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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.
[ "pocket veto" ]
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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[ "pocket veto" ]
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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[ "pocket veto" ]
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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[ "pocket veto" ]
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.
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[ "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.
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[ "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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