fahyuh r POS-uh m

Noun

A man, or someone claiming to be a man, who suggests that he and other men should gather and have an outdoor fire (i.e., in a fire pit or outdoor fireplace) and consume alcoholic beverages. After receiving agreement from the group and prior to the fire being lit, the fire possum ceases communicating with the group. Thus he will play possum prior to the lighting of the fire and kills the event.

A fire possum will often be heard claiming the next day “I no gay?!” Closely related to an Irish Goodbye and clairavoidance.

Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy