In business, something (an idea, or plan, usually) set up to be knocked down. It's the dangerous philosophy of presenting one mediocre idea, so that the listener will make the choice of the better idea which follows.
It backfires with some frequency, as the listener (out of sheer perversity) will insist on the straw dog.
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by Vulc4n January 02, 2006
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a straw dog is a scapegoat group, place, person or idea in which we dump our evilness, so we can blame it and then by attacking, dissing or destorying it, we externalize it outside of us so we feel free of sin.
America often uses an 'out group' as a straw dog, such as Communists, terrorists, labor unions, gays, in order to deflect attention from the bad things we're doing, such as exploiting the environment or third world labor.
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Those who socially peaked in high school.
Chet, the captain of the football team in High school, is now an overweight drunk who sells shoes. He is a straw dog.
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(n.) Person who is faithful to the process of snorting cocaine. Someone who uses the inhalation of cocaine as the sole purpose of getting high.
With the packet in my pocket, the good stuff, I could only think of her, sitting at home anxiously awaiting my arival like a real straw dog.
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1) That girl was so drunk at that bonfire last night she got straw dogged and didn't even know it.
2) I fell so hard on my ass that I feel like I got straw dogged dood.
2) I fell so hard on my ass that I feel like I got straw dogged dood.
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