@loremus

Yuppie:
A semi-important business suit, stuffed with a spineless human.

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@blogdiva

Politkarriereförderverein, der:
Früher bekannt als „politische Partei“, aber es stellte sich heraus, dass Prinzipien einfach zu unflexibel sind, weil sich Meinungen und Stimmungen beim Klientel nun mal ändern. Prinzipien wurden schnell zu lästigem Ballast. Auch war die Herausforderung, Wahlversprechen tatsächlich einzuhalten einfach zu groß und als Karrieren zum Beruf wurden und Quereinsteiger zunehmend chancenlos waren, nannte man es kurzerhand um. Siehe auch „Populismus“.

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@hannu_ikonen

Protecting children:
Usually yelled by notorious child abusers in order to get hugely unpopular legislation through with folks who don't, solely meant to restrict their freedoms further. Won't ever actually protect children, of course, but helps those who get a kick out of controlling and abusing others, abuse of helpless minors included.

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#Antifaschismus, bürgerlicher:

Die Kunst, den Nazis mit Nazisachen zuvorzukommen, damit Nazis die gar nicht erst machen können und nicht an die Macht kommen. Das Ergebnis ist zwar Faschismus, nennt sich aber dann „bürgerliche Mitte“, was natürlich viel netter klingt.

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Bubble, the:
Generally ignored, but if it comes to things certain people dislike, such as a Fediverse owned and run by the people, discussing ordinary people matters, it is heavily shunned, belittled and despised, of course.

If you expect the media at large to embrace the concept, you should consider how hard it would be to break in, control the narrative and do their job, which still is manufacturing consent on behalf of the rich fascist bastards who own them.

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Leistungsprinzip, das:
Der Geldadel kann sich's halt' leisten - alle anderen genau deswegen natürlich nicht.

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@Commander_KEEN @Korallenherz

Verantwortung, die:
Alle tragen schwer daran, verdienen allen Respekt, aber am Ende hatte nie *irgendwer* mit *irgendwas* zu tun und *niemand* weiß, wie es so weit kommen konnte.

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let's make ambrose bierce proud!

to musk smth — to acquire smth useful only to publicly completely destroy it in the ugliest way possible while mockingly taunting those who had been using it before.

e.g. a billionare is in the process of musking up a popular social network.

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@friendlydragonspouse Many Labour MPs opposed PFI & Jeremy’s debate explains why. Whenever we questioned PFI, we were told it was good value for money because otherwise capital projects could not take place. The only reason they couldn’t take place was because of arbitrary self-imposed rules that prevented public borrowing, even at a much cheaper cost. The Establishment said this was being “fiscally responsible”. In fact, it was the exact opposite. See my post on #TheDevilsDictionary

“BELLADONNA, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.”

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