(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 13, 2024
Get the ABC Defensemug. The ultimate trump card. When you're down and out it's the last defense you have against people trying to justify your repositioning in society.
Hym "A prime example of the 'I have kids' defense is KRISTI NOEM. In her interview after it was revealed that she shot her own dog, she DESPERATELY tried to employ this defense before being shoved out of the spotlight. 'I'm a mother! I wanna go upies! Not downies! Nooooooooooo!' Heheheheh... And a more recent example is Andrew Tate's interview after getting out recently. 'I have kids! I'm supposed to be able to do whatever I want! Anything and everything is justifiable when you have kids!' Ha! It's ALWAYS THE CASE! He stole? He had to steal for the kids! Why does policy need to change? The kids? Why did we bomb those kids? The kids of course. But your kids are just you. Nothing changed when you had them. Maybe, socially, you moved into the class of people that other people have to give a shit about by way of extension. That's not real a change though. Your kids = You. Their inflated value exists only in relationship to you. Saying 'MY kids are more important than anything' is no different that saying 'I'm more important than anything.' You. Same thing."
by Hym Iam August 24, 2024
Get the The 'I have kids' defensemug. As zainy of a legal defense as Bird Law, the Hunter Defense is when you know the outcome, but refuse to acknowledge it, because it did not go in your own favor.
Garrett used the Hunter Defense when questioned about losing a foot race to a slow white guy, so he could avoid lifelong embarrassment.
by Matthew2131 February 23, 2024
Get the the Hunter Defensemug. by anonymous March 1, 2025
Get the Tower defense gamesmug. 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 1, 2022
Get the The Patty Defensemug. by TTDis_shit May 23, 2024
Get the Tower Defense Simulatormug. a tower defense game where u defend the tower, and it has story mode, summon, cool units and such more.
"i've heard that spongebob tower defense is a cool game, and so i've decided that tower heroes and spongebob td will be my favo(u)rite td games."
by officalh4mm3r April 18, 2025
Get the SpongeBob Tower Defensemug.