a) a synonym phrase for "there are two sides (or more) to every story"
b) (forensic/criminal investigations, often used sarcastically): if you can't see the evidence, it doesn't mean it doesn't or can't exist.
c) (legal system): assuming that the defendant is not so severely mentally ill that even medications won't help, there is/should be/must be a motive to every crime.
d) a phrase meaning, everybody involved in the judicial system has their own motivations for acting the way they do.
b) (forensic/criminal investigations, often used sarcastically): if you can't see the evidence, it doesn't mean it doesn't or can't exist.
c) (legal system): assuming that the defendant is not so severely mentally ill that even medications won't help, there is/should be/must be a motive to every crime.
d) a phrase meaning, everybody involved in the judicial system has their own motivations for acting the way they do.
based on the definitions above, especially definition d) CNN features a show called Death Row Stories because some prosecutors still need to learn what the phrase men wear pants in the relationship, but women control the zipper means.
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(noun, portmanteau of "relationship" and "shill") Someone who claims to be a person's ex and tells everyone how great the relationship was - in order to help that person attract more potential romantic partners. Usually receives some form of compensation from the person whose romantic life they are helping.
Person 1: Jenny will NOT stop talking about how great of a boyfriend Greg used to be... it's getting old.
Person 2: Funny you should mention that... I asked Greg's friend about her and he said they never dated!
Person 1: Wow, do you think she's a relationshill?
Person 2: I'm not sure what that means.
Person 1: Me neither. Let's look it up on Urban Dictionary.
Person 2: Funny you should mention that... I asked Greg's friend about her and he said they never dated!
Person 1: Wow, do you think she's a relationshill?
Person 2: I'm not sure what that means.
Person 1: Me neither. Let's look it up on Urban Dictionary.
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"I have to have dinner with Roxanne tonight. <groan>"
"Dude, you're always bitching about her, why do you even still speak?"
"It's a legacy relationshit, I've been friends with her since grade school."
"Dude, you're always bitching about her, why do you even still speak?"
"It's a legacy relationshit, I've been friends with her since grade school."
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1. to write at the beginning, dictate, order;
2. to lay down a rule : DICTATE;
3. to lay down as a guide, direction, or rule of action : ORDAIN;
4. to specify with authority.
A prescriptive relationship, then, is a relationship in which a person or people create a set of rules governing the relationship before the people involved ever get into said relationship. These rules are often set up to define a relationship involving someone who is not even in existence yet and therefore cannot give his or her input into the relationship agreements.
By contrast, a descriptive relationship describes the relationship as it is at the time with input from all involved.
1. to write at the beginning, dictate, order;
2. to lay down a rule : DICTATE;
3. to lay down as a guide, direction, or rule of action : ORDAIN;
4. to specify with authority.
A prescriptive relationship, then, is a relationship in which a person or people create a set of rules governing the relationship before the people involved ever get into said relationship. These rules are often set up to define a relationship involving someone who is not even in existence yet and therefore cannot give his or her input into the relationship agreements.
By contrast, a descriptive relationship describes the relationship as it is at the time with input from all involved.
John and Mary have a prescriptive relationship. Even though John and Mary haven't met anyone they're interested in yet, they have decided beforehand that anyone they date will be female, in love with them both equally, single, will live no more than 10 miles away, will not call John by the nickname "bunnylips", will not eat with them at their favorite restaurant, and cannot ever listen to the song John and Mary danced to at their wedding while John and/or Mary are in the room with her. When they meet her, these rules are non-negotiable and she has no say in them.
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