Industry rule #4080 

1 - "Record company people are shady", in the immortal words of A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip.

2 - By extension, a rule reminding not to trust anybody whose actions in a particular situation are driven by the urge to make money.

1 - "Industry rule #4080, record company people are shadyyyy!" - Q-Tip, "Check the Rhime"

2 - "Don't trust that guy, remember Industry Rule #4080."

Industry rule #4080 by mika_shinryu October 5, 2006

The Harry/Sally Rule 

Men And Women Can Never Truly Be Friends Because The Sex Part Always Gets In The Way.

Girl: "You are my best friend!"
Guy: "I'm not your friend"
Girl: "What?!?!?"
Guy: "I want to sleep with you"
Girl: "I don't want to ruin what we have"
Guy: "Ok - I guess The Harry/Sally Rule is true so I am officially not your friend anymore. Can we sleep together now?"

The Harry/Sally Rule by bobandbill April 25, 2011

International rule of Dibs 

A basic rule of humanity that separates us from animals. One has the rights to an object just by saying "dibs". Conterary to popular belief, senority is not a counter to the I.R.D. There are different branches of I.R.D. including the rule of shotgun.
also see Rule 11, dibs, shotgun

Example 1:
girl1: look at that super hot dude!
girl2: dibs(International Rule of Dibs)!
girl1: damn it!
Example 2:
guy1: shotgun
guy2:(runs to car and takes seat)
driver1: dude(2) lets be civilized, guy1 called dibs, get out

International rule of Dibs by barber87m November 19, 2011

Benny Rule 

A regulation invoked by a baseball team to automatically win an on-the-field dispute.

Named after Peck League legend Ben Nadado, the Benny Rule originated when the aforementioned Nadado was involved in a home plate collision. Nadado, the catcher, received the throw and applied the tag. The runner adamantly argued that he was safe. Nadado, understandably, argued otherwise. While representatives from both teams began to discuss the call, Nadado (or Benny, as he was affectionately called) removed his catcher's gear and ran off the playing field. His team followed suit and the 'Out' call stood.

And thus, the Benny Rule was born.

Player A: "What the fuck, why did they just run off the field? He was safe!"

Player B: "I know, we just got Benny Rule'd."

Benny Rule by GAS Captain April 16, 2010

Chmiel Rule 

A method used mostly on multiple choice tests, quizzes, or worksheets that uses educated guessing based on similarities of the given answers. This is expected to work better than random guessing as the question creator tends to use similar answers to trick and confuse the person answering. This is to be used when you have absolutely no clue how to attempt the problem, or you just don't give a fuck, but still want a better chance to be correct. Named Chmiel Rule after Kevin Chmiel who stabilized this method and found it to be very effective during several multiple choice tests and quizzes. When the correct answer does not follow this method in any manner it is known as a Brinker Complex.

Evaluate the integral of the function (x^2+x+3)/x over boundaries 1 to 8?
a) 40+3ln(7)
b) 38.5+3ln(8)
c) 10+ln(8)
d) 38.5
e) 0

B is the logical guess using Chmiel Rule (and is correct) since there are 3 ln's, 2/3 of those have a 3 in front of them, 2 of the questions have 38.5. B has the most commonalities so guess B (Or learn 2 calculus).

Chmiel Rule by ShrapnelMagnet June 5, 2011

Mooney Rule 

A code of secrecy invoked by promising to never tell another person the story you are about to be told.

In a conversation the Mooney Rule would be used as follows:
Person 1: Dude, I have something important to tell you, Mooney Rule on this.
Person 2: Ok, I swear never tell anyone.
Person one then proceeds to tell person two the important story knowing that the secret will stay private between the two due to the Mooney Rule being invoked.

Mooney Rule by RC45 February 8, 2013

Grassley Rule 

1. A precedent for the exclusive use of partisan politics when determining whether a nominee to the Supreme Court should be confirmed.

2. An excuse for those who wish to ignore their responsibilities without facing consequences.

Established by Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, when as Chair of the Judiciary Committee led the unprecedented obstruction of a nominee to the Supreme Court.

Senators referenced the Grassley rule as justification to oppose the President's nomination to the Supreme Court.

Mom: Timmy, did you do your homework?
Timmy (playing video games): Nah
Mom: Did you take out the trash?

Timmy (still playing games): Nah Mom
Mom: Why not?

Timmy (shrugs): Grassley Rule

Grassley Rule by ProgressIowa January 24, 2017