 2021
Related Words
buttching • buttchin • Butching • Butchington C-grove • Buttchink • butthing • butthinge • Amitab buttchin • butt cringe • butt changer
Batching
From Jabroni Mike's livestreams, batching is a moment in someones life where they take an entire year to take just one shit, after which they will never have to poop again in your life. At the end of batching, the amount of poop has been mathmatically estimated to be the same size as the Goodyear Tower in Akron, Ohio.
Person 1: Hey why hasn't Mike been coming to work?
Person 2: Ah he's on leave right now. He's batching. I respect it.
Person 2: Ah he's on leave right now. He's batching. I respect it.
Batching by MattMelon519 October 10, 2020
Money-Bitching
Inspired by the movie "Money Ball" - the establishment of a team or lineup in which the most attractive, kind, but also under-rated girls or women are merged in order to create a perfect squadron of bitches.
Guy 1: Dude I hate all our current bitches.
Guy 2: Goodness Gracious! Lets create our own Money-Bitching roster.
Guy 1: Thank the Lordus.
Guy 2: Goodness Gracious! Lets create our own Money-Bitching roster.
Guy 1: Thank the Lordus.
Money-Bitching by L. Sharf July 23, 2012
the bitching hour
The bitching hour is when the parental unit comes down en masse with criticisms of your habitual failures, laziness, and poor grades.
the bitching hour by Cranberry Bob January 17, 2020
bitching
excessive complaining without a specific reason and without the will to change something.
if the actual reason will be refuted, a new random reason will be immediately invented.
presupposes the loser mindset that nothing can be done to change the situation in positive.
- enjoyment of being angry
if the actual reason will be refuted, a new random reason will be immediately invented.
presupposes the loser mindset that nothing can be done to change the situation in positive.
- enjoyment of being angry
bitching by pluriverse June 14, 2015
Rhythmic Bitching
Rhythmic Bitching by white chocolate cake August 3, 2010
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