If the house was smaller he would have less junk, O'Connell's Law.
Workshop is a mess. typical case of O'Connell's law
Workshop is a mess. typical case of O'Connell's law
by PaddyinOZ August 18, 2018
Get the O'Connell's Law mug.When 2 or more people are walking/sauntering side by side across a hallway or walkway, impeding the progress of those around them.
I crossed the street to avoid the group of people law-and-ordering the sidewalk.
We walked single file down the busy street, as to not law and order the sidewalk.
We walked single file down the busy street, as to not law and order the sidewalk.
by Hufflepriest January 31, 2019
Get the Law-and-ordering mug.A derivative coinage of Sod's Law which says that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, with the worst possible outcome and at the end of the day, you spill coffee on yourself.
by Goat_ September 20, 2018
Get the Goat's Law mug.Any Internet discussion on a topic relating to Outer Space or Space Exploration which goes on for long enough will eventually lead to someone saying that Space exploration or Space itself is a lie/hoax.
This usually refers to Flat Earthers who don't believe that Outer space exists yet this isn't exclusive to them as some people do believe that space exists but that missions have only reached Earth orbit and not to the Moon or the other planets.
This usually refers to Flat Earthers who don't believe that Outer space exists yet this isn't exclusive to them as some people do believe that space exists but that missions have only reached Earth orbit and not to the Moon or the other planets.
by Cosmic Arc October 30, 2022
Get the Apollo's Law mug.The "Law of Bockung" describes a mindset in which an individual seeks out only things that satisfy their immediate cravings and whims.
It has seen especially strong spread among german college students in recent years, even being nominated as "Youth Word of the Year" in 2021
It has seen especially strong spread among german college students in recent years, even being nominated as "Youth Word of the Year" in 2021
A: Hey, you want to learn for BWL with me later today?
B: nah man, i'm all about that Law of Bockung
A: Hell yeah, you're right man. Let's have some Beers
B: nah man, i'm all about that Law of Bockung
A: Hell yeah, you're right man. Let's have some Beers
by Evohevoo January 5, 2022
Get the Law of Bockung mug.Reed's law states that "the person who names a thing is often more powerful than the real discoverer."
The Missionary position is a perfect example of Reed's Law, as the position is named after Chester Missionary, an 18th century sex pest, rather than the caveman who invented it 1 million years prior.
by Supercilious Prick December 28, 2021
Get the Reed's Law mug.Huxley’s Law is a name given to a rule posited by the British author and futurist Aldous Huxley in the introduction to his dystopian novel, “Brave New World”:
“As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends compensatingly to increase.”
It states that governments ease restrictions on sexual freedoms as a means to palliate the public as their political and economic rights and freedoms are taken away. This can be done as a means to refocus the public’s attention away from traditional value systems and mores to physical pleasures and to distract a populace by making them think they are gaining more freedoms than in the past, when the opposite is true.
“As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends compensatingly to increase.”
It states that governments ease restrictions on sexual freedoms as a means to palliate the public as their political and economic rights and freedoms are taken away. This can be done as a means to refocus the public’s attention away from traditional value systems and mores to physical pleasures and to distract a populace by making them think they are gaining more freedoms than in the past, when the opposite is true.
The government’s focus on promoting sexual issues while taking away our ability to speak and trade is just another example of Huxley’s Law in action.
by GangrenousKhan January 22, 2022
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