May 14 Word of the Day
Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy
Person A: Man, that nutcase Martin Bryant guy shot 35 people in Tasmania!
Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.
Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.
by Mystikan April 11, 2006
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1 - I love honda accords, I'm srs
2 - My 2011 Honda Accord's steering wheel says "SRS Airbag". That could save my life.
2 - My 2011 Honda Accord's steering wheel says "SRS Airbag". That could save my life.
by hoyclan January 29, 2014
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Abbreviation for sex reassignment surgery, which refers to procedures that alter a transgender person's physical appearance or characteristics to resemble those associated with the gender they identify as.
by Qgirl-whrt November 28, 2019
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Simple Random Sample. A statistical technique that selects a sample group from the population by means of random chance, such that no member of the population is more likely to be chosen than any other.
John wanted to determine the distribution of SAT test scores among his fellow students, but he could not reasonably collect data from every student. Therefore, he performed a simple random sample (SRS) by numbering every student in the school, using a random number generator, and selecting the students that corresponded to the first 25 numbers generated as his sample.
by uggen April 08, 2009