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    [Noun]  | "status quo" | \ -ˈkwō \


    1: the existing state of affairs


    Origin: 1719 ;

     Latin, state in which;

    [Noun]  | "status quo an*te" | \ -ˈan-tē \


    1: the state of affairs that existed previously


    Origin: 1800 ;

     Latin, state in which previously;

    [Noun]  | "the status quo" 


    1: the current situation : the way things are now

    [Latin phrase]  | "sta*tus quo an*te bel*lum" | \ ˈstä-tu̇s-kwō-ˌän-te-ˈbe-lu̇m \


    1: the state existing before the war

    [Latin noun phrase]  | "sta*tus in quo" | \ ˌstä-tu̇s-ˌin-ˈkwō \


    1: state in which : the existing state of affairs

    [Noun]  | "status quo" 


    1: the state or fact of being the way things usually are;


      * e.g., " ... civic leaders who are afraid to do anything that might change the town's status quo "





     [ "status quo" ]

    1: The way things are right now

      * e.g.,  ... It is very easy to change the status quo. 

     [ "status quo" ]

    1: Short for "status quo ante bellum" meaning "the state before the war." Used to reinstate property boundaries, ownership, etc after a nation is defeated. Kinda opposite its contemporary meaning, "the way things are now."

      * e.g.,  ... In spite of the principle of status quo, West Virginia was not restored as part of Virginia after the (US) Civil War. 

     [ "status quo" ]

    1: A top British Rock n Roll Band. 12 and 8 bar shuffle rhythms with a more often than not I,IV,V chord progression. Great music.

      * e.g.,  ... 1)"Come on Sweet Caroline, You're mine sweet Caroline" 


     [ "status quo" ]

    2: OR

      * e.g.,  ... 2)Leave it be (Status Quo) 


     [ "status quo" ]

    3: To leave as it is.

     [ "status quo" ]

    1: the current condition before the war.

      * e.g.,  ... Lorena Bobbit used a knife to challenge the status quo. 

     [ "status quo" ]

    1: A british band who plays the best feckin' boogie rock on the earth,giddit?

      * e.g.,  ... Caroline,Mystery Song,Slow Train,Down Down,4500 times 

     [ "status quo" ]

    1: The shittiest fuckin rock band ever. tehy're about 90 and should hang up their guitars and stop making cheesy tunes.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, thats nearly as shit as status quo! 

     [ "Status quo" ]

    1: The status quo, or any other quo, is a person's business if they want to go with it. Some people want to change everything, and others were already happy without anything having to change for them to be happy.

      * e.g.,  ... You don't tell people they can't stick with the status quo, even if you don't agree with the way they do something. You disagree with them, they disagree with you, a d that's it. Not everybody has to agree that wearing a stupid fucking mask everywhere or getting a vaccine is a good idea, since a country where everyone has to agree on everything is not really a free country. 

     [ "Status quo" ]

    1: Whatever the fuck is going on right now.

      * e.g.,  ... I’ll take the status quo over whatever the fuck is going on right now! 

     [ "STATUS QUO" ]

    1: An all black dance crew from "America's Best Dance Crew".

      * e.g.,  ... Boy: Did you watch "Amercia's Best Dance Crew" last night.  

     [ "Status Quo Warrior" ]

    1: A person who will let the world go to hell as long as they remain comfortable. Their natural enemy is the Social Justice Warrior.

      * e.g.,  ... See the status quo warrior in his natural state, unconcerned with or in favor of homophobia, transphobia, institutional and/or overt racism, etc. while he reclines in his easy chair, mocking social justice warriors online. 

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