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procedural chess 

The weaponisation of an administration apparatus such that the opposing party or parties must navigate a sea of bureaucratic red tape in order to proceed with requisite business.
Dorothea has a grievance with her doctor's office, but the procedural chess of submitting a complaint has left her stunned; she may just forget about the whole endeavour.
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procedural programming

Procedural programming is a computer programming model built around the idea programs are sequences of instructions to be executed. They focus heavily on splitting up programs into named sets of instructions called procedures, analogous to functions.
This is different from object-oriented programming.
Some examples of procedural programming languages are: C, BASIC

Supernatural is situationally procedural for left shank accidents: The First Juvenile Release...《¤》

What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to perianal abscesses.
Person 1: Are you addicted to perianal abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Supernatural is situationally procedural for left shank accidents: The First Juvenile Release...《¤》

Seizure Procedure 

In video games, when you are struck or exposed by a weapon or mechanic that causes blindness in your character.

examples: flashbangs, concussion grenades, blinding flashlights, etc.
I was on a killstreak until Ajax hit me with the Seizure Procedure and i died.
Seizure Procedure by DeusRexVulpe November 21, 2018

Procedure Town 

A term used by workers, usually in minimum wage jobs, who deliberately follow work place procedures to the letter in order to slow down the functioning of the business and annoy managers.
"Fuck this place, I'm going downtown to procedure town."

procedure 

Defined by Gina Linetti as just a fancy word for 'proper order to do things'.

It's a Brooklyn 99 joke, y'all.
Rosa: We followed procedure.
Gina: 'Procedure' is just a fancy word for 'proper order to do things'.
Holt: Yes, that is it's definition.
procedure by i'm-a-KOOKOOBURRA April 28, 2020

emergency repair procedure #1 

When a piece of equipment malfunctions, the proper response is to kick it as soon as possible in the hope that it rectifies the problem.
How expensive the equipment is and the time it would take a technician to arrive, however short, are irrelevant.
It is usually only succeeds in worsening the problem, however, most techs appreciate the user trying at least some form of repair themselves. Hence, the rule.
McCoy: Chalmers, the transmitter is down again.
Chalmers: What were you doing?
McCoy: Trying to make a call.
Chalmers: Then what did you do?
McCoy: Emergency repair procedure #1
Chalmers: You kicked it?
McCoy: Yep.
Chalmers: Well, at least you tried something.
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