Copium
A metaphorical
opiate inhaled when faced with loss, failure or defeat, especially in sports, politics and other tribal settings.
The effects of
copium include, but are not limited to: extreme rationalizations for the defeat, outlandish theories of conspiracy supposedly perpetrated by the opposing side, extreme rage directed at the other side, unconvincing
allegations of fraud and abuse in the system, and rejection of the system as a whole.