pitchfork effect

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.

by ReverseHaloEffect July 04, 2010

Nuremberg justification

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"

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

Stepford wife

An obedient unquestioning individual of either gender, usually in a high-ranking position at a multinational office (e.g. politics). Based on the 1972 novel of the identical title, this use of the term moves beyond the "cult of domesticity" and expands as far as the public / political arena.

In this government, a strong independent representative is very much frowned upon, but a Stepford wife lasts for the entire term.

by ReverseHaloEffect November 04, 2020

hollow head

(Noun) An individual possessing no brains whatsoever, but usually plenty of ego; the topmost appendage on such an individual.

Natalie is a rich bitch and a hollow head.

by ReverseHaloEffect July 28, 2009