Surfy's Law

A law with corollaries outlining the Murphy's Law of Surfing:

When you are paddling out to the take off zone, there will inevitably be a huge set of waves that breaks on your head and insures that you will be exhausted and demoralized.

First Corollary of Surfy's Law: When you finally make it to the line-up after paddling through a set, there will be no sets of waves breaking that you can catch or ride.

Second Corollary of Surfy's Law: When you do take off on a wave and ride it to the inside, there will be another set that arises to impede your paddle out to the line-up.

"Dude, I got worked by six mackin' double overhead freight trains on my paddle out. It was like total enforcement of Surfy's Law!"

by WordSurfer January 14, 2013

stepdaughter-in-law

Stepchild's wife.

My stepdaughter-in-law is a good person.

by Wonbig October 13, 2021

Champion's Law

If you have the ability to screw yourself over, you can, and will do it.

Guy 1: "Dude I should have asked her out, she liked me for all that time."
Guy 2: "Looks like you're yet another victim of Champion's Law."

by IronFozzie October 12, 2011

Mizrahi's Law

An empirical law which states that any individual unused to seeing large domesticated farm animals will feel an almost uncontrollable urge to point them out to everyone in earshot when he or she encounters said animals, typically without any accompanying information.

Family driving on an interstate highway on a long road trip
Little Billy sees a cow grazing in a field off the side of the road
Billy: "Cow."

Everyone else, nodding in agreement: "Cow."

Dad: "There's Mizrahi's Law at work yet again!"

by Echomikelimamike December 23, 2020

mulaney's law

Mildly inconvenienced people, typically white, comparing relatively harmless, "insults," to the n-word. This is in relation to a quote by John Mulaney, which goes, "If you're comparing the badness of two words, and you won't even say one of them, that's the worse word."

First, "ok boomer," was controversial, and now I can't say Karen? Mulaney's Law strikes again!

by some_rando_12 April 5, 2020

Steve's Law

Any debate of any minority in the public eye, will eventually lead to the person with an opposing opinion being labeled as anti-minority (e.g. racist, feminist) by the person that can't backup their opinion outside of feelings.

Me: You know, I really don't like the affordable care act, I'd prefer to have an actual choice in my health care.
You: But the affordable care act provides healthcare to millions of people.
Me: Well, most of those were people already enrolled in medicare programs. Do you know how many people have lost health care or have had increased premiums as a result of Affordable Care laws?
You: You're just a racist.
Me: You've invoked Steve's Law and have forfeited the argument.

by McSteve May 15, 2015

law porn

Advertising material sent by one law school to faculty at others, in the effort to improve its "peer ranking" score in the U.S. News & World Report annual law school rankings. The effort is generally considered ineffective and wasteful. Public reports credit Professor Pamela Karlan of Stanford Law School with coining the term (and disapproving of the practice).

Prof. 1: "Did you see that ridiculous law porn today from XYZ Law School?"

Prof. 2: "Nah. I don't hardly even read my school mail any more, since it's gotten so full of that crap."

by LawProf9000 March 31, 2014