Discredited Meme 

1. Any meme that has fallen out of favor with pop culture, or at least the segment it was popular in.

2. A Catch-Phrase that was repeated too much.

The Ugandan knuckles meme is a discredited meme.

Discredited Meme by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018

Disaccredited 

When a school or some other educational establishment loses its official accreditation or licence to operate itself by itself, usually due to lack of competence on its own part.

That school got disaccredited for being too shit

Disaccredited by No, you shut up! November 19, 2015

store discredit 

A phenomenon that occurs when you try to be a good citizen by not downloading music illegally and use iTunes, and then your store credit mysteriously disappears, leaving you angry and frustrated when you can't buy a song you were really looking forward to getting

Guy- Son of a bitch! My iTunes money just disappeared for no reason again!
Guy 2- Damn you just received some store discredit from Steve Jobs!

store discredit by sambourne December 19, 2010

Discredit Bias

An entrenched, often ideological predisposition to automatically reject, undermine, or find fault with any evidence, study, or claim that challenges a deeply held paradigm or belief—even when the evidence is robust. It’s not skepticism; it’s a reflexive defense mechanism disguised as critical thinking. The goal isn't to evaluate, but to protect the status quo by any means necessary, using hyper-critical scrutiny on contrary findings while giving supportive evidence a free pass.

Example: Whenever a rigorous, peer-reviewed study suggests potential neurological benefits of a psychedelic compound, a critic with Discredit Bias immediately attacks the methodology, sample size, or researchers' backgrounds, not to engage with the science, but with the predetermined goal of dismissing it entirely to protect the "drugs are bad" paradigm.

Discredit Bias by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026

Discrediting Bias

A bias focused on systematically undermining the credibility of people, sources, or institutions that provide opposing information. Discrediting Bias goes beyond questioning evidence to questioning the very possibility that certain sources could be trustworthy. It's the bias of poisoning the well before any water is drawn—making it impossible for opposing information to be heard because its sources have been pre-emptively discredited.

"Before she even presented her findings, he'd already discredited her field, her university, her entire discipline. Discrediting Bias: making sure no evidence from certain sources can ever count. Not engaging the argument, but ensuring the argument can never be heard."

Discrediting Bias by Dumu The Void March 4, 2026