Named after "Columbo" the detective who was known to shock people with his great feats of deductive reasoning; the Columbo Dimension is a realm/state of being that a person's mind enters when they are too stunned, shocked or flabbergasted to speak.
This most often occurs when a person is confronted with evidence of their dishonesty, misdeeds or them just being plain old wrong about something but may also occur when someone is roasted too hard.
Perfectly exemplified by the "The Gloved-Hand Reveal | Columbo" clip (timestamp - 4:35) from the Columbo TV Show found on YouTube (The background music may also play in real life should the show of evidence/roast be powerful enough).
This most often occurs when a person is confronted with evidence of their dishonesty, misdeeds or them just being plain old wrong about something but may also occur when someone is roasted too hard.
Perfectly exemplified by the "The Gloved-Hand Reveal | Columbo" clip (timestamp - 4:35) from the Columbo TV Show found on YouTube (The background music may also play in real life should the show of evidence/roast be powerful enough).
M:You can't prove that I pissed in the elevator! Surely it was a dog!
C: Shows elevator camera footage of M drunkenly pissing in the elevator.
M: *is too stunned to speak*
J: SENT HIS ASS TO THE COLUMBO DIMENSION!
C: Shows elevator camera footage of M drunkenly pissing in the elevator.
M: *is too stunned to speak*
J: SENT HIS ASS TO THE COLUMBO DIMENSION!
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From Columbo episode S2E1 “The Greenhouse Jungle”
From Columbo episode S2E1 “The Greenhouse Jungle”
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Derivation is from Lt Columbo (a fictional TV Homicide detective from the 70's and 80's) who always knew who the killer was, within 2 minutes of meeting them (although, because this was fiction, he was always right)
Armchair Columbo's exist in a simple world full of Black and white motives, stranger dangers and Paedophiles hiding behind every tree
They are more likely to be conversant with TV police dramas than real life, and will know a great deal about forensic science from such shows as CSI:NY and NCIS, without realizing that most of this is fiction
Derivation is from Lt Columbo (a fictional TV Homicide detective from the 70's and 80's) who always knew who the killer was, within 2 minutes of meeting them (although, because this was fiction, he was always right)
Armchair Columbo's exist in a simple world full of Black and white motives, stranger dangers and Paedophiles hiding behind every tree
They are more likely to be conversant with TV police dramas than real life, and will know a great deal about forensic science from such shows as CSI:NY and NCIS, without realizing that most of this is fiction
Tigerlily: On the news, it said the missing boy was fully dressed and walked out the front door. How could a 3 year old dress himself and open the front door? I reckon the parents must know a lot more than they are letting on
Vinnie: Oh Tigerlily, you're such an Armchair Columbo
Vinnie: Oh Tigerlily, you're such an Armchair Columbo
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When a male is penitrating a female from behind in the rectum and ejaculates into her anus. The male then throws a "splash" of baby powder and has the female fart out the semen in her anus causing a dust cloud. Aka Dusty Columbo
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