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What something will look like to the outside world; the perception a public relations person would have on something. First seen (at least by me) in article by Equity Private on finance blog dealbreaker
CEO of Bank: We definitely should have all of our best mortgage brokers to Vegas for the week just like we've done for the last ten years.

PR Flack - yes, but consider the optics.
by Chebyshev February 07, 2009
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May 26 Word of the Day
"Bi wife energy" is a term that was coined through a song by the user @/cringelizard on Tik Tok to describe the energy that Misha Collins radiates, explaining it with the fact that he is married to a bisexual woman, Victoria Vantoch. The full song can be found on all music streaming services and YouTube.

People with bi wife energy are fiercely supportive of the LGBTQ+ community, their love for their spouse, if they have one, is strong and people sometimes assume they are queer.

In their first video about this, @/cringelizard referred to Misha as a "hetero guy", but amended in a later added verse that the actor does not like labels.

The term "bi wife energy" can be used for people of all genders, regardless of relationship status, although "bi husband energy" has also been used in several videos across Tik Tok.

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Lyric excerpt:

(Verse 2)
Now sometimes people assume I'm queer
And I have to say, hey! just a straight guy here
But I get it a lot, and I don't mean to be cruel
It's just that my wife is a bisexual

(Chorus)
Bi wife energy
He has bi wife energy
BI wife energy (yeah)
He has bi wife energy
"You know Misha Collins?" "You're talking about that actor, right? The one that radiates bi wife energy?"

"Amy Santiago has so much bi wife (bi husband) energy!"
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The viewing lens of public perception. How the media will play a story. Political repercussions are all about optics. Bad optics would be giving the media or the political opposition a juicy story to play with.
"The optics of a Solyndra default will be bad," according to a Jan. 31 email from an Office of Management and Budget staffer printed in the Washington Post. "If Solyndra defaults down the road, the optics will arguably be worse later than they would be today. … In addition, the timing will likely coincide with the 2012 campaign season heating up."
by vvvbbb October 02, 2011
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The appearance and public perception of a certain situation or action, as was most recently used by the synagogue shooter in Pittsburgh on his social media post just before the horrible attack.
Screw your optics, I’m going in..”
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a person in a video game (mostly first person shooters) who likes to snipe and thinks they are good at the game.they are mostly 10-13 year old kids who want to look cool.they usually come in packs of 3-4.they are actually horrible at the game but are too stupid to agree and then they deny the fact.
jamesfly:im an optic kid im too good!

*jamesfly dies*
jamesfly:F**kING G*Y A** SH*T
gamer:kid shut up u suck u f**king optic f*g scrub.

*jamesfly rage quits*
by olimar120 May 04, 2011
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optic; ar. der; überdrüssiges wesen mit dem hang zum schwachsinn labern. (Wörter zu Wortgruppen geformt, gleich welchem Niveau)
Der Name an sich im Bezug auf die dazugehörige Person ist im gewissen Sinne ein Oxymoron, d.h. der im deutschen Sprachraum existierende Begriff "Optik", mit dem man häufig optisch ansprechendes oder positives, und der Name oPTiC sind sinngemäß kaum kombinierbar, da eben diese Person eine so gar nicht ansprechende Optik vermittelt.
Weitere Rufnamen: nub, spack, inet-affe
oPTiC: "ey ihr seit (bewusst mit "t") so nub"

-"psst, lowbrain, immer erst an die eigene nase packen"

oPTiC: "ne ma im ernst, ihr könnt gar nix."

-"ggnpcya, no re"
by TAMM|Gotteshand February 20, 2005
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