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1. Dominating harshly: Imposing a harsh or cruel form of domination.

2. Highly stressful: Exerting a worrying, troubling, or burdensome pressure on somebody.

3. Stifling: So hot and humid as to make people feel tired, irritable, or sluggish.
An oppressive regime.
Oppressive by Jafje April 5, 2007
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Oppressive

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straight people
He kick me because i'm gay, he is so oppressive.
Oppressive by Alt girl September 22, 2020

trans-oppressive 

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Someone who exhibits oppressive behavior towards certain groups of people, but does not self-identity as oppressive.
Joe- Can you believe those racist over there?
Mike- Bro...they're not racist, look at their sign! It says "All Lives Matter"
Joe- that's just a cover, they're trans-oppressive .
trans-oppressive by Joe882k9 April 2, 2017

internalized oppression

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Zarna Joshi is the founder of the internalized oppression meme, thought h3h3 productions got the meme started

Oppression 

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An academic euphemism for first world inequality of outcome; an exaggeration that by comparison minimizes actual suffering, bondage, torture, and totalitarian control.
Although Fatima was still recovering from the non consensual genital mutilation she received by the hands of her village leader, she was glad that liberal arts students in the US weren't suffering the oppression of culturally insensitive Halloween costumes following their successful email campaign to the dean.
Oppression by Majikkutepu April 14, 2017

Oppression Olympics 

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term that describes but rejects as false the phenomenon whereby activists against prejudice towards one group will attempt to position that prejudice as "worse" than the prejudice faced by another group
We get nowhere as feminists if we engage in the Oppression Olympics.
Oppression Olympics by Allison Amy December 9, 2008

Oppression Olympics 

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Oppression Olympics is the tactic used by Alt-Leftists in Western society that's used to silence people who are "privileged", attempting to render their qualms useless. The pecking order (Bottom to top) goes:
White straight men, black straight men, white straight women, white gay men, white gay women, black gay men, white transsexuals FtM, white transsexuals MtF, black straight women, black gay women, black transsexuals FtM, black transsexuals MtF.
Although the tactic is used by Alt-Leftists, the term is used by those who oppose it.
Person 1: "You know, I'm not huge on this new obsession with teaching African history to students over the Roman Empire"
Person 2: "Well lucky you're a white guy so your opinion is not required"
Person 1: "I ain't playing this Oppression Olympics shit with you, man."
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The new guy seems pretty happy for a dude who has no job, no money and no family. He must be on a pink cloud.
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Dotard 

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An aging individual who has long lost the ability to make rational sense.
That dotard is going to get us all blown up, if he doesn't calm down .
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Chancla

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The deadliest weapon known to a Latin kid; a flying slipper/ flip-flop.
My mom hit me with a chancla.
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Striver 

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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

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SkyPesos 

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- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.
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