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The Darlington Law

The law that defines a worker doing just enough work to not get fired
Scott abides by The Darlington Law, as not to get fired or excerpt himself too much during the day.
by livingRockChurch January 3, 2014
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Hakimi's law

It is a traditional practice where a married man transfers all belongings under his name to a close relative of his shortly into his marriage to protect himself from possible greedy and selfless abuse of a divorce by his wife resulting in him losing 50% of all belongings or a possibly higher proportion.
I might follow hakimi's law to protect myself soon, I'm worried my partner will divorce me for my money and belongings.
by controllzlmao April 18, 2023
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Nemesis Law

When a person thinks a facetious statement is a genuine representation of a rival ideology due to their own limited worldview.

Named for the Greek figure Nemesis, who lured Narcissus to the pool where he drowned himself trying to be with his own reflection. A counter to Poe's Law.
Asshole: “Look! This gay person on Twitter says that straight people should be made into cat food! The gay agenda is real and violent!”

Reasonable Human Being: “Dude, they’re obviously joking. Calm down.”

Asshole: “…Well, how was I supposed to know? Maybe this person is joking, but most gays say things like this and they mean it!”

Reasonable Human Being: “Have you ever met a gay person? Or are you pulling some Nemesis Law bullshit?”
by halfsyproblems December 27, 2016
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The Boom Law

A rule of thumb when planning a project:

"If you can you explosives, then why wouldn't you use explosives?"
"We could use explosives to move these rocks, but is that excessive?"
"According to The Boom Law... nope!"
by MajorGen April 26, 2017
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Foster's Law

The rule that "if I’ve Heard of Yer Da I Don’t Need To Hear From You", coined by Dawn Foster. Describes mediocre people who have jobs in the media not because of any talent of their own but because they have rich and famous parents, private schooling and family connections.
Giles Coren a prime example of how Foster's Law holds for almost every man bar Jesus.
by Giles Coren August 22, 2022
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Karen-in-law

A Karen-in-law is the worst possible version of a mother-in-law to whom you are related.
"My Karen-in-law created a major fucking scene earlier because someone asked her to wear a mask."
by RestingMurderFace August 3, 2020
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Sefton's Law

Sefton’s Law states that the likelihood of mainstream adoption of new innovations is inversely proportionate to the extent to which using said innovation makes the user look like a dick.

Coined by Adam Sefton, Executive Creative Director at Reading Room
Google Glass is Sefton's Law in action. That wearers are already being called "glassholes" shows you that it'll never go mainstream.
by SomeRoomie May 7, 2014
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