by anonymous September 27, 2020
Get the golpost mug.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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The worst type of Nintendo bootlicker who defends their multi-million dollar company when :
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
Get the Goalpost Shifter mug.1. I was playing the finals, i took the last kick of the ball. GOOOOOOOLmost. dang it i missed
2. my mom packed me golmosts for lunch today
2. my mom packed me golmosts for lunch today
by gizzyassucker May 24, 2009
Get the golmost mug.by darren hanson April 27, 2004
Get the gammon goalposts mug.Golfposting is a term coined by users of Code Golf Stack Exchange, meaning incomprehensible or strange jokes about code golf, esoteric programming languages, and programming in general.
by ¯\_(ಠ_ಠ)_/¯ December 19, 2021
Get the Golfposting mug.The dork would always start moving the goalposts whenever she started to get eaten alive at the game she created.
by The Original Agahnim November 11, 2021
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