Validation by proxy

To feel better about oneself by viewing oneself not as an individual but as part of a larger group. In this state, one need not accomplish anything oneself but can take great pride in the accomplishments of others as though they are personal accomplishments because the group is viewed a personal extension.

'Yea we won!"

"No the Steelers won. You just watched the game on TV."

"Same thing."

"No It's not, it's your validation by proxy."

by Cirdellin January 17, 2010

death by rabbits

A metaphorical expression describing any circumstance that just keeps growing in size or scope until it kills you.

His burgeoning gambling addiction was an unfortunate kind of death by rabbits type of thing.

by Dr Bunnygirl June 8, 2019

That handle is already in use by someone else.

An extremely annoying thing that urban dictionary says when you want to change your handle but someone else is using it...
Similar to when you want to change your name on roblox, but it says "this name is already in use ". SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ANNNOOOYYYYIIIIIIINNNNGGGGGGG.

Me: *changes handle to hi*
Urban dictionary: ThAt HaNdLe Is AlReAdY iN uSe By SoMeOnE eLsE.
Me:ummm.... ok *changes to another *
Urban dictionary: ThAt HaNdLe Is AlReAdY iN uSe By SoMeOnE eLsE.
Me:GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! LET ME CHANGE MY HANDLE TO WHATEVER I WANT!!!!!!!!!

by MyBigFatBoobs May 18, 2020

drop by

to pay a short, often unannounced visit

"Hi, I was in the neighborhood so I though I'd drop by"

by nick ))) February 23, 2015

raped by a shark

a saying used for situations where actually being raped by a shark would be more appealing than taking part in the said situations.

I'd rather be raped by a shark than go in to work on the weekend.

"I'd rather be raped by a shark than raped by your mom." -kj&th

by the storm drains February 18, 2009

abuse by proxy

If all else fails, the abuser recruits friends, colleagues, mates, family members, the authorities, institutions, neighbours, the media, teachers – in short, third parties – to do his bidding. He uses them to cajole, coerce, threaten, stalk, offer, retreat, tempt, convince, harass, communicate and otherwise manipulate his target. He controls these unaware instruments exactly as he plans to control his ultimate prey. He employs the same mechanisms and devices. And he dumps his props unceremoniously when the job is done.

One form of control by proxy is to engineer situations in which abuse is inflicted upon another person. Such carefully crafted scenarios of embarrassment and humiliation provoke social sanctions (condemnation, opprobrium, or even physical punishment) against the victim. Society, or a social group become the instruments of the abuser.

- He keeps sending his friends over to ask for stuff he left behind after he had moved out!

- Abuse by proxy, if you ask me!

by zadanliran October 25, 2011

Answers to Unanswerable Questions Through Countless Arguments and Stupid Statements by Stupid People

A future Nobel-prize winning, best selling book. With over 10 authors, including Matsuda, Richard, Lucy, Seymour, Alli, and TRK, this crazy group of debators takes on the task of answering such unanswerable questions as: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?""Why did that chicken cross the road in the first place?", and "What is the plural of butter?" This crazy group of intelligent beings go head to head in this back and forth book of debates. The debators combine fact, personal opinion, and senseless rambling to prove their cases. This book WILL be published by 2011. And it WILL become a best-seller by 2013. People will love this book, and this is a first hand-sneak preview of what the future holds. This will be talked about on Oprah. They will make a movie out of it. Answers to Unanswerable Questions Through Countless Arguments and Stupid Statements by Stupid People is the product of evolution/creation debates in Lab Biology, other stupid arguments in Geometry, and exreme boredom.

Oprah Winfrey: Ok, folks, now I would like to welcome the main authors of the best-selling book Answers to Unanswerable Questions Through Countless Arguments and Stupid Statements by Stupid People: Mike, Randy, and JJ!!!

Crowd: Wooooo!!!

by TRK, Author April 25, 2008