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econocult 

Any scheme or organization that promises quick financial rewards for little effort, esp. those that attempt to show a happy 'community of users'. Usually promotes itself with many (often over-emphatic) so-called personal testimonials.
Examples of econocults:

"Sign up 5 of your friends to our great offers, and get a FREE Ipod!"

"I earned over $20,000 in the first five minutes on the Amazing Crazy Cash system!"
econocult by Benjamin D. Haynes January 11, 2006
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Econopulence 

1) "Luxurious living at very little financial or environmental cost."
2) "Maximum returns for minimum investment."

See also: sustainability opulence economy
"Look, that guy has a spa-tub in the back of his Metro. The econopulence!"

"I lay back in my orchard garden, grown entirely from seeds on the front of gardners weekly, and revelled in the fruits of my econopulence."
Econopulence by Justin Washtell March 8, 2005

ethnocultural neo-anthropology 

a new sub-branch of cultural anthropology
ethnocultural neo-anthropology should be devoted to answering the sole question of whether or not decolonized people in Third World countries can, without either immigrating to the Western World or financial help from the United Nations, historically, economically, and socially develop along Western lines using their own cultural and religious markers that they had prior to the beginnings of colonialism, i.e. prior to 1469 (the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille. I think the answer is yes.

Econoception 

is a term that symbolizes how the markets (and society in general) ignore the reality and rather trust the perception gathered through media and others.

It is also supported by the theory that "as long as the numbers stay in line with previously acceptable economic data, the world won’t fret too much about what is happening on the ground."
Basically it is the amount of shit perceived as real by the majority but underneath the facts say the opposite. Rising econoception is the rising amount of shit covered up by the facts which will eventually be exposed causing a declining econoception where the shit has been exposed and hit the fan.

An example can be made also in relationships...
If you think things are going bad with your girl and she's cheating but you stick with her... thats rising econoception. Eventually the truth will come out that she is banging your best friend and you'll kick your ass (or he will for you?). Then a violent declining econoception starts because you about to jump off a building due to the truth kicking your ass.

Or another very simple example is a thai ladyboy... do a search on google images and you'll witness what we talking about. It looks great in the beginning if you a straight guy (rising econoception) and no matter how much you want to believe it... in the end IT will catch up with you (declining econoception).

A more formal example in the first world is the US mortgage crisis. Enough said.

So a lot of people rather trust the perception and ignore the reality and so... Econoception is born.
Econoception by realitysabitch April 17, 2009

Econocalypse 

The end-of-the-world scenario portrayed in the media, caused by the global economic downturn.
It looks like the econocalypse is coming...

ethnocultnacity

The classification of a person's multi-faceted identity, comprising his/her ethnicity, cultural background, and nationality.
Pardon me, your accent and your appearance don't seem to match--what is your ethnocultnacity?

The combinations are endless ...
*Chinese-Filipino-American: parents and grandparents are ethnically Chinese; but lived in the Philippines their whole lives and raised you on Filipino food, language, and culture; but you were born and grew up in the United States
*Indian-Kenyan-British: family is ethnically Indian; but lived in Kenya for generations; and you were born in England
*Latino-Brazilian-Brazilian (some choose to identify further, as white Latino-Brazilian-Brazilian or black Latino-Brazilian-Brazilian )
*Latino-Cuban-Cuban (most wouldn't specify Caribbean or African ancestry because they're thoroughly mixed in Cuban culture)
*Caribbean-Tobagonian-Trinidad&TobagoCitizen
*Jewish-Polish-American
*Mexican-Texan-American (let's be honest, there's a whole other culture down there)
*Italian-Jersey-American
*European-Midwest-American (after so many generations, it's just so hard to trace!)
*White-Hawaiian-American (too far removed from ol' Scotland to even mention "European")
*KoreanEuropean-Quebecer-Canadian (for the halfsies)
ethnocultnacity by DCDoesSeattle January 23, 2014

econocentrism

Econocentrism is judging another economic system solely by the values and standards of one's own economic system. Econocentric individuals judge advocates for other economic systems relative to their own economic system, especially with concern for underlying supply and demand principles, with or without formalizing the value of intangible assets like human emotional development or environmental sustainability, and the monolithic implied trustworthiness of market dynamics.

These distinctions and subdivisions among various economic systems serve to define each economists unique philosophical and academic identity. Econocentrism may be overt or subtle, and while it is considered a natural proclivity of western democratic and humanitarian values, it has developed a generally negative connotation as a result of the contemporary outcome of globalized neo-liberal and free-market economic dominance, which has been observed as producing obscene wealth and income inequality, robust destruction of the life supporting planetary ecosystem, and the dismantling of the ability of national political institutions to serve the best interests of their largest constituencies.
The Grove City College holds a peculiar variation of econocentrism, as its core economic curricula is structured to communicate the theory of free-market economics as most notably presented by Von Mises. This economic system and theory is an outlier among other US colleges and universities, which predominantly are econocentrist, to the context of neo-liberal economics.
econocentrism by aaron_ros June 9, 2016
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
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A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
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No Surprises Wedding

A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.

This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.

Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
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Ulzzang true definition is "best & "face" = best face in korean. They are basically people with above average looks, sometimes with the use of photoshop and haduri who post their pics online, some becoming internet celebrities.
"Hey, see that chick over there? She's pretty enough to be an ulzzang. :D"
ulzzang by `r i k kit t y February 26, 2008
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