This word is typically used to emphasize a contradition, and its use as "by that very fact" should be distinguished from therefore, which also means "by the preceding fact". In the example below, ipso facto is used because the success in some way hinges on apparent failure. This could occur if, for example, if my goal was to lower myself in the other's opinion. Ipso facto, then, is almost always used to emphasize problems of perspective, as in the example.
by leon July 30, 2006
gentleman 1: yo baby momma gots a fine ass boo-tay
gentleman 2: de facto, nigga
gentleman 1: word, fo sho
gentleman 2: de facto, nigga
gentleman 1: word, fo sho
by StabMaster Arson October 15, 2003
When 2 Bro's get married for financial reason's, they enter into a Bro Facto Relationship.
It's an open relationship where the 2 married bro's usually enter into such an agreement as a means to afford rent and or a mortgage or to run a business with all the tax benefits regular married couples receive.
It's an open relationship where the 2 married bro's usually enter into such an agreement as a means to afford rent and or a mortgage or to run a business with all the tax benefits regular married couples receive.
Yeah my best friend and I just got married, we're in a Bro Facto Relationship, we're not actually gay but tax cuts is tax cuts
by JonnyHotpockets September 19, 2017
by suhaimofshawarma October 17, 2023
When a brain is not able to break down and digest facts. Derived from the Spanish word 'Factos'(meaning facts) made popular to the English speaking community by Cristiano Ronaldo.
by suhaimofshawarma October 17, 2023
If smash-and-grab is a crime, ipso facto why isn't anyone punishing the thugs? Is it perhaps time for California's prop 47 time to retire?
by Sexydimma December 25, 2021
"All Members of the United Nations are ipso facto parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice."
by headed May 12, 2010