dime–store philosophy

Cheap, one-size-fits-all explanations about life. They consist of clichés, empty truisms and tautologies, and (often contradictory) platitudes.

Dime–stores were common in the early part of the 20th c. Every main street had such a store where you could buy tawdry, second-rate stuff for cheap prices. (Now they're Dollar stores, though these are not as common or a central fixture in every town.)

I run from the coffeehouse whenever that windbag shows up with his dime–store philosophy.

I'll take Crumb's cartoons over the banal musings of a dime-store philosopher any day.

by Applied Research February 11, 2009

Philosoraptor

A philosophical cousin of the velociraptor, that originated on 4chan, and was adapted from the advice dog meme. It's commonly used as an image macro with a picture of the philosoraptor's head, one talon poised under its chin, as it ponders the deeper questions of the universe.
It is generally accompanied by a riddle, pronoun or philosophical issue, or a parody of one of these, that the philosoraptor is currently mulling over. The text is usually divided, with half the text appearing at the top of the picture, and the other half at the bottom.

If actions are stronger than words,

(picture of Philosoraptor)

why is the pen mightier than the sword.

by Old man Jiji November 26, 2009

Starscream philosophy

A philosophy in which a recipient keeps a particular resource (object, another person, etc.) around and at their disposal despite having a very good reason to rid themselves of that resource because the resource in question provides some sort of valuable fringe benefit for the recipient. The term has it's origins in the science-fiction epic "TransFormers" in which Megatron, the evil leader of the Decepticons, keeps his cohort Starscream around despite the threat Starscream poses to Megatron's iron-fisted rule of his subjects because Starscream apparently does his job so well. The term can be used to apply to a number of different situations.

EXAMPLE 1: "Though he knew that the alcohol he was drinking to excess would eventually do him in, Starscream philosophy kept him from flushing it all down the nearest toilet." EXAMPLE 2: "She could barely stand to be around him because he was an over-emotional idiot, but she kept living with him for the great sex and the financial security he provided. Starscream philosophy was clearly at work here."

by Kirk Bradford Myers December 9, 2008

philosophaded

The point of being so high, you talk about philosophical subject matter.

philosophaded: *Hits blunt*
"if I hit myself and it hurts, am I considered weak or strong?"

by To educate the faded January 6, 2017

Tumblr philosopher

A Tumblr user who often reblogs or creates posts or pictures which they think are 'deep'. These people often search for more and more followers through promos, or posts constantly in the Facebook 'Tumblr' group.

John: He thinks he's so deep with those quotes about life on his Tumblr.

Jack: I know, what a Tumblr philosopher.

by The Great DV September 8, 2011

the dog’s philosophy

If you can’t eat it or fuck it, then piss on it.

The dog’s philosophy has been readily adopted by people all over the globe.

by Dr Bunnygirl December 13, 2017

Philosopher Stoned

When you think up something brilliantly righteous while baked.

X: I had this great highdea last night
Y: You clearly were philosopher stoned.

by TripleWest September 3, 2012