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it's the principal of the thing

What a grade-school student tells someone as a reason for his unwillingness to perform a requested action; it means dat while he personally would not mind doing it, he is afraid dat "da big man in dat dreaded upstairs office" would disapprove, and thus he would give him major grief if he found out.
One sixth-grade boy conversing with another on da playground: Sorry, Dude --- I can't slip you a textbook in class to help you get a better grade on your test; it's the principal of the thing."
by QuacksO February 3, 2023
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Talk to the principal

When a coworker tells on you and the boss calls you into their office to talk to them; Refers to the way kids have to talk to the principal when they get in trouble and makes fun of the way that the tattle tales are being childish.
Someone snitched on me, now I’ve got to go talk to the principal.
by SiL3Nt J September 12, 2023
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dumb fat principal

a 600-pound person usually a white woman an annoying principle with a decoration in her office that says "i would quit chocolate but im not a quiter". she decided tarmac only recess will happen when snowing even though other schools dont have that. she is either trying to form a hellscape or is dumb af
by friendly neighborhood dumbass December 5, 2024
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I Work On Principals On Work I

I Work On Principals On Work I
I Work On Principals On Work I
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the paradox where 4 sides of a square aren't verbal and it makes a weird shaped square
quadratic verbulated paradox of fourth principal of astrochemestry is funny
by anonymous January 25, 2022
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