house marking

A practice in which the most passionate of Harry Potter fans engage, in which upon first meeting another person one attempts to ascertain which house in Hogwarts that person belongs before learning anything else about said individual. Those who advocate for this practice claim it is far more effective in predicting and anticipating a person's character and personality than other forms of "marking" that many other humans may deploy. For example, the feminist philosopher Marilyn Frye describes "sex marking," a process of trying to determine another's sex and/or gender so as to impose upon them rigid expectations based on inaccurate gender norms and roles that only serve to stifle human capacity. Male and female are ambiguous, broad, and essentially meaningless term, containing within each of them the full spectrum of the human condition. Sex marking, therefore, is an inaccurate means of developing an understanding of another human. House marking, on the other hand, is far more effective in anticipating how a person will act, think, or live. Knowing someone is a Slytherin provides a far better basis for predicting behavior than knowing they are female.

I couldn't help "house marking" that guy I met last night I could tell he was a total Slytherin!

by fryeismagical December 11, 2012

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mark matheson

One who does not shred the gnar

Man I hurt my knee. Guess I’ll just have to mark Matheson it today

by IronD April 20, 2018

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marked as sperm

"Marked as Sperm": a play on "Marked as Spam", commonly seen in message boards and forums. "Marked as Sperm" is used when the message in question is too odious to be adequately described by the relatively mild "Marked as Spam".

A hypothetical example of "marked as sperm" combined with a slightly edited actual comment:

john_balls1011 @dildoilbravishla: FUCK YOU DICKWAD

(Reply) (Mark as sperm) (Ignore)(Report)

by Suzy Clemens April 8, 2010

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Mark

A fucking dick...the type of peson to not hold the door for you or not say bless you after someone sneezes. Just a hillbilly bitch
Hes a no good ugly waist of skin

Dude i ran into a fucking mark the other day i wanted to shoot him

by Ur perverted uncle larry October 15, 2019

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