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Parallax 

The secret second moon that science is covering up. You can see it if you look at the moon with one eye, then close it and open the other.
Tim: Hey, have you seen Parallax?

Ed: Yeah, that's a dumb name, it should be called Moon 2.
Parallax by BCheeta July 9, 2019

Parallax 

Proposing to oneself the attribute of being smart or undeniable witty.
"Oh, we got beef? How about if I intelligent."
Parallax by Anonymous March 6, 2003

Parallax 

When someone opens a single car window and you can hear the wind vibration.

The problem can only be solved by opening another window.
"That's parallax" - Dad
Parallax by dcz September 14, 2019

Celebration Parallax 

The phenomenon whereby the exact same set of facts is either celebrated or deplored depending solely on the political bias of the observer.
When a liberal writes that increased immigration is good because it leads to a liberal demographic shift, but then writes that conservatives decrying increased immigration are pushing "replacement theory," that's celebration parallax.
Celebration Parallax by sensei10 January 31, 2023

Markovian Parallax Denigrate

In 1996, hundreds of Usenet messages were posted containing seemingly nonsensical text. This series of spam messages is named Markovian Parallax Denigrate. Some allegations were made concerning some of the emails and antiwar activist Susan Lindauer, but it has been proven that they are spoofed emails. The messages were posted mostly along Christian Usenet boards, hinting that it could have been a big troll by someone back then, as this behavior was common among trollers. This is one of the first ever internet mysteries.
Person 1: "jitterbugging McKinley Abe break Newtonian inferring caw update Cohen air collaborate rue sportswriting rococo invocate tousle shadflower Debby Stirling pathogenesis escritoire adventitious novo ITT most chairperson Dwight Hertzog different pinpoint dunk McKinley pendant firelight Uranus episodic medicine ditty craggy flogging variac brotherhood Webb impromptu file countenance inheritance cohesion refrigerate morphine napkin inland Janeiro nameable yearbook hark"

Person 2: "Markovian Parallax Denigrate is one of the oldest internet mysteries, it's cool that you know that"

Markovian Parallax Denigrate

Saying something that makes absolutely no fucking sense
Person 1: I spoke to the man about shoot eating stick for thing doing

Person 2: What kind of Markovian Parallax Denigrate are you saying
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briefcake 

"Did you check out the briefcake in courtroom C?"
briefcake by Ben Frey April 6, 2006
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Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Ratfucker by Ricky Ramjet November 2, 2017
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countrypolitan 

Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
countrypolitan by MOChick November 7, 2006
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