sintervention

(n.) when an individual or group of persons intervene in the social life of their friend or colleague with the intention to introduce so-called "sinful" activities, including drugs, alcohol, tobacco and various promiscuous behaviors.

You grew up in Boulder and you've never smoked weed? Time to stage a sintervention!

sintervention by poison_ivy February 23, 2011

Military intervention 

an act of an absolute destruction of a land owned by a residing state

Becky: Hey, Ryan, should we tolerate military interventions of the USA?
Ryan: But Becky, there were no military interventions committed by the USA.

Military intervention by USA knowledgeman February 9, 2023

5 Finger Intervention

An intervention in the schrute family. It consists of ( in this order) :
Awareness
Education
Control
Acceptance
Punching

Person 1 is an alcoholic. They become aware of what they are. Education about it. Controlling it. Accepting it and then Punching. 5 Finger Intervention

5 Finger Intervention by MiniStig1 July 9, 2010

divine intervention 

when the hand of god comes down from heaven to stop motherfuckin bullets

divine intervention by jules October 12, 2003

intervention

when a group of friends get together to help out another friend who has a problem, like drugs, manic depression, beating his wife, etc. usually involves an informal get-together during which the friends all sit down and talk with the person having problems.

im calling a cookout next saturday for jim, its gonna be his intervention: he's gotta stop doing meth and hurting his children.

i will never forget how my friends held an intervention for me and got me off crack. i owe my life to them

intervention by dont be scared to hold an intervention June 11, 2006

Divine Jewish Intervention  

When an unexplainable occurrence (aka miracle) happens causing/allowing one to save money.

Examples of this phenomenon are plentiful. Finding a coupon right before you're about to buy something. Discovering a discount at the register for something you're about to buy. Noticing that you have an extra $100 in savings you forgot about. Finding an extra $5 in your purse you never knew was there. Tampax being put on sale during the week you just so happened to start your period. The list goes on and on.....

"Honey, remember that resturant we're going to on Friday? I just got a coupon for it in the mail! It's Divine Jewish Intervention!"

"I went to the store expecting to pay $100 for those shoes but Divine Jewish Intervention caused them to only ring up for $80!"

Divine Jewish Intervention by Daniel9787 February 26, 2009

divine intervention 

When a miracle happens. When the hand of God reaches down and saves someone from a life threatening or dangerous situation.
When someone is placed in the right place at the right time to be a catalyst for someone in need, when the person in need may have been in angst about how they would get through a certain situation.

It has nothing to do with sports.
When I was sick, and didn't know how I was going to get by, or eat- get medicine, and someone was anonymously inspired to slip assistance under my door, or bring me food or take me to a doctor.

Missing any form of transportation you were supposed to be on, and discovering it was in a terrible accident, or driving a different way to work/school, or where ever you were to go and missing a major accident.
Those who were running late or stopped to do something else, or were scheduled to be out of the office on 9/11- any scenario when a life or injury was spared because of out of the norm circumstances. To me these are more plausible examples of divine intervention.

divine intervention by akak8ty July 30, 2006