The act of redefining the conditions for victory or completion of a task, either when the original conditions for achieving them were met or whilst the person or group is busy working to achieve the current conditions, in order to prevent them from succeeding. Usually done with malice by a superior or peer looking to exclude or remove people from a group by portraying them as incompetent of not completing the task they keep altering.
When Jake was close to finishing his training, his supervisor who had always hated him started moving the goalposts by claiming that Jake needed four references of work experience instead of two in order to graduate, a condition that nobody else had to meet and with only one day left for the deadline. Jake didn't pass.
by thejimler May 5, 2015
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1. There's a criticism of Nintendo when they shut down fan stuff borrowing their IPs.
2. There's a criticism from fanboys of rival consoles.
3. They lose an argument, some of them start mocking their colloquist at this point.
1. There's a criticism of Nintendo when they shut down fan stuff borrowing their IPs.
2. There's a criticism from fanboys of rival consoles.
3. They lose an argument, some of them start mocking their colloquist at this point.
Here we go there's a Goalpost Shifter under a Twitter post criticising Nintendo shutting down Youtubers who upload their OSTs.
by Shiine-1 February 2, 2022
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Get the Gelp mug.An inanimate pair of words that are used as filler words or words to describe something. Can also be used on it's own as a single statement, used subjectively. Can also be used singularly as either Gelp or just Gorp.
Also can be Gelped/Gorped / Gelping/Gorping
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Created by a moron, for morons.
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One of the best comprehensive universities in Canada as rated by Macleans Magazine. People who attend this university are usually very calm, cool & collected, down-to-earth hippies, who love their marijuana. It's also a major party school, with wild keggers, and a very open downtown party scene. Downtown Guelph is often affectionately referred to as the G-Spot by the students who attend the university. Guelph is a total university town & students of the University are very friendly & easy to get on with.
Person 1: "Dude those people are so nice!"
Person 2: "yeah! they must be students at University of Guelph"
Person A: "Yo, I can't decide which university to go to! I wanna go where the air is fresh, education is good & people are levelheaded"
Person B: "Then you should definitely go to University of Guelph"
Person 2: "yeah! they must be students at University of Guelph"
Person A: "Yo, I can't decide which university to go to! I wanna go where the air is fresh, education is good & people are levelheaded"
Person B: "Then you should definitely go to University of Guelph"
by toobaloodles December 14, 2010
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