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full deckisms

full deckisms is the plural of full deckism.

Meaning of full deckism

Noun

full deckism (plural full deckisms)

  1. A word or phrase used to euphemistically refer to the crazy or deranged state of another person.
    • The next time you need to make this point try using a "full deckism." Full deckisms are euphemisms for saying that people are stupid or illogical — that they're "not playing with a full deck."1996, Malcolm L. Kushner, Successful Presentations for Dummies, page 332

Questions about full deckisms

What is full deckisms the plural of?
Full deckisms is the plural of full deckism.

Words near full deckisms in the dictionary

  1. full cousins
  2. full cream milk
  3. full debut
  4. full debuts
  5. full deckism
  6. full deckisms
  7. full disclosure
  8. full disclosures
  9. full dive
  10. full dress
  11. full dress uniform

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