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Chuck Norris Effect

When someone's legacy is exaggerated beyond what they actually did.
Widely known people whose legacies are affected by the Chuck Norris Effect include:

Chuck Norris. Do an online search for "Chuck Norris facts".

North Korean leadership post-Korean war. Kim Jong-il propaganda told that he averaged 2-3 hole-in-ones per round of golf played, that he invented the idea of using 3 cameras at once to film a movie to save time (in the 1960s), and that he was born on a sacred mountain. All of which are not true or impossible.

Jesus. A man who did many great deeds and brought forth new humanistic philosophies was exaggerated to have fed thousands with only a few loaves of bread, to have performed many inexplicable miracles, to have ascended to heaven while alive after being resurrected after death, etc. The stories of his life were historically recorded several decades after they actually occurred leaving time for word of mouth to allow his legend to grow.

Babe Ruth. Watch the film "The Babe". Search online for historical inaccuracies within the movie.
Chuck Norris Effect by jasonjs December 15, 2012
Related Words

chucklebutty 

I have no idea.

An endearing term for someone instead of 'pudding' or 'sweetheart' etc
"How are you two chucklebutties?'

"Hello chucklebutty"
chucklebutty by herebejames December 26, 2011

Chucking a wobbly

Losing your temper.

Thought to have originated in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia.
She will be chucking a wobbly when I tell her I've been out drinking all night!
Chucking a wobbly by Peninsular Man February 26, 2012

mad-chucker 

To exploit the video-gameness of an EA Sport's Madden game by consistently chucking the ball downfield every play and, unrealistically, scoring every time.
Eric: (Yawn) Oh wow, another 93 yeard TD pass. That's not even my longest play tonight.
Wally: AAAAH! You suck! This is gay! This isnt even fun! Screw you, you mad-chucker! Fuck this I'm gonna go play Animal Crossing.
mad-chucker by Bro Jonze February 12, 2008
to be raped in the ass by a certain track coach of College Park High School
I won't join track because I don't want to get chucked.
chucked by I Love CP Track May 4, 2005

cash chucker 

Yuppie scum:

Someone who would pay $600 for the leg of a foot stool just to make their arm tired (from throwing money). Someone who drives a Lexus because their aircraft carrier is in the shop. Someone who doesn't go to church on Sundays because they have the church air-lifted to their house. Someone who does not excrete normal human feces, instead they excrete caviar. Someone who flies to the moon's surface for the afternoon just to have a Bulgarian fondue lunch with Prince.
Bill Gates, Osama Bin Laden, Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, etcetera.

"How many cash chuckers does it take to change a light bulb? None, they just chuck cash at someone to do it."
cash chucker by del garaje February 17, 2006