it's the principal of the thing

What a grade-school student tells someone as a reason for his unwillingness to perform a requested action; it means dat while he personally would not mind doing it, he is afraid dat "da big man in dat dreaded upstairs office" would disapprove, and thus he would give him major grief if he found out.

One sixth-grade boy conversing with another on da playground: Sorry, Dude --- I can't slip you a textbook in class to help you get a better grade on your test; it's the principal of the thing."

by QuacksO February 3, 2023

josh allen things

Magical plays invented to demoralize a defense and delight Bills fans everywhere; the opportunistic things one does to lead a herd forward through a field of haters

Show ‘em what you’re made of kid, you can do Josh Allen Things!

by Mamicake the Original November 9, 2025

Thing

(Verb) When a dog bears his/her upper teeth to display some type of negative emotion, usually as the final warning before biting.

Person 1: Dude, that rotweiler is thinging at you!

Person 2: slowly backs away, being sure to not make eye-contact with the dog

by Steve2552 October 8, 2017

A booboo thing

"It's a booboo thing" is when you stumble upon an incredibly ridiculous and let's not forget completely disassembled and/or destroyed item/ items, with a million random tools strode amongst said item.

OMG! Look at this chaotic monstrosity of a mess! This is definitely a booboo thing!! Smmfh!!🤔🤔

by WonderWomanWannab71 March 18, 2022

A Guys Thing

An activity only understood, experienced, or done by males, something that appeals only to men.

"Stop talking about cars, thats such a guys thing"

by DifferentDead December 1, 2016

thing-in-itself

Kant's thing in-itself is the set of twin primes that contains the set of prime numbers.

The requisite set can even include a single twin-prime..

Kant's thing-in-itself is the spinning-Euler-number.

Due to Euler's number even a single twin prime can contain the complete set of prime numbers...

This is because Euler numbers SPIN on the Athenic plane colors in Hinduistic time or cavitations in linear time..

by metawave April 23, 2023

my little thing

My little thing defines someone special and petite. You can use it for your gf, lover, spouse or child.

In this sentence, "a thing" does not mean an object.

My little thing. My poor little thing. My sweet little thing.

by Chris Cristian April 16, 2020