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wokewashing

Using woke idiology to justify actions or positions you would otherwise find immoral or wrong, or to gain an advantage over a member of a non-protected class.
1. Bruce initially felt wrong about taking all the credit for Ted's work, but he wokewashed it with the rationale that "straight white men have been stealing for hundreds of years, so now it's my turn".

2. Beth is really wokewashing Ted lately - every time he tries to raise concerns with her proposal, she accuses him of "mansplaining" and shuts him down.
wokewashing by Gilgamesh10 August 27, 2021

Wokewashing

Deplatforming or censoring authors, creators, and commentators because those individuals do not follow woke or left-wing viewpoints on society.
Thousands of users on Facebook were examples of Wokewashing when they posted news stories about Hunter Biden's laptop.
Wokewashing by jondich September 22, 2023

woke washing 

Say, Isn't Drake's "God's plan" music video a bit woke washing? He seems to use his philanthropist-like acts, to promote himself.
woke washing by kukilida May 16, 2018

Woke Washing 

The act of casting actors in roles based on a politically correct attempt to equally represent every race, color,sexual preferences or creed regardless of actual talent, historical accuracy, or adherence orginal cannon.
Did you see the new Abraham Lincoln movie? They had him as a gay black man and his wife was a Korean muslim....Why do they have to be woke washing everything now!
Woke Washing by Mullet September 5, 2022

Wokefishing 

The phrase is a play on ‘catfishing,’ which means pretending to be someone you are not... to lure someone into a relationship. The issue is apparently enough of a problem that Vice, the achingly SJW online magazine, has devoted a lengthy article explaining what the problem is and interviewing “victims” of this cruel political dupery. - from RT - July 29th 2020
Ignore him, he's full of BS and just wokefishing you to try and get you into bed
Wokefishing by Carl Davidson July 29, 2020

woodwashing 

the act of using extraordinary amounts of saliva for the task of sucking dick
Did you just get your wood washed?
I love my baby's woodwashing techniques.
woodwashing by kamil olmec September 23, 2004
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
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"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
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