"Jimmy, do the laundry and the you can go to the movies."
"Sweet! I can go to the movies!"
"AFTER YOU DO THE LAUNDRY!"
"What? You never said i had to do the laundry."
"I swear, you have selective hearing"
"Sweet! I can go to the movies!"
"AFTER YOU DO THE LAUNDRY!"
"What? You never said i had to do the laundry."
"I swear, you have selective hearing"
by amrgkm January 29, 2009
Get the selective hearing mug.1) Outrage against a moment/incident that is aligned to your ideology
2) Not being neutral
3) Using your own filter in mind to accept few news and rejecting another
2) Not being neutral
3) Using your own filter in mind to accept few news and rejecting another
John - "Hey you know that, a priest was lynched by people infront of police; I guess he was doing robbery anyways. Why so hue and cry?!"
Again John - "Shout! Shout! Police officers killed two people in custody without any proof."
Sam - "You are full of selective outrage."
Again John - "Shout! Shout! Police officers killed two people in custody without any proof."
Sam - "You are full of selective outrage."
by stpune June 26, 2020
Get the Selective Outrage mug.The state of being a slut to individuals of your own choice. Aka personalizing a list of people you whore around to selectively.
Nicolette: What did he say about you?
Salma: He called her a slut
Maha: Little does he know, im a selective slut.
Salma: He called her a slut
Maha: Little does he know, im a selective slut.
by ronaldosprincess July 24, 2019
Get the Selective Slut mug.Someone who only get's the text messages they want to. Kind of like selective hearing, but with text messages.
Jan: I sent Brad a text and told him my mom wanted us to meet her for dinner tonight.
Sue: Oh no, how did that go?
Jan: I don't know, he's a selective texter and didn't write me back.
Sue: Oh no, how did that go?
Jan: I don't know, he's a selective texter and didn't write me back.
by lindylou22 August 28, 2009
Get the selective texter mug.the practice of selectively ignoring distracting, irrelevant, or otherwise unnecessary information received, such as e-mails, news reports, etc.
We’re in a world of infinite interruption and infinite minutia. Practice ‘selective ignorance’—you don’t need to know and follow everything.
by DeepDishGamer July 14, 2014
Get the Selective Ignorance mug.Jane went from crying and wanting to kill me to resembling Mother Theresa as soon as her friend phoned, I put this down to her selective PMT
by howard1976 June 6, 2014
Get the selective PMT mug.Selective Illiteracy Syndrome is a serious mental/moral impairment which afflicts individuals who disagree with something but do not examine the presented evidence in support of what they differ with -not because they can’t read- they habitually choose to NOT honestly read out of an irrational paralysing fear that those they disagree with just might be right!
Usually employed by contrarians, internet atheists, trolls and the lazy.
Usually employed by contrarians, internet atheists, trolls and the lazy.
C: You said you wanted proof for my position. Here is all the verifiable evidence that I could find.
A: You're still wrong!
C: How exactly?
A: ....um, reasons.
C: You never read it did you? And I suppose you never intend to either, simply because you don't WANT it to be true!. So...How long have you been suffering from Selective Illiteracy Syndrome?
A: You're still wrong!
C: How exactly?
A: ....um, reasons.
C: You never read it did you? And I suppose you never intend to either, simply because you don't WANT it to be true!. So...How long have you been suffering from Selective Illiteracy Syndrome?
by WHY?Outreach December 10, 2019
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