The Thatcher Principle

If a person's death results in a benefit for society equal to or greater than Thatcher's negative influence on society, the death is to be celebrated.

A: Did you hear? Jair Bolsonaro died.
B: Good riddance. He falls under the Thatcher principle.

by Azshara October 2, 2020

luigi principle

When someone does nothing to achieve something. usually used in the genre of Video Games

the Luigi Principle was shown when Chris beat the AI in Mario Party while doing nothing

by Ethan R August 16, 2016

Shirky Principle

The principle in which institutions, or any organization, will try to preserve the problem to which they are supposed to be the solution.

(In reference to Author Clay Shirky (born 1964), an American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies and journalism.)

The IRS is a Shirky Principle organization. It will never attempt to totally get rid of tax evasion, even if it could, because the IRS needs to be maintained for reasons to find tax evasion.

by MarvinParanoAndroid February 21, 2019

Senior Principle Intern

An individual with excessive years of internship at the same company, without receiving a job offer. Almost always is paid at half rate. Deserves little to no praise for work accomplished.

Those papers from the Senior Principle Intern finally arrived on my desk this morning, they are excessively late and faulty.

by ddos October 24, 2011

the unicorn light principle

States that light bends around unicorns, and that light was created form them. the colors that you see right now were created by a unicorn. colors are one of the many things that unicorns have created such as bacon, Nutella, double rainbows, and nun-chuck wielding cats wearing bandannas.

Example:

Person 1: dude, have you ever wondered what made the colors?
Person 2: Go...
Person 3: no because I am well versed in unicornal philosophy, you should know this I was a unicornal philosophy major in college. unicorns created light. isn`t obvious. the unicorn light principle explains it very well.
Person 2: what the actual fuck are you talking about?!?!
Person 3: STFU! im a unicornal philosophy major! what the fuck are you!
Person 2: a christa...
Person 3: that`s what I thought; FUCKING atheist!

by Unicorn_Philosopher1202 October 21, 2013

Bullshit Principle

The idea that everything on the internet is fabricated for likes.

I wasn't sure if Kim Kardashian actually made shoes from organic spinach, until I saw a making of video by my favorite YouTuber, and in that moment, I knew that even the Bullshit Principle couldn't disprove my belief.

by MarintelliVonderClaus March 7, 2023

pac-man principle

The political principle where whether you go far left or far right, if you go too far in either direction, like Pac-Man, you will end up on the other side which is always a dictatorship.

Hitler was a socialist but moved so far left on government control that, because of the Pac-Man Principle, he came out on the right as a fascist and wound up ultimately as a dictator.

by AmadeuS469 July 2, 2018