The Hartman Defense is, in general, when a person simply proclaims they have no knowledge of anything at all, therefore could not be guilty of anything, ever. Defendant simply raises their voice and shouts "I don't know nothin'". It is brilliant in it's simplicity.
Attorney: Where were you on the night of July 22nd, 2013?
Defendant: I plead The Hartman Defense.
Attorney: Please elaborate.
Defendant: I don't know nothin'!
Judge: (pounds gavel) Case dismissed.
Defendant: I plead The Hartman Defense.
Attorney: Please elaborate.
Defendant: I don't know nothin'!
Judge: (pounds gavel) Case dismissed.
by BUBBS January 17, 2014
"The Goblin Defense" is a legal term popularized by the streamer / youtuber vash. This legal term is Used when someone is accused of being a pedophile such as vash, and his legal counter argument to it is. I thought they were short stacks Like how goblins are drawn in porn.
"The vibe that I got was like short stack thick Kind of thing you know what I mean uh Like the way uh like goblins get drawn in porn" aka the Goblin Defense
by Thelegalturkey February 12, 2024
Sun Tsugoku | Tomjiro
by thisuernameisunavailable March 13, 2023
a defensive strategy implemented in NHL '10 that involves playing all players back in order to avoid a skunking (aka mercy).
Matt scored 3 goals in the first 30 seconds. Jared then employed the brian defense and lost the game 3-0.
by killa Brand v3 February 01, 2010
by Dove of love July 01, 2016
(noun)
A linguistic defense mechanism named after the 1992 crime thriller, Glengarry Glen Ross, referencing the sales method, "Always Be Closing." ABC Defense drafts a covert contract between the speaker and the listener to "be nice."
A. Affectation of Anxiety. Appear socially inept or weak to encourage others' sympathy.
B. Be Gentle. Tone police people who sound "too loud" or "too angry."
C. Covert Contract of Expectation. Assume, out loud, that the other person won't be "cruel."
A linguistic defense mechanism named after the 1992 crime thriller, Glengarry Glen Ross, referencing the sales method, "Always Be Closing." ABC Defense drafts a covert contract between the speaker and the listener to "be nice."
A. Affectation of Anxiety. Appear socially inept or weak to encourage others' sympathy.
B. Be Gentle. Tone police people who sound "too loud" or "too angry."
C. Covert Contract of Expectation. Assume, out loud, that the other person won't be "cruel."
In the 1965 film "Three Approaches to Psychotherapy," Gloria uses the ABC Defense when she says, "A) Right now I'm nervous but B) I feel more comfortable the way you're talking in a low voice and C) I don't feel like you'll be so harsh on me."
by saintsundere October 14, 2024
Coined by the esteem Dr. Reginald Margert Pattison described as taking the definition of a word & changing it something else in order to make it mean what you want it to mean. First used in the Alaskan World Fair of 1939
Person 1: "What's up bitch?"
Person 2: "Woah, that's rude!"
Person 1: "No, by bitch I mean friend"
Person 2: "That's the Patty Defense"
Person 2: "Woah, that's rude!"
Person 1: "No, by bitch I mean friend"
Person 2: "That's the Patty Defense"
by danthestep June 01, 2022