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Virtue-signaling
Virtue-signaling (noun): the self-serving, disingenuous act of presenting & solidifying oneself as concerned with, committed to, or compliant to a specific political alignment regarding political topics or issues for prestige or ego.
If the President genuinely cared about women's rights, he'd do less virtue-signaling on Twitter and more action.
Virtue-signaling by Power moves Only June 28, 2022
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pokie signaling
When a woman goes without her bra so that her nipples poke through her blouse or sweater, and asks her guy in, she is engaging in pokie signaling. This is an invitation to some kind of intimacy, from petting to coitus.
pokie signaling by Angel of the Morning March 9, 2020
Signalization
The geographical area with working cellular service and preferrably internet. The point is that you are connected with the rest of civilization through a cellular signal.
Example 1:
Daniel: "Yo, why ain't ma bitches sexting me back?"
Leif: "We be out of signalization, fool."
Example 2:
Razz: "My phone never works at fat camp! This weekend, we got to drive back to signalization."
Leif: "And how!"
Daniel: "Yo, why ain't ma bitches sexting me back?"
Leif: "We be out of signalization, fool."
Example 2:
Razz: "My phone never works at fat camp! This weekend, we got to drive back to signalization."
Leif: "And how!"
Signalization by Lectrol May 7, 2010
Vice Signaling
This is the opposite of Virtue Signaling. It is a way to broadcast to other ultra conservatives that you despise those different from you and judge others based upon superficial traits.
Jimmy Bob really was vice signaling to the MAGA crowd when he got up and shouted obscenities at the Pride Parade marchers walking downtown.
Vice Signaling by slaves2society April 20, 2023
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SigAlert
Any unplanned event that causes the closing of one lane of traffic for 30 minutes or more, as opposed to a planned event like road construction, which is planned separately. Colloquial to Southern California
As I was stuck in traffic due to a SigAlert on the 405, I glanced up at the SUV in front of me (driven by a blonde bimbo, wouldn’t you know it) and saw a bumper sticker that read, “I want to be Barbie — the bitch has everything!”
Intelligence signaling
To broadcast or telegraph that you are more intelligent than you actually are by attempting to educate people and provide unsolicited advice under the guise of helping them.
Ties in well with virtue signaling as the goal is both to dominate by making yourself appear smarter and more virtuous in juxtaposition to the receiver or audience.
The intention (as well as virtue-signaling 'helpful' advice) is to self-level-up and often to make it seem like you have more knowledge in a given field. Since you often target someone more specialized or experienced than you are your advice is either common knowledge, making you appear like a douchebag in the eyes of the receiver, or it is made up bullshit.
Ties in well with virtue signaling as the goal is both to dominate by making yourself appear smarter and more virtuous in juxtaposition to the receiver or audience.
The intention (as well as virtue-signaling 'helpful' advice) is to self-level-up and often to make it seem like you have more knowledge in a given field. Since you often target someone more specialized or experienced than you are your advice is either common knowledge, making you appear like a douchebag in the eyes of the receiver, or it is made up bullshit.
My mistake was when Joe asked me how my marketing business was going and I said 'slow'. For the next hour he was intelligence signaling useless advice. The only thing I learned in that hour was how little he knows about marketing.
Intelligence signaling by mogydee June 14, 2020
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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