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sticks-and-bricks

No more sticks-and-bricks living for me, I'm on the road again.
by mlhiss May 4, 2018
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MRAPV

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPV or just MRAP). Vehicles used in war to protect soldiers. The new ones cost a million dollars and are vulnerable to EFP's.
Man I thought when I got my MRAPV I would be safe and sound. And then someone comes up with an EFP and blows my poor feet out of my socks. Och!!!
by mlhiss May 6, 2008
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Trumpertantrum

A word used to describe Donald Trump's temper tantrums, mean bullying, and ballistic retaliation.
A housewife in Baltimore accused Ted Cruz of being a "liar and thief " for stealing credit for her published phrase "Trumper Tantrum", and turning it into Trumpertantrum. One unifying thing about Trump is that he can both ignite and unify the Republican Party in one big brawl.
by mlhiss September 18, 2016
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cash register justice

Typically any situation where municipal and traffic violations are strickly enforced and fines are levied. Unfortunately for the poor who cannot afford to pay, the tab gets bigger and violations are compounded for not paying the original fines.

In some cases cash register justice can be a method available to those that can afford to pay the justice system and meet minor stipulations to get their minor criminal charges dropped and expunged from their record.
Cash register justice can be a "pay-to-get away with it" kinda thing especially when criminal charges are dropped and expunged by paying fees to the prosecutor in additions to minor stipulations. This may available to all in theory but easily taken care of by the rich, but not easily affordable by the poor.
by mlhiss August 2, 2020
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NIABY

Not In Anyone's Back Yard
The Nuclear Power Plant proposal got the NIABY prize from the activist group., as a form of recognition of their successful opposition to the proposal.
by mlhiss December 11, 2019
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opportunity cost disaster

Opportunity cost disater or OCD is when the opportunity cost of the strategy that is choosen is greater in extent than a certified disaster would be. In many cased net loss of opportunity is huge, way beyond what occurs in a normal disaster.

Even when things are great and everyone is happy with the chosen alternative like some people are with urban sprawl, the lost opportunity of the strategy can be so large that it equals or surpassses a legally defined disaster or disaster area.
The Iraq war is an opportunity cost disaster. There are a lot of bad ideas out there but these guys put a lot of thought into making it this bad. I can't think of much worse of an alternative, but I am sure they will, as it is getting worse all the time.

Some people living in this urban sprawl think they are in paradise but this is a total opportunity cost disaster. A hurricane wipes out the crops but sprawl eventually wipes out the farm houses and crop land, covers the best soil, eliminates the ecology and native plants and animals, and put's it in a tomb of concrete and asphalt. You can everywhere but it will cost 10 dollars in gas there is no there there.
by mlhiss March 28, 2008
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amazingless

Lacking any of the qualities of amazing. The inability of something to spark amazement.
I went to a party the last night and met the most amazingless people ever. I could barely keep my eyes open.

I could never imagine how amazingless these people were without meeting them. They were totally unenthusiastic.
by mlhiss June 1, 2013
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