" damage control "

 [ "damage control" ]

1: an attempt made to correct or rectify a situation that went wrong

  * e.g.,  ... we gotta be prepared to do some serious damage control if the press hears about this! 

 [ "damage control" ]

1: an attempt to reduce damage caused by a previous failure, when fixing such a failure is either temporarily or permanently impossible, or undesirable due to risk

  * e.g.,  ... Ex 1: Bill: I lost 50 grand...I'm definitely gonna win them back next game. I feel good about this, man. Dave: Nah, you should be on damage control. Consider your 50 grand a sunk cost. Ex 2: James: I can't believe I missed that event...there's not a fuck I can do now. Steve: You'll have to work extra hard to play catch up. You're on damage control now. 

 [ "damage control" ]

1: 1) a non-offensive way to say big fat lie 2) excuse to cover your ass when you get caught doing something that would surely cause you conflict

  * e.g.,  ... "his girlfriend found out he was lying when he said he never stayed with his ex, he said he never told her because it was damage control" 

 [ "damage control" ]

1: keeping things from getting too crazy or out of hand.

  * e.g.,  ... dan: dude this party is gonna be crazy. 

 [ "damage control" ]

1: When you workout after a week/weekend of too much drinking.

  * e.g.,  ... Dude, I drank way too much last night. I'm gonna hit the gym for some damage control. 

 [ "damage control" ]

1: After you've done a mistake, reduce all witnesses to silence.

  * e.g.,  ... 1) Mafia guy: "We've hit that mother and she saw we were carrying drugs, we gotta do some damage control". 

 [ "T.D.C. (Thot Damage Control)" ]

1: This is when a woman whom has kids with another man wants to wait until marriage before ever having sex ever again with her successors.

  * e.g.,  ... Look at this fuck-shit meme, it says "I am a single mother with two kids. However, I will wait 'til marriage to have sex again." TF?!?!! Is this some T.D.C. (Thot Damage Control) and shit?!?