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      [Noun]  | "pocket veto" 


      1: an indirect veto of a legislative bill by an executive through retention of the bill unsigned until after adjournment of the legislature


      Origin: 1842 ;

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       [ "pocket veto" ]

      1:  A Presidential power where he vetos a bill by leaving it unsigned until congress is out of session.

        * e.g.,  ...  The president pocket vetoed the new bill, try again next session guys. 


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      2:  A Facebook and Myspace tactic where rather than rejecting a comment or friend request you leave it in limbo nither rejected nor accepted. less harsh than a real rejection it also means that the person cannot send another request as long as you have not decided on their original request.

        * e.g.,  ...  Who the hell is this guy? I wont even qualify it with a rejection, pocket veto his ass. 

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      1: The act of taking no act, most often used as a passive aggressive response to undesirable advances. Easiest way to "respond" to a written request to have lunch or just-go-do-something. Neither "yes" nor "no," but really "no."

        * e.g.,  ... Hey, you know I think you're pretty cool and all. I was wondering if you weren't doing anything this weekend if you wanna catch a movie or something... 

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      1: The act of ignoring a comment, such as a reminder of debt, in hopes that the subject will be dropped and forgotten about.

        * e.g.,  ... I brought up his $20 debt to me, but he totally pocket vetoed me and ignored it. 

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      1: To use complacence and disinterest to get your significant other to break up with you so you don't have to break up with them.

        * e.g.,  ... I didn't have the heart to break up with her, so I pocket vetoed her. 

       [ "pocket vetoing" ]

      1: The act of fizzling a date or relationship by ignoring them.

        * e.g.,  ... Jerry fizzled the relationship by cold-shouldering her calls and texts: you know, Pocket Vetoing. 

       [ "Pocket Veto" ]

      1: v. : to ignore a Facebook invitation to an unfavorable or undesired event, until the event has passed, rendering the invitation moot; esp. an event happening shortly after the invitation was sent.

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