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Mayweather Exception

A loophole that protects a very narrow subset of athletes and celebrities from the typical criticism, judgement, backlash most would experience following transgressions such as: racially insensitive or anti-LGBT comments, criminal activity, drug or alcohol abuse, rampant promiscuity, flaunting/squandering of wealth, involvement in altercations, etc.

This loophole is granted only to select few individuals who have, over time, built such a negative and illustrious resume of actions, behaviors, statements, etc. that they are seen as too far gone and disconnected, unaffected by backlash, insane or delusional, or not worth attacking

Examples include: Floyd Mayweather Jr., Charlie Sheen, Eminem, Lenny Dykstra, Courtney Love

(coined by sportswriter/blogger named Jeremy Morris in 2017)
Floyd Mayweather yet again showed us all why he’s the ultimate Mayweather Exception guy with that response. He’s clearly never heard of the MeToo movement but managed to answer the question by talking about a couple of his million dollar cars.

Courtney Love was hammered trying to parallel park on the sidewalk on TMZ but she’s definitely earned the Mayweather Exception as far as drinking/drug use so no ones really surprised. Imagine if Taylor Swift was drunk driving on TMZ. Twitter would crash.
by Ryan O’Connell August 15, 2018
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Games of minimal exertion

Games played after gorging one's self on food. Perfect for the family get togethers, tailgate parties, or even after a trip to the Golden Corral with friends. Typical games include horse shoes, bean bags, or for the ambitious, darts.
Aunt Bev, that was a great Thanksgiving meal! I'm stuffed! It's time for some games of minimal exertion. Uncle Cletus, let's go throw some horse shoes!
by wheredidmypantsgo November 25, 2010
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the redeagle exemption

You knew who/what I was when you added me on Facebook there for you have no right to get mad/offended by something that I say or do.
Guy 1: Dude I can't believe you said that
Redeagle: You knew I said stuff like that when you added me
Guy 1: I guess you are right, you using the Redeagle exemption.
by Mikehoncho December 3, 2013
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Exemption

1. Freedom from an obligation: Permission or entitlement not to do something that others are obliged to do.

2. Exempt person or thing: Somebody who or something that is exempt, e.g. income that is not taxed.
1. An exemption from jury duty.
2. A range of tax exemptions.
by Jafje April 10, 2007
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shawshank exemption

To be so ugly and undesirable that even the prison population wouldn't engage you in sodomy.
Dude is so ugly he gets a shawshank exemption.
by amra July 12, 2006
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exceptional individual

Rob Ford was a... *remembers he's in polite company* ... er, an exceptional individual.
by anonymous_________ September 3, 2017
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Milgram's exception

The Milgram experiment was a series of seminal social psychology experiments conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram, which measured the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with their personal conscience.

In Milgram's first set of experiments, 65 percent of experiment participants administered the experiment's final 450-volt shock, though many were very uncomfortable doing so; at some point, every participant paused and questioned the experiment, some said they would refund the money they were paid for participating in the experiment.

NO PARTICIPANT STEADFASTLY REFUSED TO ADMINISTER SHOCKS BEFORE THE 300-VOLT LEVEL.
Student 1 : Wow that took some guts! Carla sure knows how to stand up to the 'ol prof

Student 2 : yeah, a real Milgram's exception if I ever saw one...
by Gautam Sishta March 14, 2008
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