Cleanup
Cleanup noun - The act of making something clean.
Keeping
Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.
Both words in one sentence
- May "babysit" their own tropes, keeping an eye on them via their Watchlist, chasing off trolls and occasionally doing cleanup (though not on the same scale as an Editor).
Source: Just For Fun / Troper Types - Operation: Cleanup was a genuine attempt to fix the garbage-covered Earth, and lying about it having failed and keeping people happy with Bread and Circuses was simply to keep the masses from rioting over something that couldn't be helped.
Source: Peace & Love, Incorporated
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