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Petersen's Law

Petersen's Law (sometimes referred to as Peter's Law) describes a phenomen in ballgames and states that when a team scores a last-minute equalizer in a match, said team will nevertheless lose the match in the subsequent penalty shoot-out
Jens Petersen: "Erneut greift übrigens Petersen's Law. Das Team das spät den Ausgleich erzielt verliert wahrscheinlicher am Ende trotzdem als dass es gewinnt. Denke so ist es grammatikalisch perfekt formuliert."
by N0isynick January 27, 2024
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Dang’s Law

As long as your girlfriend is the last person you’ve slept with you haven’t cheated.
Person 1: Mate didn’t you sleep with Sarah?

Person 2: Yeah but I slept with my girlfriend today so according to Dang’s law I haven’t cheated.
by Name Guru January 15, 2022
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Basil’s Law

All bourgeois political kayfabe boils down to projected raceplay fetishes
Person1: That black feminist chick from college just posted her white boyfriend on her insta

Person2: dude…. Basil’s Law!!!
by MMAFayce January 23, 2024
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stepadopter-in-law

Spouse's stepadopter.
Stepadopter-in-law.
by Jenword May 20, 2023
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the law

The law just showed up to my crib
by Pickleman246 March 25, 2021
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Stack's Law of Universal Causality

A law which states that: given sufficient time, some internet user, somewhere, will have posted elaborate arguments for one person, thing, idea or phenomenon being the cause of all of the world's modern day problems. The argument is likely far-fetched.
Joe: Man, the Middle East is getting crazier every day.
Matt: I read a great article the other day about how Middle Eastern instability is primarily caused by Western expectations of gender-role conformity. That also causes income inequality, Donald Trump, and government corruption.
Joe: The only thing you just proved is that Stack's Law of Universal Causality is true.

Jessica: OMG! Why are there so many starving children in Africa.
LeJuana: You see, when you get down to it, Islamic extremism is the primary cause of global hunger, and our poor stock-markets!
Jessica: How do you know that?
LeJuana: I read a tell all article on it at WorldWithoutReligion.com!
Jessica: That's just Stack's Law of Universal Causality at work.
by GreatHillOfTara August 1, 2016
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