When two or more words are defined by using themselves as the solo point of explanation. This is also known as “defining in loop,” and is theoretically possible. Although, broadly speaking it is considered incorrect (illogical).
Definition of Chair: a wooden object
Definition of Wooden Object: a chair
This would be considered a Definitional Paradox.
Definition of Wooden Object: a chair
This would be considered a Definitional Paradox.
by Harvard Professors Are Dumb August 4, 2021
Get the Definitional Paradoxmug. The Fung paradox stipulates that after coitus with a female, one must choose between recycling said female, or go on to the next potential sexual partner.
"Man, I don't know if I want to start seeing this female seriously"
"Have you heard about the Fung paradox? You need to choose between recycling or mingling"
"Have you heard about the Fung paradox? You need to choose between recycling or mingling"
by sexbomb174 October 14, 2017
Get the Fung Paradoxmug. by Your_boy_54 June 2, 2018
Get the Digiorno Paradoxmug. A bar or club that only lets in regulars. Only a few bars are true paradoxes. Others instead only restricts their audience to regulars on certain weekdays, or between certain times - or a combination of both.
Bouncer: "Sorry, we only let in regulars today. You're not going in."
Non-regular A: "What? How can you be a regular without being let in regularly? This bar is a paradox"
Non-regular B: "Yeah, fucking Paradox Bar"
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C: "Wanna go down to the Havana Club?"
D: "Nah, we'll never get in - it's a Paradox Bar"
Non-regular A: "What? How can you be a regular without being let in regularly? This bar is a paradox"
Non-regular B: "Yeah, fucking Paradox Bar"
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C: "Wanna go down to the Havana Club?"
D: "Nah, we'll never get in - it's a Paradox Bar"
by Oby July 25, 2012
Get the Paradox Barmug. by big daddy 978 November 29, 2006
Get the Ultimate Paradoxmug. This refers to the phenomenon of gay males having more success attracting women than straight males do. This is paradoxical as, obviously, a gay male has no interest in the women they monopolize away from straight males.
by GingerBeer June 17, 2012
Get the Fudgepacker Paradoxmug. Sherlock's Paradox is a paradox discovered by the iconographic detective Sherlock Holmes in a scene from a set of unpublished notes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The notes were put of for auction in 1988 by Conan Doyle's grandson to benefit NORML.
In the unpublished scene, Holmes and his trusted companion Dr. Watson are sharing a pipe while in Arabia. The bulk of the conversation revolves around the pipe being made of glass and employing "... a devilishly clever construction by which the pungent smoke is filtered through water ...". Hence the term sherlock for the type of water pipe which resembles the regular pipe of Sherlock Holmes.
The paradox originates in a comment where Holmes remarks that the pipe's bowl is always better packed, but the "... most pleasurable of all leisure lies in the exquisite emptying of the bowl." Watson remarks that logically his statement implies that the bowl is always better packed, yet must always be in the process of being smoked. Therefore, if one is to truly enjoy themselves they must remain smoking the "bowl" indefinitely.
In the unpublished scene, Holmes and his trusted companion Dr. Watson are sharing a pipe while in Arabia. The bulk of the conversation revolves around the pipe being made of glass and employing "... a devilishly clever construction by which the pungent smoke is filtered through water ...". Hence the term sherlock for the type of water pipe which resembles the regular pipe of Sherlock Holmes.
The paradox originates in a comment where Holmes remarks that the pipe's bowl is always better packed, but the "... most pleasurable of all leisure lies in the exquisite emptying of the bowl." Watson remarks that logically his statement implies that the bowl is always better packed, yet must always be in the process of being smoked. Therefore, if one is to truly enjoy themselves they must remain smoking the "bowl" indefinitely.
Andrew: Yo man, what happened to you last night? You never came by my place?
Aki: Dude I got so ripped ... got caught up in Sherlock's Paradox with these ill headies and a box of Twizzlers.
Andrew: Damn ... you got any left? I got a dutch!
Aki: Nah man ... aw, shit.
Aki: Dude I got so ripped ... got caught up in Sherlock's Paradox with these ill headies and a box of Twizzlers.
Andrew: Damn ... you got any left? I got a dutch!
Aki: Nah man ... aw, shit.
by M.T. Lintershmidt September 20, 2009
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