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The company's policy to encourage co-worker snitching created a stressful and hawkish work environment.
hawkish by nightlights January 8, 2016
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Unlike the majestic predatory bird, when a human is described as hawkish, they're being praised for being reckless, which is why the human version of hawkish is nothing like the bird. The bird tends to be cautious since birds know how to survive without killing a lot of things they're not eating.
If the hawkish guy/girl toned his/her mouth down a little, he/she wouldn't have to keep killing to prove that he/she wasn't full of shit and reckless in behavior.
Hawkish by Solid Mantis January 29, 2020
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Any animal that flies knows how to be cautious, which is most likely why humans don't have wings. Kobe Bryant's pilot was an example of why humans were given wings by other humans, and not by nature. A human described as hawkish is usually the exact opposite of the animal, the hawk.
Unlike the bird of prey, the hawkish guy/girl gets everyone in deep shit, and usually leaves everyone else stuck in deep shit.
Hawkish by Solid Mantis January 29, 2020
Adjative

Somthing good or great
"Michael had a very hawkish day today"
Hawkish by AboveRed March 26, 2024

Hawkish Hold 

A central bank position during an interest rate decision whereas the bank forecasts future rate increases but maintains current policy rates.
The bank of Canada announced their interest rate decision and it was a hawkish hold.
Hawkish Hold by DoobleB January 26, 2022

hawkshit 

Hawkshit refers to something someone did that was particularly manipulative, devious, and deceptive in order to gain something.

It can be as lowly as someone getting credit for something they didn't do or create, to being a complete cash scam.
1) A certain single-hit rap star took Queen and David Bowie's background music from their song "Under Pressure" and put it in his, without giving credit until he was forced to. Total hawkshit.

2) I ordered something online from a hawkshit website and didn't realize it until a bunch more cash than I used to pay for the item mysteriously went missing from my bank account. The item also never arrived...
hawkshit by The Big Scoop May 12, 2011
1. A catch phrase commonly used by White Sox announcer Ken Harrelson.

2. Standard parlance of an incompetent hillbilly; staple of stylized speech patterns associated with South Carolinian trailer communities; used to "describe" an event (or even a sequence of events) without uttering more than 8 or 9 syllables; in essence, a substitute for original thought.
Hawkisms

· He gone

· Gaaaas

· Duck snort

· Grab some bench

· Chopper, two hopper

· Cinch it up and hunker down

· Sit back, relax, and strap it down

· I Luuuuuuuv cotton candy

· I Luuuuuuuv e-mail

· I Luuuuuuuv America

· I Luuuuuuuv when you analyze

· I Luuuuuuuv hats

· I Luuuuuuuv that duck

· Catbird seat

· Hang wiff 'em

· Roll him up right here

· Sacks packed with Sox

· You can cancel the post game show

· C'mon, you gotta do some chunkin' right here

· We've got 'em right where we want 'em

· Zone him in, reel him in, and light him up

· Gotta bristle up right here

· Big hack, no contack

· C'mon, be a two strike hitter

· We got a whooole lotta work to do

· He's on the bump tomorrow

· That ball hit deep

· Dadgum right

· Good speed aboard

· He needs to bow his neck

· Right size, wrong shape

· He just missed that one

· Double barrel of action

· Down to their last bullet

· Thank you very much

· Ducks on the pond

· Rack ‘em up

· Stay fair

· Get foul

· Poof

· Ball 4 base hit

· Should be…it is

· Mercy!

· Get on back there

· STRETCH

· Can-o-corn

· Pick-to-click

· Sucks it up

· Watch out

· He got a cookie there D.J.

· The dreaded leadoff walk

· Getting ridden hard and put away wet

· Lookin' for it, got it, and couldn't do nothin' with it

· "Heiny bird???"

· That's trouble

· This game is "O-VAH!"

· Way back, he looks up, you can put it on the board...YES!

· This ball game is ova!
Hawkism by Heave the Hawk June 26, 2009
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Literally 1984 

Used in response for when someone promotes/advocates an event or idea that is perceived to support "too much" authority and/or government control.

Often used jokingly as a over-exaggeration in political talk.

Can also be used in response to a ban or mute in a forum site or online chat.
Steve: I think that the government should regulate businesses more
Bob: Literally 1984!

--User1 has been permantly banned--
User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
Literally 1984 by ke1 July 7, 2021
Word of the Day on September 1, 2026

Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
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