Someone who automatically tends to take the opposite point of view from the person to whom they're speaking, or to disagree with society at large out of a sort of knee-jerk reflex.
Friend: I've got some ice cream, you want vanilla or chocolate?
Contrarian: Um, do you have strawberry?
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Friend: I love indie rock, you heard of these guys?
Contrarian: Yeah, but they're not really that indie, though.
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Friend: I guess you're too contrary to vote Democrat or Republican, right? So, what, Libertarian? Green Party? ...Socialist Party?
Contrarian: Of course not, I don't think that any formal political party is a suitable representation of an individual's views.
Friend: *sigh*
Contrarian: Um, do you have strawberry?
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Friend: I love indie rock, you heard of these guys?
Contrarian: Yeah, but they're not really that indie, though.
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Friend: I guess you're too contrary to vote Democrat or Republican, right? So, what, Libertarian? Green Party? ...Socialist Party?
Contrarian: Of course not, I don't think that any formal political party is a suitable representation of an individual's views.
Friend: *sigh*
by Iritscen December 25, 2010
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Person 1 - GO AWAY TEAM
Person 2 - Why is she cheering for the away team? She doesn't even like the team.
Person 3 - She is a contrarian
Person 2 - Why is she cheering for the away team? She doesn't even like the team.
Person 3 - She is a contrarian
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How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row." - The Nursery Rhyme
Mary I of England attempted to restore England to catholicism, despite reforms made by her father Henry VIII and brother Edward VI. She was just trying to be a cunt.
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row." - The Nursery Rhyme
Mary I of England attempted to restore England to catholicism, despite reforms made by her father Henry VIII and brother Edward VI. She was just trying to be a cunt.
by Kevin Monk February 25, 2008
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Get the contranym mug.Someone who appears to be nice and sweet on the surface but really all the while, underneath is an evil and vindictive cunt which they keep well hidden from everyone around them.
Girl number one: what you know about that girl named Stacy that just showed up at school today
Girl number two: I know she's a total cuntrary from what I've heard and seen
Girl number two: I know she's a total cuntrary from what I've heard and seen
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B) I'm going to FIGHT you
A) OH MOTHERFUCKING CONTRARE
BAM fucking GUN fucking DEAD!!!
A) "Oh contrare isn't really how it's spelled."
B)OH CONTRARE
A) OH MOTHERFUCKING CONTRARE
BAM fucking GUN fucking DEAD!!!
A) "Oh contrare isn't really how it's spelled."
B)OH CONTRARE
by RUNESCAPE111 April 13, 2011
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