poisonery
poisonery by uttam maharjan September 19, 2012
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Social Prisoner
A sincere, friendly prisoner who utilizes the time while incarcerated to develop and maintain positive and meaningful friendships.
A social prisoner establishes and maintains healthy friendships inside prison as well as outside. Often, social prisoners also make use of the time to learn skills and seek an education.
Social Prisoner by Lexicon reader November 4, 2011
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prisoner of the moment
1) Someone who thinks recent results will lead to the same results in the long term.
2) Someone who is focusing on something that just happened rather than the big picture.
3) Someone who's focus is narrow, focusing on the short term rather than the long term.
4) Often used as another term for "Recency bias".
2) Someone who is focusing on something that just happened rather than the big picture.
3) Someone who's focus is narrow, focusing on the short term rather than the long term.
4) Often used as another term for "Recency bias".
Billy complained that his favorite sports team's season was over after they lost a game several weeks ago, but he was just a prisoner of the moment because they actually ended up winning the Championship.
prisoner of the moment by Revel8 October 8, 2018
the prisoner’s dilemma
When a person has been arrested and during their interrogation is wondering what to say based on their awareness of what the other witnesses may be saying.
So as Ambassador Gordon Sondland got some distance from his statements made weeks ago under oath, he began to experience the true depth and extent of the prisoner’s dilemma which of course led him to finally correct his testimony.
the prisoner’s dilemma by Dr Bunnygirl November 5, 2019
Irony poisoned
When someone perceives nearly everything through multiple layers of irony, and nothing through sincerity. This could extend to someone not being able to sincerely express their own beliefs without someone else thinking they’re being ironic or Insincere. And it could also extend to the inability of someone to take sincerity coming from others at face value, or being skeptical of it.
Person 1: I really enjoy X
Person 2: I bet you only like it because it’s secretly a coping mechanism for something else.
Person 1: it’s not, you’re brain is just irony poisoned
Person 2: I bet you only like it because it’s secretly a coping mechanism for something else.
Person 1: it’s not, you’re brain is just irony poisoned
Irony poisoned by L+Ratio? May 25, 2022
prisoner of fun
prisoner of fun by Dr Bunnygirl March 13, 2019
Prisoner of the Present
1. A person whose entire worldview is shaped by current events, stumbling along from one crisis to another.
2. Someone without a historical perspective or hope for the future.
3. The mindset that causes "knee-jerk" reactions to almost any kind of social or economic change.
4. A state of perpetual panic about "the world today."
2. Someone without a historical perspective or hope for the future.
3. The mindset that causes "knee-jerk" reactions to almost any kind of social or economic change.
4. A state of perpetual panic about "the world today."
Larry says the U.S. economy will never recover no matter what happens in Washington -- he's a typical Prisoner of the Present.
Prisoner of the Present by Peter Kobs June 4, 2009
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