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I hesitate to articulate for fear that I may deviate from the true course of rectitude 

I don't know. Literally. It means, I don't know.
Professor: Michael, what is the atomic weight of Uranium?
Michael: I hestiate to articulate for fear that I may deviate from the true course of rectitude.
Professor: What?
Michael: I don't know.
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inspired by true events 

a marketing term intended to sell a movie as a true story, when in reality it's almost pure fiction, if not utter bullshit.
Both "The Rite" and "Sanctum" are "inspired by true events", though I'm guessin' "Sanctum" might be a tad more factual.
inspired by true events by RevWaldo February 20, 2011

one true love 

Some one everyone has, but the one no one on this earth has been able to meet. Your one true love is the person that is perfect for and you for them. They are everything you want and need. You love everything about them. And they return these fellings. If anyone could meet their one true love, well...that person's entire life would be complete hapiness. The two of you will never fall out of love.
A lot of people don't believe in a one true love, well those people obviously don't know of theirs.
one true love by R é C October 2, 2005

One True Love 

Someone that you would gladly do anything for and keep them happy even if you lose everything Because of it. Your otl is someone that you believe in no matter what if they cry you cry if they hurt you hurt.
Olivia is my one true love
One True Love by LodiDodi11 March 4, 2015

no true douchebag fallacy 

It is a logical fallacy that can be identified as when someone says something so absolutely ridiculous and stupid you just want to slap them with your dick because they seriously believe the shit they're saying.
My Roommate: Seriously, if Flash ran into space fast enough he would take all of the air with him.

Me: It really doesn't work that way.

My Roommate: You're fucking stupid, how the fuck did you even get into college?

Me: That is a textbook no true douchebag fallacy *dick slap to the face*

no true scotsman 

No true Scotsman is a kind of informal fallacy in which one attempts to protect a universal generalization from counterexamples by changing the definition in an ad hoc fashion to exclude the counterexample.12 Rather than denying the counterexample or rejecting the original claim, this fallacy modifies the subject of the assertion to exclude the specific case or others like it by rhetoric, without reference to any specific objective rule ("no true Scotsman would do such a thing"; i.e., those who perform that action are not part of our group and thus criticism of that action is not criticism of the group
Person A: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
Person B: "But my uncle Angus likes sugar with his porridge."
Person A: "Ah yes, but no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."