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[Adjective] | "pre*ced*ing" | \ pri-ˈsē-diŋ \
1: existing, coming, or occurring immediately before in time or place
Origin: 15th century ;
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[Verb] | "pre*cede" | \ pri-ˈsēd \
1: to surpass in rank, dignity, or importance
2: to be, go, or come ahead or in front of
3: to be earlier than
Origin: 15th century ;
Middle English, from Middle French preceder, from Latin praecedere, from prae- pre- + cedere to go;
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[Adjective] | "preceding"
1: going before another in time or order;
* e.g., " ... had not eaten since the preceding day "
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[Verb] | "preceding"
1: to go or come before in time;
* e.g., " ... there are two speeches which will precede yours "
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# 1 - { preceding:13205597 }
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[ "preceding" ]
1: Inhibiting success, simply cut the process of progress
* e.g., ... These fake friends are preceding me to become what I want
# 2 - { precede:15337626 }
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[ "precede" ]
1: Come before (something) in time, order or position.
* e.g., ... She preceded him into the room
# 3 - { Precedent:3063876 }
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[ "Precedent" ]
1: The Ill Clothing Movement.
* e.g., ... His steez screams precedent, fresh btown status
# 4 - { Peel Precedent:2315293 }
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[ "Peel Precedent" ]
1: Referring to legendary, late British radio DJ John Peel, the case of the man playing vinyl at the wrong speed (ie. 33rpm at 45rpm or vice versa). The Peel Precedent is often invoked by DJs to excuse their own mistakes. Traditionally, there were three possible outcomes of such a mishap:
* e.g., ... I messed up while DJing last night by playing Plastikman at the wrong speed, but i invoked the Peel Precedent and got away with it. It sounded just as good anyway...
[ "Peel Precedent" ]
2: Peelie would stop the track about 30 seconds in, fluff a jocular apology and then play the track again at the correct speed
[ "Peel Precedent" ]
3: Peelie would let the track run to its conclusion, then admit his error (or ignorance - a lot of his vinyl had no indication of the correct speed) while arguing that it sounded good at the wrong speed anyway
[ "Peel Precedent" ]
4: In rare cases, Peelie would let the track run to its conclusion, argue that it sounded great at the wrong speed anyway, and then play the whole track again at the correct rpm, inviting listeners to draw their own conclusions with regard to its quality.
# 5 - { The Rittenhouse Precedent:16447969 }
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[ "The Rittenhouse Precedent" ]
1: The dangerous precedent set by the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on November 19th, 2021; that you have the right to self-defense by any means if your life is threatened by mentally ill pedophiles and rioters.
* e.g., ... "The Rittenhouse precedent now gives deranged right-wingers the right to kill my wife's boyfriend if he chases one of them down in a riot"
# 6 - { Precedent Obama:3745780 }
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[ "Precedent Obama" ]
1: New name for Obama. The man is ready to set many precedents in office the likes of which have never been seen before.
* e.g., ... Did you read about that new executive order?
# 7 - { system of ascending precedents:3404787 }
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[ "system of ascending precedents" ]
1: a sequence of events wherein each event sets a new, higher standard that will act as a precedent for all subsequent events.
* e.g., ... Bob tells funny stories and does spontaneous imitations at work. each one is a little funnier than the one before. his co-worker's expectations track with his performance so that now he has to maintain the gradient of improvement every time he opens his mouth or, - and this is the key- they will respond as if it was less funny than it really is. He has trapped himself in a system of ascending precedents.
[ "system of ascending precedents" ]
2: -As far as I know, this phrase has never been coined or defined before.
# 8 - { precedent of the United States:13797063 }
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[ "precedent of the United States" ]
1: Refers to an "acquired from the past" habit/routine/action/policy, usually of questionable morals/ethics. It originates from a practice that a former U.S. prez began many years ago, and so then one or more C-in-C's have partaken of same sinfulness on numerous occasions since then because they figger that it is something they can get away with and thus they should be able to do it themselves.
* e.g., ... A few "classic" and disgraceful examples of a precedent of the United States would be Kennedy's philandering (and so Clinton and Dubya followed suit), Nixon's dirty politics (and so Reagan did likewise, as well), and Reagan's running rough-shod over everyone (just as The Donald is doing now).
# 9 - { Legal Precedent:18100514 }
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[ "Legal Precedent" ]
1: Good. Good... I mean my whole thing is peripheral culpability. It's like my whole thing.
* e.g., ... Hym "Now (thanks to the new legal precedent) I'll be able to link the likely but preventable child murder that will happen EXPLICITLY AS THE RESULT of a targeted harassment campaign and the public theft of the solution to the current iteration of A.I. and link it to these piece of shit self-help YouTubers... And HOPEFULLY... I can detroy their lives from the grave... And then they kill themselves. It's a win-win"
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