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Razor Wyre

An incredibly sexy person. Listens to the best music ever. Wanted to be crowned king of the world by most.
by Razor Wyre December 15, 2003
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Novacula Franqui (aka Novacula Frangiscc' aka Frankie's Razor)

Goes something like this:
-- Don’t people the scientifically as yet unexplained, unexplored areas of our world and reality with wild – or otherwise – conjecture you propose as “TRUTH”.
-- Rigorously relegate said “beliefs” to the realm of wishful-/magical-thinking, fantasy, and fiction or – at the very least – have the courage to …
-- Present “them” as theories open to testing, fact-based repudiation, public scrutiny … and then
ACCEPT THE RESULTS !!! Or – at the very least –
Have the humility and intellectual honesty to call them what they are:
MY OWN …
Crazy Ideas
Desires
Self-psyche-salving delusions (at worst)/”fables” (at best) that help me get through the night,

help me get through life.

See ALSO: Occam’s Razor, Chatton’s Anti-Razor, Hickam’s Dictum, Leibniz’s and Kant’s anti-razors, Crabtree’s Bludgeon, Pataphysics.
Because he refused to even consider the Novacula Franqui (aka Novacula Frangiscc' aka Frankie's Razor), let alone use it, he peopled his ideas of what was going on around him, and in the world at large, with dark Deep States, Alien Beings, Cabals of Reptile-People, et al. Nothing is simply as it seems!!! It gave him the frisson he needed to keep from self-reflection.
by Pen-Dragon November 7, 2024
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Marley's Razor

The idea that one's admission to a greater offense is not conclusive evidence of the commission of a lesser offense.

Proposed by Kmele Foster and derived from Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff," in which the narrator admits to shooting the sheriff, but not the deputy.
"I'm looking at the Trump administration's response to the criticism that they're overstating things or that the Iranian strike actually went badly, when it does in fact seem like one of those cases where Marley's Razor applies, and while they may lie with some great regularity, it might be the case that this time, they are more right than wrong, and that the strike was potentially a lot more effective than they thought." Kmele Foster on Tangle podcast, 6/29/25.
by Infinitecypher July 1, 2025
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Wilford's Razor

Commonly worded as:

"The plausibility of any conspiracy theory is inversely proportional to the level of government hyper‑competence needed to maintain it"

Other wording:
"The plausibility of any conspiracy theory decreases as the level of government hyper-competence required to sustain it increases."

"The plausibility of any conspiracy theory is inversely proportional to the level of government hyper‑competence required to maintain it."

"The plausibility of any conspiracy theory is inversely proportional to the amount of government hyper‑competence it would require to plan, execute, and keep it secret."

In other words:
If a plot needs dozens of agencies to be flawless, leak‑proof, and perfectly coordinated for years… it probably didn’t happen.
Neighbor: “The mayor unleashed a raccoon crisis to distract from the budget meeting.”
You: “I'm invoking Wilford's Razor: City Hall can’t herd three councilmembers—let alone a raccoon militia.”
by Koffea August 12, 2025
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Road Razor

Another name for such a vehicle as the Roadtec SX-8 Soil Stabilizer/Reclaimer, which "shaves" road and street pavement with its interior cutting drum, making room for new pavement to be installed by other road workers.
There's roadwork on the street, and the Road Razor is at work.
by Info2go August 16, 2025
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Razor Throat

“ Dude i feel like i have f****** razor throat rn”
by Backpackkis September 8, 2025
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Arkham's Razor

A philosophical device that suggests that if a deliberately public and spectacular crime can be ascribed to an antisocial personality disorder, in particular one of a magnitude great enough to warrant involuntary commitment to a mental institution, then this can be assumed to be the appropriate explanation.
after a deliberately dramatic act of mass violence "I read the guy's manifesto, and he seems like a sociopath. I think we can use Arkham's Razor for this one."
by jpa1708 September 15, 2025
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