Budrys Reflex

The protective response that erases the knowledge of a truth that contradicts a Widely Believed Fact to prevent the painful effects of Cognitive Dissonance.

Simply put, the way people will immediately forget the truth about something if they prefer to believe the more popular theory or idea - Most commonly seen in conspiracy theorists, the Tinfoil Hat Brigade and in political discussions.

Derived fromt he name Algis Budrys, SF writer, who wrote a story about mental and physical supermen who were ignored by the public for their acheivements by a similar effect in the story 'Nobody Bothers Gus'.

A:( who suffers from Budrys Reflex) We spend too much money on the space programme - they should give that money to the teachers or sumthin' . . .

B:(Opens Federal budget) Well, look . . . Nasa gets 3.5billion bucks a year, and the HEW gets 32.1 billion - Ten times as much!

A:Oh. ( Reflex kicks in ) Oh, maybe there's more from the CIA or the Freemasons going into NASA then.

by D F Stuckey November 1, 2008

refluxxs

he never misses and is a major W

refluxxs runs the best discord server.

by refluxxs December 6, 2021

Reflush

Replenishment of the flush water after a flush

I'mma wait for it to reflush before going in.

by Heisenberg's turd November 5, 2019

Reflext

When a person has insane typing reflexes

Gerry can reflext really hard when he gets no sleep.

by Zakamu April 1, 2020

Reflextion

When someone has insane typing reflexes to whatever you say when they had no sleep

Gerry came home from the bar last night and his reflextion was on point.

by Zakamu April 1, 2020

fag reflex

The cough induced when you try smoking for the first time.

I still remember my first drag. I hated the taste and my fag reflex went on for a whole 10 minutes.

by Deathbypj February 4, 2018

Stag Reflex

(n.) An automatic behavior affecting individuals who enter a relationship after years of being single.

Includes hogging the covers at night, booking travel without consultation, or forgetting your partner at home when going to social events.

Mike was unable to pronounce "talk about your feelings" because of his stag reflex.

by nolandc September 8, 2019