Proof Bias

The rigid belief that only things that can be "proven" according to a narrow, often undefined, standard are real. It’s the intellectual sibling of Computational Bias, but focuses on the act of proving rather than the act of measuring. It creates a catch-22 where the proof demanded is only achievable within the skeptic's own framework. If you can't prove it to their satisfaction, in their language, it doesn't exist. It’s the ultimate tool for dismissing anything inconvenient.

Example: "Despite years of historical documentation, his Proof Bias made him claim the event never happened because we didn't have a video recording from the 1700s."

by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026

Proof Orthodoxy

The established, institutionalized set of beliefs about proof that dominate science, law, and public discourse—the often-unexamined assumptions about what counts as proof, how proof should be established, what standards are appropriate in different contexts, and how proof relates to certainty. Proof orthodoxy includes commitments: that scientific proof requires replication, that legal proof requires evidence beyond reasonable doubt, that mathematical proof requires deduction from axioms, that proof is objective and universal, that claims without proof can be dismissed, that some domains (religion, ethics) lack proof and therefore lack truth. Like all orthodoxies, it provides standards for establishing claims, but it functions as ideology—making particular conceptions of proof seem like the only conceptions, obscuring how proof standards vary across contexts and cultures, and delegitimizing ways of knowing that don't fit (experiential knowledge, revealed truth, embodied understanding). Proof orthodoxy determines what claims are considered "proven," what arguments are "demonstrated," and who counts as "rigorous" versus "unsupported."

Example: "He demanded proof for her experience of discrimination—as if her testimony couldn't count. Proof orthodoxy had made him believe that only certain kinds of evidence are real evidence."

by Dumu The Void March 17, 2026

Proof of life

A photo, video, or any other type of visual media that serves as proof you are (or are not) doing something after not being active online for a long period of time. Usually sent through text to parents or family; can be sent to friends as well.

Angie: does your mom not care you haven’t told her you’re sleeping over all weekend?

Taylor: I just sent her a proof of life photo this morning when we were eating breaky and she sent a thumbs up

by Kaceydacey June 25, 2025

Proof of Toes

Proof of Toes (PoT Protocol)
noun, internet slang, emerging meme (2025–)

1. A satirical liveness test proposed to distinguish humans from AI, requiring the posting of foot images as verification.

2. A troll-meme founded by Munaf Sheikh (2025) that blends absurdist internet humor with rational commentary on embodiment, identity, and proof-of-humanity in the age of generative AI.

Etymology: Originated in online discussions (2025) as a deliberate troll-meme; now recognized as a cultural joke and speculative commentary on digital identity.

“Text CAPTCHAs don’t work anymore. Time to implement Proof of Toes”
“The only protocol AI can’t fake? PoT Protocol. Show feet.”

by BigBangThought August 18, 2025

Pussy-proof

Unable to get chicks or pussy. Guaranteed to fuck up any chance of getting a woman.

Like water is to a waterproof watch, a pussy-proof man is to pussy.

We were talking to these decent chicks, but as soon as they realized that Darren was so pussy-proof, they walked out on us.

Bro, you never hook-up because you are pussy-proof.

by doosh laroosh May 20, 2010

ticket proof

You get a free pass professional courtesy when you get stopped by the cops for a traffic violation because you are an off-duty or retired cop and have a cop ID to flash when the officer requests your drivers license.

Cop's wives and girlfriends are also ticket proof and so are off-duty firefighters.

Nobody is ticket proof with the Arizona DPS, and with some California Highway Patrol officers. Don't count on your police ID to help you much if your breath smells like a brewery.

That trooper said he had me clocked at 95, good thing I'm ticket proof or that would have been one hell of an expensive ticket.

by warnhubb September 23, 2006

slug proof

bullet proof vest, necessary protection on the streets

My skin is thick, cause I be up in the mix of action,
If I'm not at home, puffin lye relaxin,
New York got a nigga depressed,
So I wear a slug proof underneath my Guess
--Survival Of The Fittest- Mobb Deep

by BM JR October 13, 2007