The tacit understanding between two parties that favors are being exchanged without anything being said outright — a greasy implicit deal where everyone knows the score but nobody names it.
The tacit understanding between two parties that favors are being exchanged without anything being said outright — a greasy implicit deal where everyone knows the score but nobody names it.
There's an unspoken schmear between those two departments every budget cycle.
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The mutually acknowledged but never verbalized understanding in a group that someone is behaving badly — everyone sees it, no one says it out loud, and the offender remains oblivious. Captures the social tension of collective recognition without confrontation.
An unspoken bet is the mutual understanding between two people that they're locked in — no words exchanged, no verbal confirmation, just the shared knowledge that both parties already know what's happening. It's the strongest form of the word because it doesn't require saying: the eye contact across the room, the nod before the plan is fully stated, the automatic show-up without a text chain. An unspoken bet runs on trust accumulated over time and doesn't need language to hold.
The silent, mutual understanding between people that something is completely and obviously true without anyone needing to say it — a consensus so certain it does not require words. Used when the agreement is so absolute that verbalizing it would almost be an insult to how obvious it is.
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Used to describe a person, vibe, or situation that radiates transactional, greasy energy — as if everything they do has an angle or a hidden price tag. Not necessarily corrupt, just conspicuously smooth and deal-oriented.