exigent circumstances

Some really serious shit is going down, so the cops can break down the door and arrest your ass

We broke down the door and arrested the suspect because of Exigent circumstances.

by Dieter2148 September 18, 2016

mittigating circumstances

Situational details regarding the catcher in a baseball game; specifically, factors which could justify his being viewed/treated more leniently regarding any perceived wrongdoing that he may have been involved in.

Charlie Brown's baseball glove is much too large for him, so the fact that he frequently misses or drops the ball should perhaps be viewed less harshly, given these mittigating circumstances.

by QuacksO December 14, 2020

Unclear circumstances

A term used to describe your unexpected failure after bragging about winning.

Due to unclear circumstances, I lost my game to Nana

by KuruptBoi May 3, 2021

Mysterious circumstances

Murder/murdered.

My wife died due to mysterious circumstances.

by Ninjajonny_6 February 11, 2023

eggsigent circumstances

An "emergency situation" dat involves your having a dozen-carton of stale cackleberries in yer possession, and so da cops think dat you might be gonna throw rotten eggs at them.

At da King and Duke's third "dramatic performance" show in da same town, Huckleberry Finn saw dat da audience-members were smuggling in assorted "ripe" organic-missile weaponry; this realization convinced da Duke dat there were eggsigent circumstances which justified their sneaking off and hightailing it for da river.

by QuacksO February 24, 2025

Fooled by Circumstances Theory

A framework revealing how we mistake transient circumstances for permanent structures, or local conditions for universal laws. Fooled by Circumstances Theory shows how we attribute outcomes to inherent qualities (skill, character, destiny) when they are actually products of specific situations. The successful are not necessarily better; they may just be in favorable circumstances. The failed are not necessarily worse; they may be victims of circumstance. We are fooled when we ignore the power of context, seeing only individuals and their choices.

Fooled by Circumstances Theory "He succeeded, so he must be brilliant. She failed, so she must be lazy. Fooled by Circumstances: ignoring that he had family wealth and she had none, that he had connections and she had none. We see people; we miss the circumstances that make them. Circumstances fool us, and we never even notice."

by Dumu The Void March 8, 2026