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Nocebo is the scientific term for the creation of a negative expectation that results in reducing or negating the value of a treatment.
There was a high nocebo effect created by the fact that the drug has an extremely high risk for a combination of severe side effects including severe brain damage, impotancy, kidney failure, uncontrolable spasms, suicide, farting, diarrhea, serility, genetic mutations, birth defects, uncontrolable anger, sleep walking naked in front of large groups of people, cancerous lesions on the skin, ridecule from friends, quarantine and issolation for 6 months, etc.
by mlhiss March 30, 2008
Get the Nocebo mug.A person who refuses to follow CDC guidelines, laws or ordinances to wear a face mask that is designed to prevent the spread of a disease, especially during the time of a pandemic.
A no-masker is making a political statement. Herd impunity. It is what it is. Everyone is going to die. I will only spread the virus if you are receptive. If you get really sick and or die it is what it is.
by mlhiss September 18, 2020
Get the no-masker mug.A small window of opportunity you can walk into a store and take at your own risk what you want without paying ; e.g. after a natural disaster or social unrest or war. The sale does not have to occur on any specific day, but it requires certain conditions. It is illegal in almost all circumstances, with the exception of some areas which have been devastated by a disaster and for which taking certain items is necessary for basic survival.
by mlhiss October 16, 2019
Get the Columbus Day Sale mug.A blocklist is being used to replace blacklist, In the computer and tech industry . Blocklist refers to a directory of specific elements that are blocked, e,g email addresses, IP addresses or URLs.
Some in tech are promoting blocklist over blacklist because it is more descriptive and understandable.
by mlhiss July 7, 2020
Get the blocklist mug.An affectionate nickname for a person who is kind and loving but has a dominating and controling personality.
Bulldozer.
Bulldozer.
Boogozer
A guy who comes back to his home town after being gone for 10 years and stumbles on what used to be a beautiful and undeveloped beach that has recently been covered with tacky development and private property signs:
"The things you see without your boogozer."
A guy who comes back to his home town after being gone for 10 years and stumbles on what used to be a beautiful and undeveloped beach that has recently been covered with tacky development and private property signs:
"The things you see without your boogozer."
by mlhiss March 30, 2008
Get the boogozer mug.The economist would always ask a specific set of questions to figure out the potential utils of a potential love interest. He was hoping for a 10 but, at best, but quickly learned he could get a more positive response from a low scoring woman whose utils increased when he acted pleasant and fun.
by mlhiss December 20, 2019
Get the utils mug.Dating a person that is 18 years or more your junior. Note it is illegal to have sex with someone under the legal age of consent.
Her desire for dating a fetus, diminished considerably, when she calculated that she would not be able to have sex with her date till she was at least 36.
by mlhiss March 19, 2020
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