Directed by M. Night Shymalan 

A phrase used to point out a major twist in a film, conversation, or story.

The phrase originates from Shymalan's notorious reliance on twist endings. It usually holds a scornful connotation, due to the lackluster quality of many of Shymalan's recent films.

It is most commonly seen on boards such as Reddit, Tumblr, or 4chan.

Person A: "...and then it turned out that he was actually a transsexual midget standing on another midget's shoulders."
Person B: "..."
Person C: "Directed by M. Night Shymalan."

Directed by M. Night Shymalan by cheekytriangle July 7, 2011

Directed Suicide 

A ridiculously awesome freshman-year program in DWM studies at Yale. Officially known as Directed Studies. Every week is essay week. Except especially awesome ones.

There are three classes: History/Political Thought, Philosophy, and Literature; they meet three times a week, with one lecture and two discussion sections each.

Everybody in DS hates DS, but after it's over they love it.

Directed Suicide demonstrates sexiness with dangerous style!

You: Wanna go to the dance on Thursday?
Me: Bitch please, I'm in DS!

Me: Man, now that I'm a senior I'm so glad I took DS.
You: ....

Directed Suicide by Heraclitus December 9, 2008

directed energy weapon 

Directed energy weapon is a term often used by a bipolar person to explain their delusions and abnormal behaviour.

Bipolar person: it's not my fault, it's the CIA's fault, they keep firing lasers at my head with a directed energy weapon which makes me act strange.

directed energy weapon by Podesta XD June 9, 2018

Directed Energy Weapon 

CIA runs electronic harassment and NSA and Schriever AFB DEWs, V2K, RNM, hologram, voice cloning, capability and DARPA implants and FBI runs gangstalking and Fusion Centers sychronize everything and they use all of their partnerships as partners in crime and flying monkeys to smear campaign, gaslight, harass, attack, and destroy you with plausible deniability.

Non investigative subjects on the FBI's TSDB are all hit with directed energy weapons.

Directed Energy Weapon by TI Satan June 26, 2023

Directed Energy Igniter

The broad, generic term for any device that uses a focused beam of energy (laser, plasma, particle, microwave) to initiate combustion or explosive decomposition in a target. It's the family name for all the above. This is the technical category you'd find in a military procurement catalog when they want to sound clinical about weapons designed to set the world on fire with space-age technology.

The broad, generic term for any device that uses a focused beam of energy (laser, plasma, particle, microwave) to initiate combustion or explosive decomposition in a target. It's the family name for all the above. This is the technical category you'd find in a military procurement catalog when they want to sound clinical about weapons designed to set the world on fire with space-age technology. Directed Energy Igniter

Directed Energy Igniter by Abzunammu February 2, 2026

Directed Energy Igniter Pistol/Gun/Weapon

These terms follow the same pattern as above, but using the generic "Directed Energy" (DE) label. A DE Igniter Pistol is any hand-held beam weapon meant to ignite targets. A DE Igniter Gun is its larger, more potent sibling. A DE Igniter Weapon is the overarching class. The "DE" prefix is used when the specific technology (laser vs. plasma) is unknown, classified, or interchangeable within the platform.

Example: "The security detail carried directed energy igniter pistols. In the dry, oxygen-rich atmosphere of the colony, they were told to set them to 'wide-dispersion.' It meant a stray shot at the ground wouldn't drill a hole; it would start a raging grass fire that could consume the entire habitat dome. Their safety briefing was basically a firefighter's worst nightmare." Directed Energy Igniter Pistol/Gun/Weapon

Directed Energy Igniter Pistol/Gun/Weapon by Abzunammu February 2, 2026

Directed-Energy Rifle

A portable weapon system that emits focused energy—lasers, microwaves, particle beams, or plasma—rather than firing projectiles. The Directed-Energy Rifle represents a paradigm shift from kinetic to electromagnetic warfare: no recoil, instant target engagement (at light speed for lasers), variable effects (from disabling electronics to causing pain to lethal thermal damage), and deep magazines limited only by power storage. Current man-portable systems are limited to non-lethal applications (Active Denial System "pain rays") or low-power laser dazzlers, but military research pushes toward lethal directed-energy rifles that could revolutionize close combat. The promise: unlimited ammunition, speed-of-light engagement, and graduated effects. The challenges: power density, atmospheric attenuation, and thermal management.

Directed-Energy Rifle "He aimed the Directed-Energy Rifle and pulled the trigger—no bang, no recoil, just a flash and the drone fell from the sky. That's the dream: silent, instantaneous, unlimited. We're not there yet with man-portable lethal systems, but the concept is irresistible: energy, not projectiles, as the future of firepower."

Directed-Energy Rifle by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 3, 2026