May 14 Word of the Day
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
Person A: Man, that nutcase Martin Bryant guy shot 35 people in Tasmania!
Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.
Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.
by Mystikan April 11, 2006
2
Gubbins = stuff.
A common expression in Northern England, and the better parts of the rest of the world.
A common expression in Northern England, and the better parts of the rest of the world.
Neil: "Where's the 27mm impact socket?"
Zippy: "It's over there on the floor, next to that pile of welding gubbins."
Zippy: "It's over there on the floor, next to that pile of welding gubbins."
by Antiseptic February 07, 2012
5
Objects of little or no value. A word frequently used while moving houses, e.g. "I can't take it any more! All these gubbins to sort out!"
by rebel#4 April 29, 2011