Definition: A deliberate attempt by a group or entity to destabilize a nation's or region's economy with the intent to cause widespread disruption, fear, or harm. This tactic often involves targeted financial activities, market manipulation, or the exploitation of economic vulnerabilities.
Synonyms:
Financial terrorism
Economic sabotage
Economic warfare
Usage in a sentence:
"The coordinated cyber-attacks on the banking system were viewed as a form of economic terrorism."
A term used in right-libertarianism to describe a community, city, or social entity where all property and services are provided through "voluntary means," encompassing private or cooperative ownership.
In a voluntary society, as articulated by thinkers such as David Beito, Peter Gordon, and Alexander Tabarrok, ownership is distinguished from monopolistic privatization supported by state subsidies or state-controlled public resources. Instead of traditional state services, courts might be supplanted by dispute resolution organizations, police by volunteer-based community defense or private security agencies, and transportation authorities by community road associations.
Proponents, particularly anarcho-capitalists, argue that voluntary societies could resolve conflicts between advocates for government non-interference in areas like non-violent drug use, free stores, and communal sharing, and those supporting government regulation of such activities. The concept was notably explored in the book The Voluntary City, which examines various services in this context.
Example Sentence: In a voluntary society, dispute resolution organizations and pollution insurance companies would work together to prevent problems such as pollution, promoting a cleaner and more cooperative environment for all residents.
1.(fandom slang) A strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters originating from anime, manga, video games, and similar media forms. Often characterized by intense emotional or aesthetic investment in a specific character or group of characters. The term conveys affection or a protective feeling towards the character, typically seen as innocent, cute, or vulnerable.
Usage: "His love for that character goes beyond fandom; it's pure moe."
Etymology Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily, totally, root and branch”) (as in “the pigs broke into my fence and destroyed the potato patch bodyaciously”), South Carolina, or a blend of bold and audacious.
Pronunciation IPA(key): /boʊˈdeɪʃəs/
Part of Speech Adjective
Definitions
(US) Audacious and unrestrained. Example: If you’re going to lie, you might as well tell a bodacious lie.
(US) Incorrigible and insolent. Example: You, sir, are a bodacious scoundrel.
(Australian slang, US slang) Impressively great in size; enormous; extraordinary. Example: That bodacious wave caught everyone by surprise at the beach.
(of a person) Sexy; attractive. Example: She walked into the room with a bodacious confidence that turned heads.
Derived Terms
bodaciously (Adverb) (US, nonstandard) In a bodacious manner. Example: He bodaciously took the lead in the competition, surprising everyone.
Etymology From Latin eximius (“set apart, select”), from eximō (“take out or away; deliver, free”), from ex (“out of, from”) + emō (“buy; acquire, take”). Formed as an adverb by adding -ly to the adjective eximious.
Pronunciation IPA(key): /ɛɡˈzɪmɪəsli/
Part of Speech Adverb
Definition Eximiously In an outstanding or pre-eminent manner; exceptionally.
Example Sentence Declan eximiously demonstrated her talent in the competition, earning the admiration of all the judges.
From Middle English skyt, skytte, skytt, from Old Norse skítr (“dung, faeces”), from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Cognate with Old English sċite (“dung”). Doublet of shit and shite.
Noun Skite (plural skites)
(Obsolete) A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow. Example: "He received a skite on the shoulder during the rough game."
A trick. Example: "Pulling a skite on his friends was just part of his mischievous nature."
A contemptible person. Example: "Don’t be such a skite; your attitude is uncalled for."
(Ireland) A drinking binge. Example: "After a long week, they decided to go on a skite to celebrate."
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) One who skites; a boaster. Example: "He’s such a skite, always bragging about his achievements."
(Ireland) A whimsical or leisurely trip. Example: "We're going on a skite to Dublin."
Verb skite (third-person singular simple present skites, present participle skiting, simple past and past participle skited)
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) To boast. Example: "She tends to skite about her travels every chance she gets."
(Northern Ireland) To skim or slide along a surface. Example: "He skited across the ice, barely keeping his balance."
(Scotland, slang) To slip, such as on ice. Example: "Watch out! You might skite on that patch of ice."
(Scotland, slang) To drink a large amount of alcohol. Example: "They skited at the pub until the early hours of the morning."
(Archaic, vulgar) To defecate, to shit. Example: "He quickly skited behind the bushes when nature called."
