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noun; a "not guilty" plea made by anyone, regardless of private or public status, in response to an action ordered by a public body that considers itself superior in rank and / or class.
Also known as "Nuremberg defense," "just doing my job," "just following orders," "superior orders"
Also known as "Nuremberg defense," "just doing my job," "just following orders," "superior orders"
As wildfires raged on the coast and social media outside Canada lit up with reports and footage, Meta and Instagram claimed the Nuremberg justification against the federal government over Bill C-18.
by ReverseHaloEffect August 26, 2023
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In this government, a strong independent representative is very much frowned upon, but a Stepford wife lasts for the entire term.
by ReverseHaloEffect November 4, 2020
Get the Stepford wife mug.Lay a hard solid turd, usually a long and thick shot that can get stuck in the narrow passage of a toilet (and cause a serious overflow for your downstairs neighbor).
When I was told that I'd just shit a brick, I actually felt like I'd just shit a brick. (The latter uses the more accepted definition, associated with anxiety and stress.)
by ReverseHaloEffect May 12, 2020
Get the shit a brick mug.A cognitive bias in which a subject is judged negatively as a whole based on a single and often circumstantial component. The opposite of the halo effect.
Bob: You’re going to see the new Sex and the City movie? That’s going to suck!
Kate: No, it isn’t. It’s just you and the pitchfork effect.
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Bob: You listen to Lady Gaga? How about listening to some real music for once?
Joe: I could care less about your taste in music; that’s just a pitchfork effect.
Kate: No, it isn’t. It’s just you and the pitchfork effect.
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Bob: You listen to Lady Gaga? How about listening to some real music for once?
Joe: I could care less about your taste in music; that’s just a pitchfork effect.
by ReverseHaloEffect July 4, 2010
Get the pitchfork effect mug.(Noun) An individual possessing no brains whatsoever, but usually plenty of ego; the topmost appendage on such an individual.
by ReverseHaloEffect July 28, 2009
Get the hollow head mug.N: An unrealistic desire to be regarded more for talent and / or depth over stunning anatomy (named for actressMegan Fox, born in 1986, who expressed this sentiment)
by ReverseHaloEffect May 2, 2009
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Hollywood Ebola kicked and screamed the whole way to jail, cried and whined in jail, but came out looking like a million bucks to a sea of shutterbugs, all the while making a mockery of the system that tried to teach her a lesson. She's learned nothing and forgotten nothing.
by ReverseHaloEffect January 22, 2008
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