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Shakespeare Rule

The Shakespeare Rule is a writing technique in which, much like the structure of any Shakespearean soliloquy, you summarise the general meaning of the paragraph in the last few lines.
"The Shakespeare Rule is a good method to experiment with"

"I overuse The Shakespeare Rule"
Related Words
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HEGATRONS RULE 

Hegarty likes to make you believe that your opinions matter. They dont. 'This is not a democracy.'
Hegatrons Rule : Dicatorship.

Person: 'Can we play football outside?'
Hegarty: 'Yes,' Proceeds to lock all doors.

BFDI Rule 34 

Art made for object show fans to either get a huge boner while looking, or pull out 3 gallons of bleach to share with friends.
Person 1: OH MY GOD THAT IS SOOO HOT!
Person 2: What about it?
Person 1: It’s BFDI rule 34! I’m getting a boner!
Person 2: Friends, get out the bleach *drinks bleach*
Person 3: *drinks bleach*
Everyone else: *drinks bleach*

The Dorn Rule 

Referring to the lackadaisical approach of shortstop Roger Dorn from the movie Major League, the phrase is used to show one's lack of desire to initiate the romantic or sexual pursuit of another individual while simultaneously indicating that one would still be receptive if said individual was to him/herself initiate the pursuit.
"Hey, why don't you go after that one chick? She's kinda cute"
"Meh. She's on The Dorn Rule"
"What do you mean?"
"If it comes at me, I'll catch it. But I'm not going to dive for it."
The Dorn Rule by Risky74 February 8, 2009

3 box rule 

a form of rule in counter strike:source in a prison break server whereby terrorists stay 3 boxes away from the vent
3 box rule by LucoZ August 10, 2009

the colon and p rule 

there is no space between the colon and p in a laugh face
The Colon and P rule:

:P correct

: P incorrect
the colon and p rule by flavorsnades September 3, 2010