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Tactical Military Flashlight 

Super~bright 700 lumen waterproof flashlight with adjustable brightness & strobe mode & SOS mode. Excellent & the brightest flashlight Ever! It can be seen for Miles & can blind a bear!!!! It has a Lifetime money~back guarantee!!!!
When I got the Tactical Military Flashlight, I was Astounded at how very bright it is!!!!

Tactical Nihilism 

A bad-faith debating tactic where the debater selectively rejects commonly understood concepts, systems of classification, or terminology used by their opponent, halting any substantive debate, but supports their own viewpoints using those same concepts.

Instead of evaluating the logic of an opposing argument, the tactical nihilist will feign confusion, and attack a term used by their opponent. If the opponent, unaware of the tactic, takes the debater's apparent confusion in good faith, the conversation is quickly derailed into long discussions where the debater will continually request more and more evidence simply to establish the term's definition or validity, which the debater really understood in the first place. The debater will split every hair, attempt to deconstruct other words and concepts, and request more evidence. The original argument is forgotten and appears to be unaddressed by the opponent, and the debater is then able to feel victorious.
Alice: White people, becoming a dwindling and hated minority in the United States, face challenges as a group and should be allowed to advocate for their interests as a race.
Bob: Race? What even is that, really? And what is white? What about Italians and the Irish? I don't even know what you're talking about.
Alice: Wait, you support black, Hispanic and Asian minority activism. You know what race is, and I've never heard you try to deny or deconstruct any of those other racial identities before. And you sure seem to know what white people are when you're attacking them for white privilege, or when you think there are too many of them. Please stop with the tactical nihilism.
Tactical Nihilism by shar.nite January 11, 2020

Tactical Ab Tense 

Blowing all the air out of your lungs and tensing your abs as tightly as possible, to the point that you can barely speak. This is generally done at pool parties or the beach, in order to look like your waist is smaller and your body fat is lower than it actually is. This is particularly used by shirtless people when a photo is being taken of them or when their crush is nearby.
Greg: Dude do you want a beer
Terry (in a quiet, strained voice): Dude I can't talk, Jenny is over there so I'm pulling a tactical ab tense.
Tactical Ab Tense by Cheesed1ck September 3, 2021

tactical spoon 

Tactical spooning is the militarised version of the civillian term spoon or spooning;

When applied to the military, the act of tactical spooning is not a romantic exchange, but rather an act of survival and the desire to stay warm in harsh environmental conditions. This protective posture can be utilised in either the sitting or laying position.
Soldier 1: Man it's so cold...my teeth are chattering and my hands are starting to freeze....dude, we have to tactical spoon.

Soldier 2: Okay.
Word of the Day on February 2, 2022

Tactical Vomit

the point in a night of heavy drinking where one forces themselves or chooses to throw up in order feel well enough to continue drinking and keep up with the nights festivities
-usually done after large amounts of drinking for example finishing a case in a night followed by several shots
done at least once in every college students life
Drunk Friend 1: "I feel like shit. No one should ever drink this much"
Drunk Friend 2: "Go take a tactical vomit so we can go to the bars and keep drinking cuz our night is not ending here."

Tactical Retreat 

A way to retreat or 'run away' while still retaining your manliness
Joseph: Smokey! we will make a Tactical Retreat Nigerundayo!
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"Wow, what a Bunhead."

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"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
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