My co-great-uncle-in-law is a good person.
by Elivaldeq November 24, 2019
Get the co-great-uncle-in-lawmug. by anonymous March 20, 2021
Get the uncle in law nephewmug. Bro Shannon totally put me in the brother-in-law zone, that's the second girl this year who's put me in the BILZ
by Bill1997 November 13, 2023
Get the Brother-In-Law Zonemug. A definition of conservatism from a blog response by Frank Wilhoit: Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
"Did you hear that yet another Republican politician admitted to getting his wife an abortion? But he's still opposed?" "Yeah, Wilhoit's Law. It is what it is."
by Punditos Maximos August 19, 2024
Get the Wilhoit's Lawmug. How the real state of the relationship is inversely proportional to the projected state of the relationship on social media
"Mike has such a good looking life. Look at his posts, he's got the house, car, and a knock out"
"Dude, Karamazov's Law, he's half a million in debt, a alcoholic, and his wife cheats on him".
"Dude, Karamazov's Law, he's half a million in debt, a alcoholic, and his wife cheats on him".
by The_LSD_Fairy January 7, 2021
Get the Karamazov's Lawmug. The law that any discussion on the internet that goes in long enough will result in someone claiming that the US Civil War wasn't about slavery.
(long discussion about the BLM and Blue Lives flags and what they mean to people)
Soffy22: Well how would you feel about a confederate flag?
Merlyn2: There's so much propaganda about that, starting with how the Civil War was about States' Rights, and not slavery.
Maddox: AND THERE WE GO ... Kaplan's Law.
Soffy22: Well how would you feel about a confederate flag?
Merlyn2: There's so much propaganda about that, starting with how the Civil War was about States' Rights, and not slavery.
Maddox: AND THERE WE GO ... Kaplan's Law.
by MaddKap May 15, 2022
Get the Kaplan's Lawmug. None of us are as dumb as all of us.
A counter to the older, pro-teamwork adage "None of us are as smart as all of us."
Speaks to the risk of lower-level workers' input being useless if upper management gives its own opinion first, due to the tendency of workers to fall in line once the position of the leader (who could fire them for dissent) is known.
The wording above was written on a wall at NASA's Houston complex after the Challenger disaster, as reported by astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Although the concept has long been known of, once it took the form of an aphorism, it acquired a viral quality.
A counter to the older, pro-teamwork adage "None of us are as smart as all of us."
Speaks to the risk of lower-level workers' input being useless if upper management gives its own opinion first, due to the tendency of workers to fall in line once the position of the leader (who could fire them for dissent) is known.
The wording above was written on a wall at NASA's Houston complex after the Challenger disaster, as reported by astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Although the concept has long been known of, once it took the form of an aphorism, it acquired a viral quality.
Niels Bohr and son Aage asked low-level engineer Richard Feynman their questions before asking higher-ups like Oppenheimer, partly to avoid taking up important administrators' time, but also to avoid Kelly's law of committees. Asking the higher-ups first, with lower-level workers present, would have a chilling effect on the latter's offering their own ideas and concerns.
by WhatwasIsaying December 24, 2024
Get the Kelly's Law of Committeesmug.