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Newsploitation 

The act of using a news story as a means to fill air time - seemingly more as a reality TV event then as an attempt to actually report "the news".

Typically occurs on day 2 and beyond of a major natural disaster.
CNN has devoted more than 100 hours this week to the tragedy in Haiti, even though the earthquake itself happened more than 10 days ago. After the first day of coverage this amount of live coverage seems more like newsploitation than news reporting.
Newsploitation by AutomationNation2 January 22, 2010

japsploitation 

A movie, usually popular among a certain breed of film geek, made in Japan and involving gratuitous amounts of kung-fu, violence, and overall gore. Along the same lines as blacksploitation.
Did you see Ichi the Killer yet?" "Yes I sure did. I love Takashi Miike's films. He's the best japsploitation film maker ever.
japsploitation by kingbuzzo February 23, 2011

jobsploitation

making money from and cynically exploiting unemployed/employed people by forcing them to constantly update qualifications, jump hoops, pay to work, attend job seeker interviews, accept unsuitable employment etc.
A massive student debt and then years of jobsploitation to look forward to - I wouldn't like to be a young person these days!

jerksploitation 

1) v. The act of sexting self gratifying images to innocent young victims for one's own aggrandizement.
2) n. Being a tool of the administration, scratch that. Being a stand up guy in stiff opposition to Republicans, scratch that.
3) v. Using the Lame Stream Media, or MSM (the first 'm' in "main" is silent) to draw even more attention to oneself than previously imagined.
4) see: Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner engaged in jerksploitation to entice innocent young victims as he gratified himself, while being a tool for the administration, as a stand up guy in stiff opposition to Republicans.

The Democrat congressman used the Lame Stream Media to aggrandize himself in gross jerksploitation of prime airtime.
jerksploitation by Vern2765 November 25, 2011
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
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Plate of Brown 

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Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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Larpenomics

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