The act of removing a societal standard of achievement and related shame of failing to reach a standard. (past tense)
In reference to the rope in school gymnasiums which were historically climbed as part of physical education, but were removed in '90's as part of a societal trend and are no longer included in standard curricula. Defined by Adam Carolla.
Q: France used to be excellent, what the hell happened?
A: Took down the rope.
San Francisco took down the rope by implementing a program to cut checks to homeless people.
A small piece of information. Derived from the word ken, used often in the scottish language and is synonymous with knowledge.
Person 1: "Hey I don't get this shit. How do you solve this problem?"
Person 2: "I got that one. Give me some kenlets on this assignment and I'll help you w/ that one."
a word of expression to when you give up on comprehending someone's words of ignorance, stupidity, absurdity or are too exhausted to formulate a proper response.
Commonly seen in TikTok comment sections in replies to lazy attempts at humor, overconfidentally incorrect statement, or an over-the-top comment or when someone completely misses the mark on something.
n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the game alive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because id still sells it, while The IncredibleMachine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.