the boosh rule 

Invoking "The boosh rule" is a request to get back on task.

It originated during Run Amok recording sessions due to the natural tendency of the band and the producer to both get stuck talking about and quoting The Mighty Boosh for hours on end while they were supposed to be recording.

'The Boosh Rule' initially was a rule that was set to prevent this - no talking about The Mighty Boosh until you were finished tracking for the day.

In the time that has passed it has since spread and come to refer to any procrastination or lack of attention to the immediate task.

Meeting participant 1: So what's next on the agenda? I can't find it in the notes .. I wish there was a program guide for this ridiculous meeting.
Meeting participant 2: Oh hey did you hear that there's a new program guide service starting up?
Meeting participant 1: Cool, no I didn't - when does it go online?
Meeting participant 2: It should be starting soon, pretty cheap I hear.
Meeting participant 1: Neat, forward me the URL.
Meeting participant 3: Hey! You two! The Boosh Rule.

the boosh rule by nhac August 19, 2007

The Wooten Rule 

noun C singular
The character limit imposed in the subject line of an email.

Carol - could you please type your response in the body of the email, as your response was cut off in the subject line due to The Wooten Rule.

The Wooten Rule by Michael Perra October 16, 2008

double digit rule

A rule stating that drinking is acceptable when the time is in the double digits according to a 24-hour clock.

Drinking at ten am is fine according to the double digit rule!

double digit rule by Eaglelightfish February 24, 2011

The Facebook Rule 

To ripoff someones idea but make it better and take all the credit.

Dude, if you're going to ripoff my t-shirt design, at least use The Facebook Rule.

The Facebook Rule by JerkInTheCorner September 30, 2011

three night rule

a sacred custom dictating that if someone is not a family member or an intimate friend, then one may only sleep in their house/apartment for three nights at most. Violating this is a high offense against one's honor. Go to a hotel.

Rather than spend a fourth night in Alex's San Francisco apartment, Bob took a train to San Jose and slept in a ditch. This way, he observed the three night rule and preserved his sacred honor.

three night rule by Col. Hans Landa September 13, 2013

one-titty rule 

a cinematic axiom defining classy, "artistic" nudity; Hollywood nudity is typified by exploitative close-ups and medium shots that both light and frame titties for the clearest view possible of the entire upper torso; art cinema, conversely, tends to abide by the one-titty rule, by which, through either framing, lighting, or, staging, or some combination of the three, only one nipple is visible at a time.

Sure David Cronenberg's "Crash" is possibly the most sexually explicit movie of the notorious pervert's career, but the Canadian master is careful throughout to observe the one-titty rule.

one-titty rule by Gustave Meissenschein December 2, 2013

The Nintendo Rule 

The rule that requires one to blow into the ports of all electronic devices before connecting them. This rule derives from the popular and identical act performed while inserting an original Nintendo cartridge into its system, which would usually not read the cartridge if the rule was not properly followed.

A: The controller isn't working again
B: Did you follow the Nintendo Rule
A: No dude that rule's old and outdated
B: No it's not. Let me see it
*B applies Nintendo Rule*
*Controller works flawlessly*
B: See I told you The Nintendo Rule works

Nintendo

The Nintendo Rule by RustySnicklefritz December 19, 2013