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
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An moment that is so beautiful, incredible or downright hilarious that it deserves to be preserved with a picture, and yet no one present has a camera with them.
by TilltheEnd August 07, 2010
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When your industry or business gets changed on its head because you didn't see or act in time to the changes coming (Kodak didn't react in time for digital cameras; and bang, went broke)
The business owner of a DVD rental shop (ie video store) had a kodak moment the minute Netflix came to town
by goatman99 August 31, 2017