catuation

A "situation" for which the reason is a cat.

I was late to work because of a catuation at home.

by Artanicus December 4, 2018

E-Fatuation

E-Fatuation: /EˌfaCHəˈwāSH(ə)n/ - (“E” for Electric Vehicles/Cars) - noun; Definition - The love for electric vehicles and their "positive" environmental impact.

His understanding of not paying for gas tied to the power and speed of electric cars turned into an e-fatuation for them leading him to sell his gas car and buy an electric.

by EV Industry Insider June 6, 2018

[citation needed]

When you want someone to prove what they just said. Commonly seen in bad Wikipedia articles.

1: "Apparantly, the Greeks invented pudding!"

2:"citation needed"

by RussellLawliet December 31, 2011

Caution Call

The act of calling your girlfriend (or anyone for that matter) and hanging up right away simply so it says "Missed Call from 'your name'".

Great in those many situations where you don't want to talk to a girl, but you want her to think you cared a little bit.

Dude A: "Crap I told that girl I would call her!"
Dude B: "No worries, caution call that!"
Dude A: "Thanks man, you just saved my romantic night featuring her black silk sheets and my erotic demeanor!"

by adri0801 August 5, 2009

throw caution to the wind

to disregard any risk or potential disaster when undertaking any enterprise, venture, etc.

The founders of the American-based fast-food chain, McDonald's, decided to throw caution to the wind when they established their original franchises in the 1930s, during the Great Depression.

by Polo May 24, 2007

Abundance of caution

This type of caution is typically practiced by institutions and larger private sector organisations seeking to minimise exposure to personal injury or similar legal claims but has during the early part of 2020 increasingly been adopted by individuals seeking to cover up their total panic on realising their previous publicly stated position on a matter of significant risk was riddled with hubris and incoherent bravado.

“...out of an abundance of caution, temperature checks are now being performed on any individuals who are in close contact with the President and Vice President...”

by Connell1968 March 14, 2020

mass castrations

In ancient and medieval times was a common practice the castration of vanquished enemies after the battles. A historian of the Seljuk sultans told a tale in which after a great victory over the the last of the Khwarazmians, the turk Seljuk Key Coubad ordered the testicles or scrotums of thirty thousand defeated army soldiers joined together to produce three hundred tents - a task which apparently occupied the greater part of the army for five whole days, but produced what was described as a memorable memento of the battle!

"These mass castrations were done just after the battles, in order to sell the new eunuchs to the merchants of slaves that usually followed the armies".

by Willhelmina Plowes May 6, 2013