24 definitions by Ontological

A small unit of measurement not of particular length.
I need you to move the desk a few tads to the left.

You missed the target by just a tad.

The fixture housing is a few tads off.
by Ontological June 26, 2018
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A step by step reduction in the psychological condition of an individual or group.
Despite being fully capable of success, Joe went through incremental morale degradation over the period of several years and no longer wanted to succeed.

Incremental morale degradation struck the heart of the soccer team. What started as confidence and hope for an easy win turned into a psychological train wreck.

They used incremental morale degradation techniques against the troops. Surrender seemed like the only option.
by Ontological June 25, 2018
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Restricting a process or job in a particular way that makes it less efficient and of lesser quality.
The job site supervisor was really into production throttling. It took twice as long and came out terrible.

The office manager was terrible at logistics and quality control. All the paperwork was filed in the wrong order and had to be refiled.

The government agency wanted to increase quality through regulation and control, but really accomplished nothing but production throttling.
by Ontological June 23, 2018
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The obtainment of value derived from social interactions and activities.
Jennifer Lawrence spending time with sick children at the hospital is socially profitable because it makes the kids feel happiness and love.

It was socially profitable for Jeff to signup for meetup because he needed to meet new people.

Since Sarah didn't drink alcohol there was no social profit in going to the bar last night.

Law enforcement respecting the privacy of citizens is socially profitable because it builds public trust.
by Ontological June 24, 2018
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The dynamics of false conclusions made by individuals or groups.
The persons worldview was based on a fictitious assumption paradigm.

Fictitious assumption paradigms often exist in complex problems and pattern recognition.

Americans often hold fictitious assumption paradigms about foreign countries and leaders because they never travel.
by Ontological June 24, 2018
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Classifying or indexing all human behavior in a criminal context so all activities can be used as pretext for investigation and prosecution.
The polar intelligence matrix between the average person and policy makers induced a gross behavioral criminalization after years of adopting confusing law.

Everyone broke the law on a daily basis because they lived in a state of gross behavioral criminalization.

Gross behavioral criminalization allowed for an easy wiretap on the police department.
by Ontological June 26, 2018
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An offensive attack, characterized by the loose whipping motion of lengthy arms driven by an aggressive turning of the torso.
Little Johnny got blind sided by a ganglethon on the way home from school. The attackers arms moved so fast and so loosely he couldn't get a positive ID.

Turner kept picking on Joey. Joey couldn't take it anymore so he started to ganglethon. The whipping motion of Joeys finger tips smacked Turner right in the face.

Sarah tried to ganglethon without practicing and dislocated her shoulders.
by Ontological August 20, 2018
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