To have your argument destroyed so completely that everyone who sees it is embarrassed for you.
Derived from Joanne (J.K.) Rowling's tendency to do this to trolls on Twitter.
Derived from Joanne (J.K.) Rowling's tendency to do this to trolls on Twitter.
1.
"Hey great presentation on bats...only-"
"What?"
"Bats aren't bugs."
"I just Rowlinged myself didn't I?"
2. Internet Person: "Thank you so much for writing Harry Potter. I wonder why you said that Dumbledore is gay because I can't see him that way.
J.K. Rowling: "Maybe because gay people look just like...people?"
Me: "Oh! Rowlinged!"
"Hey great presentation on bats...only-"
"What?"
"Bats aren't bugs."
"I just Rowlinged myself didn't I?"
2. Internet Person: "Thank you so much for writing Harry Potter. I wonder why you said that Dumbledore is gay because I can't see him that way.
J.K. Rowling: "Maybe because gay people look just like...people?"
Me: "Oh! Rowlinged!"
by flashwildecard December 22, 2015
To rowl (v.) – To create popular fiction that, intentionally or not, reinforces harmful stereotypes, often leading to controversy and backlash.
Example: "The fantasy novel rowled its way onto bestseller lists despite criticism for its outdated depictions of certain groups."
Example: "The fantasy novel rowled its way onto bestseller lists despite criticism for its outdated depictions of certain groups."
"The fantasy novel rowled its way onto bestseller lists garnering criticism for it's outdated depictions of certain groups with names like Ching Chang and it's antisemitic depictions al a Gringotts."
by Dragalope February 19, 2025
The act of saying/tweeting something that is often controversial or contradictory to the source material in order to stay relevant in the current media climate.
by RaisinInTheSun May 31, 2019
When a professor makes a statement that is blatantly incorrect or completely idiotic, yet when a student corrects him he doubles down and tries to convince the class that what he is saying is correct, and to just roll with it.
Also, when a teacher makes out of pocket comments in class similar to how someone with autism would act.
Also, when a teacher makes out of pocket comments in class similar to how someone with autism would act.
Student 1: Hey, remember when the teacher told us that I=V*R instead of V=I*R
Student 2: Yeah, that shit was Rowles-tarded
Student 2: Yeah, that shit was Rowles-tarded
by Bishboy September 24, 2024
acting consciously biased toward people who have never harmed you in your whole life or even paid much attention to you before you started picking unnecessary fights with them
by fgyhyufjecvhrbytjfedmcnvgrhbte January 04, 2022