A sarcastic phrase used to designate a snobbish attitude, or describe people who take themselves too seriously. A play on "'holier than thou." Someone with a "more gothic than thou" attitude will likely tell you about the gothic bands they are into by saying, "You probably haven't heard of them."
by SPectrumTopHat June 21, 2010
a certain quality characterized by a specific hypocrisy that stems from telling others to be tolerant despite the fact the individual demanding tolerance is one sided as well as having an attitude of moral superiority. People who tend to be more tolerant than thou tend to be anti-Christians, social justice warriors, third wave feminists, or tumblrinas.
by Major Madcat July 10, 2019
Someone emphatically stating how much one hates gossiping, that one would never engage in this sort of behavior. This implies that, "thou doth protest too much" and may in fact be a gossip.
by Chrizbeats September 13, 2013
When a head of state is against the use of masks in public in response to widespread violent protests in their land, so that the police could identify and arrest the rioters; or in case any public mask hoarding could deprive hospitals of them—either situation contradicts public health measures in a pandemic.
During the coronavirus crisis, the implicit “Thou needn’t wear a mask” message only raises panic in the population that there aren’t enough masks available for everyone.
by MathPlus April 9, 2021
by Bobbie Newtron2 acc January 11, 2021
Actually, Shakespeare never used this specific phrase. If he had, the gramtically correct way to say it would be "I bite my thumb at thee!"
I will bite my thumb at them, which is disgrace to them if they bear it.
--Shakespeare (from Romeo and Juliet)
--Shakespeare (from Romeo and Juliet)
by Anonymous April 27, 2003
The unwritten or unspoken commandment for math educators worldwide not to conceal their weaknesses or deficiencies, or to pretend that they could figure out the answers by themselves; instead, they would be wiser to turn to their Creator, the Greatest Mathematician, for wisdom and insight to solve their logical, psychological, or mathematical difficulties.
If more math teachers, writers, or editors were to put into practice the “Thou Shalt Not Mask Your Math” commandment, they needn’t frustratingly spend so much time and effort in solving their mathematical ills, because the Holy Spirit could in a twinkle of an eye reveal to them the solutions, which would otherwise have taken them a hundred or thousand times longer to figure them out.
by MathPlus March 28, 2021