detroit's law

the compulsion that possesses the residents of detroit to repeatedly inform those around them that they are from detroit

"how do you know someone is from detroit? they let you know they're from detroit" (detroit's law)

by bloog the scholar February 12, 2025

murphs law

The Law that states Murph is the baddest middle aged baller in the land. No one hunts down tackles like Murph. No one posts to the ‘gram and Twitter like Murph. No one honks it louder than Murph. It’s Murph’s world, we just live here.

He be ballin, yo. Damn straight, it’s Murph. You kno he be ballin, been dat way since the eighth grade. It’s Murphs Law, he got the drip too.

by EagleEyed April 26, 2021

Terry's Law

Terry's Law is the summarisation and simplification of the universal law "If you don't ask for something you wont receive it." condensing it to a much more digestible "Don't ask, don't get".

The origin of the name of the law comes from one particular Terry in the county of Somerset, United Kingdom, where he can often be found living by this adage. This truth has been passed down to his son and friends who to this day live by this one simple truth.

Frank - "Tell you what John, that bird looks right lovely. Think I should take my chances with them?"

John - "Terry's Law John. Don't ask, don't get."

Frank - "Right you are John, right you are."

by anonymous October 3, 2025

Sanderson's Law

as an online discussion regarding fiction recommendations grows longer, the probability of Brandon Sanderson's Way of Kings being recommended approaches 1

"I asked on Reddit for books similar to Twilight and got 8 recommendations for the Way of Kings"

"Sanderson's Law in action my friend"

by Kvarl_the_Lightbringer December 27, 2020

Bango's Law

When rigging, the act of bypassing a certain step with the thought of " no one will use/ see this", only to have quite the opposite effect.

I ignored smoothing the weights on the mouth micro joints, seeing as they are barely used in animation. During dailies, Bango's law kicked me square in the dick when Anim Dept preceded to ONLY use the micro controls

by LordOfRigging April 5, 2022

great-niece-in-law

1. The granddaughter-in-law of one's sibling.
2. The granddaughter of one's spouse's sibling.

My great-niece-in-law is a good person.

by Elivaldeq November 24, 2019

Ethan’s law

A mathematical equation meaning 0.999 recuring is equal to 1 due to a third being 0.333 recuring so 3 thirds aka 1 hole is equal to 0.9999 recuring

I used Ethan’s law to figure out if it actually equaled one

by Maverick8223 August 14, 2025