Hays Code

The Motion Picture Production Code, also known as the "Hays Code" for Hollywood's chief censor at the time, William Hays, was the set of guidelines that governed how United States motion pictures were produced from 1935 to 1968. This system dictated what was acceptable for films.

Before 1935, Hollywood and the films that it produced were pretty raunchy and did not shy from some the grittier aspects of life (racism, references to sex, stereotypical depictions of gay men, drinking, drug use, etc) and several off-screen scandals sent the studios to seek someone to rehabilitate Hollywood's image, eventually picking the rat-faced Presbyterian elder Will H. Hays in 1922. His Code was rarely taken seriously by directors and actors, but when the Catholic Church and religious zealots in general threatened massive boycotts in the early 1930s, filmmakers were forced to play by the rules, despite their resentment of this censorship and of Hays and Joseph Breen, the all-powerful head of the Production Code.

It would not be until 1968 that the Hays Code, which was by then undermined by television and terribly weak, was abandoned in favor of the MPAA rating system.

The Hays Code forbade the following in films:
Open-mouthed kissing
Lustful embraces
"Sexual perversion" (which lumped the LGBT community and actual perverts together)
Sexual slavery or prostitution
Miscegenation (keeping with the racism of the time)
Seduction (wenchers seducing ingenues, temptresses seducing the boy next door, seduction of any kind)
Rape
Abortion
Nudity (no scenes of childbirth, sexual hygiene, nothing)
Obscenity
Profanity
no portrayal of political, legal, or religious figures as villains or buffoons; no sympathy afforded to criminals, regardless of circumstances; no explicit violence (crime, operations, or cruelty); no ethnic jokes or religious jokes; no depictions of sexuality, and especially if it's not a heterosexual married couple; no drug related material; no cursing or foul language... everything had to be squeaky-clean and family-friendly, where heroes always win and goodness conquers all, generally ignoring the complications of reality.
Gays and lesbians were portrayed as unflatteringly stereotypeed as bulldyke lotharios and asexual sissies before the Hays Code; after the Code, they were harder to find and usually made an appearance as cold-blooded villains or self-loathing wretches.

by Lorelili October 8, 2011

Bro Code

The Bro Code is a set of sacred rules honoured among millions of bros throughout generations. The Bro Code is not defined as it varies amongst different groups of bros. Although, there are still some points that are in all sets of Bro Code, this includes:
Family is off limits
Exes are off limits
If a bros girlfriend asks about where he was, you know nothing or he was with the bros
If you see that a bro is talking to a girl and your slow friend is tagging along, its your duty no matter what to extract the third wheeler

Bro's girl: Hey, do you know where Mark was on Friday night?
Bro: *knowing nothing* Yeah he was with me all night, we went bowling with the guys

Mark: Thanks for covering for me bro
Bro: No problem man, its just a basic rule in the Bro Code

by Tinybutshiny March 13, 2021

Breaking the BYU Honor Code

Sex.

So named for the February 2010 dismissal of Brandon Davies from the BYU basketball team, less than a month before the NCAA tournament, for "breaking the BYU honor code."

After a brief period of inquiry, the media was able to determine that his infraction was not criminal in nature (the most typical reason a collegiate athlete would be kicked off a team), but because he had had consensual sex with his girlfriend. BYU's honor code forbids students from having premarital sex and instructs them to "live a chaste and virtuous life."

James:
Sup dude, you wanna come over and play Call of Duty?

Josh:
Nah man, Jessica's coming over. We're gonna be Breaking the BYU Honor Code, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

by Transformers3People0 March 18, 2011

Bro Code

A way of life between bros. No matter what is going on, the bro code must be followed. The best way to explain it is when Butch stops the guys raping Marcellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction. Minutes earlier they were fighting to the death, but the bro code kicked in. It doesn't matter if it was Saddam Hussein in there, the bro code MUST be followed.

Even though they tried to kill each other, the bro code dictated that Butch could not let Marcellus Wallace be anally raped.

by TheSwellFellow August 30, 2013

Morse Code Sex

Closely related to phone sex. However, instead of the intimate couple communicating via phone, they are talking via morse code.

*Click, click, beep, click, bleep, click, click, clack*

Girl: "OH YESSS!"

*Click, clack, clunk, clack, beep, beep, clack, click*

Boy: "OMG, this Morse Code Sex is AMAZING!"

by The guy on superman's PJs April 30, 2010

The Jedi Code

There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no death; there is the Force.

The Jedi must follow the Jedi Code to maintain a path of light

by Juswi Husai June 6, 2005

remorse code

A cryptic semi-apology from someone too prideful to say they are sorry outright.

"Next time maybe I will drive a little slower, you can get a new dog though, right?" "Yeah, dude, that's totally remorse code"
"Well honestly, I had no idea you had that much porn on your computer or I wouldn't have had your mom help me fix it" "Is that remorse code?"
"I deserved getting that F in algebra, since I did kind of steal your boyfriend""What was that? I don't understand remorse code!"

by T-Train Thompsizzle February 19, 2010