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Reparations

The two or three dollars you can inevitably lose because your order got colossally fucked up at McDonald's or Popeye's.
Fuck me, those dumbasses forgot the extra chicken nuggets and gave me the wrong size fries. And this is a fucking Diet Coke!
It's fine. It's not worth going back to chase them down and correct the order. The lost money is just reparations.
Reparations by DTSK May 21, 2018

Reparations

(American Race Relations):
The idea of countering the lingering effects of slavery and Jim Crow laws on black Americans (redlining, school-to-prison pipeline, housing and employment discrimination, etc.) with money, Welfare, and/or Affirmative Action.

Popularized by Ta-Nehisi Coates in “We Were Eight Years in Power” (2017)
Bernie Sanders, despite supporting democratic socialism, did not support the idea of reparations in his 2016 campaign.
Reparations by True_Lust July 22, 2019

Reparations

What America owes Black American families for using them to build this country as unpaid labor while being beaten, raped and killed. Similar to the reparations given to Jews and the Japanese after WWII.
It’s pretty jacked up that as soon as freed slaves worked all that land so they could grow crops, President Johnson took their reparations back.
Reparations by Authello November 29, 2021

Reparations

Oxygen for l.e.m type people, blm'ers, as well others who have nothing better to do during their 2 day bkackout than loot and riot
If you are neither a white l.e.m nor a blm'er yet still think reparations are your thing, then be proud that even in your sober state you're worse than a drunk elephant 🐘. You need a shrink asap.
Reparations by Uncle Dimma December 29, 2021

Reparations

Financially benefiting off of someone else's hardships, solely on the basis of external similarities
Bob wanted reparations for all the fellow curly heads mocked at school
Reparations by Fortnighter June 18, 2023

Reparations Severance 

A financial package, like a golden parachute, added to BIPOC employment contracts that include diversity titles or JEDI responsibility. The severance package accounts for the emotional labor and emotional tax accrued during the job and protects against the statistically likely premature dismissal due to organizational flightiness, shifting of priorities, or gaslighting of the candidate.
I negotiated reparations severance into my employment contract because it was a Chief Diversity Officer role, and they like to fire us after they get their Linkedin photo-op.
Reparations Severance by tiffany jana September 17, 2021
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026
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