In it's purest form, the parson's gambit involves nothing more than a surprise attack while a man is in the irreversible throes of digestive egress. In other words, harassing a man while he is taking a shit. As it is commonly known that once a bowel movement has begun, no power on earth can stop it. The victim will therefore be forced to endure any and all schemes and embarrassments imaginable.
Oh man, did you see the parson's gambit Todd set up in the locker room?" "No, what happened." "Eddy was minding his own business, dropping a deuce, when Todd snuck over the stall and nailed him with an air horn and that aerosol cheese. There was nothing he could do but sit there and take it until the dirty business was done." "Stone Cold.
by SenatorGreg June 6, 2011
Get the the parson's gambit mug.The Principle "of parsimony" infers that a phenomena can be explained best with the simplest hypothesis that accounts for all the evidence. Since we can only tell the difference between something that is true and something that is false, by inferring our own observations and using the general rule to make a guess, adding entities to a hypothesis that are not accounted for by evidence results in a hypothesis that is not parsimonious and less believable than prior.
This is referred to and explained in Occam's Razor, which follows the same basic principle.
The word may also be used to infer simplicity, or the state of a hypothesis in which it explains a phenomenon using entities suggested by evidence, and no absolutely more.
This is referred to and explained in Occam's Razor, which follows the same basic principle.
The word may also be used to infer simplicity, or the state of a hypothesis in which it explains a phenomenon using entities suggested by evidence, and no absolutely more.
"Your hypothesis for insert phenomena, i.e.gravitational effects derived from atomic warp of spacetime was fine until you added entity to it, we have no evidence for that, you're just making stuff up, we observed the electromagnetic fluctuation before in CERN, why do you need to make it more complex, just do the math and see if it works, trust me it seems accurate enough already. Just apply the Principle of parsimony!"
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Origin: It's a lesser known fact outside of zoology professionals that bears love pears. While most bears do not encounter pears in the wild, pears can make for a delightful snack in the conservatory. However, feeding bears pears is a relatively inefficient way to provide quality snacks and given the average price for pears, it would be a costly habit to begin with bears in zoos or other conservation habitats.
Origin: It's a lesser known fact outside of zoology professionals that bears love pears. While most bears do not encounter pears in the wild, pears can make for a delightful snack in the conservatory. However, feeding bears pears is a relatively inefficient way to provide quality snacks and given the average price for pears, it would be a costly habit to begin with bears in zoos or other conservation habitats.
I heard the boss took Marc out to that fancy steak house because of his leadership on that last project. That's just the bear's pears.
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verb. to actively comprehend, to make sense of. To understand as a result of effort, as opposed to understanding intuitively. A derivative of the computer and linguistics term "parse," to analyze data or a sentence for structure, content, and meaning. Most frequently used in parody of a hypothetical error message generated by a computer that was fed nonsensical data, eg, "Does Not Parse."
She obviously had no idea what I was talking about. She just kept staring at me blankly, like 'does... not... parse...'
by awibs June 15, 2010
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by Anonymous August 16, 2002
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Guy 2: I was really quite parsnips toward how the story line progressed.
Guy 2: I was really quite parsnips toward how the story line progressed.
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