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theif in law

A respected criminal with highly ranked status and authority. mostly used in Russia and old USSR countries
Be careful, no one can disobey him! He's theif in law
by quakiscool January 13, 2021
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Law of Virtual Serendipity

When two people swipe right on each other on two different online dating apps.
Sarah and John experienced the Law of Virtual Serendipity when they swiped right for each other on bumble and match.
by Lasso Lash May 4, 2020
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adopter-in-law

Spouse's adopter.
Adopter-in-law.
by Jenword May 20, 2023
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da laws

a nagging girlfriend who always wants to know your exact location at all times.
EXP #1:
man, who keeps blowin up your phone g?

it's da laws.

EXP #2:
hey are you still coming over so we can bang?

nah i got called in by da laws.

damn
by DannnniiiiiAndi January 20, 2011
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co-nibling-in-law

Spouse's nibling's spouse.
co-nibling-in-law.
by Simaduria July 26, 2024
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Law of Inverse Favoritism

The Law of Inverse Favoritism refers to the tendency of fanfiction authors to make their FAVORITE characters suffer the most, either INSTEAD of the ones they hate, or ALONGSIDE the ones they hate. For example, if you were a huge Sonic fan, and Tails was your favorite character, he would tend to go through the most serious shit in any stories you wrote, maybe he'd lose one of his tails, maybe he'd die, maybe he'd lose someone who meant a lot to him (Like Sonic himself).

This law does not always apply, however, and some authors may like certain characters TOO much to make them eligible for this, as if there's a sort of uncanny valley where, right before the character means the most to you out of any, ones short of that standard suffer, but the ones shorter or ahead of the valley do not.
This seems to often be determined by how innocent or pure the character is. The moreso they are, the more likely they'll be excluded. For example, I often write Animaniacs fanfics, and Wakko never gets hurt as badly as anyone else, so he would probably be an exception for the Law of Inverse Favoritism.
Alice: You know how people who write fanfics often tend to torture their FAVORITE characters, and not the ones they HATE?

Bob: Yeah, I'm often guilty of that myself. I know how that works.

Alice: Well, you're one of my favorites to write in my stories now, so get ready for hell. That doesn't bother you at all, does it?

Bob: I t 's v e n g e a n c e f o r a l l I ' v e w r i t t e n

Alice: I also came up with a name for that. I'll call it "The Law of Inverse Favoritism".

Bob: Accurate.
(True story between me and a friend, names changed though for anonymity purposes)
by Grabacr November 24, 2022
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Peacock's Law

The greater the status, the greater the liklihood of norm violation
John is demonstrating following the peacock's law by walking into his office in T-shirt and sandals while all his employees have to be in a suit
by Human Peacocking May 29, 2023
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