When a friend is watching a live, pause-able sporting event in a separate location and says he has to pause said event, you must respect the pause and not spoil what has happened until he has confirmed seeing it.
Brad: Dude, did you see that touchdown, that shit was crazy!
Mike: What the fuck asshole, I'm driving home from the store! Respect the pause, man!!!
Mike: What the fuck asshole, I'm driving home from the store! Respect the pause, man!!!
by Escobar Dotcom June 07, 2021
My respect merch is so lit!!
by RespectMerch December 21, 2017
Respectability Protection is offering protection only to those who meet certain traditional, conventional and patriarchal standards.
They didn’t defend or help her because they felt that she didn’t fall into the category of Respectability Protection because she is a stripper.
by MrsB January 31, 2021
by Peaches Knows All November 01, 2022
by Doodooohead November 25, 2018
Can be used as a verb or an adverb.
Giving somebody respect, or to respect for something that happened in the past and told in a story.
Giving somebody respect, or to respect for something that happened in the past and told in a story.
Pops: When i was your age i was in a VietCong POW camp for 2 years.
Kid: Hey i give you retroactive respect for that.
Kid: Hey i give you retroactive respect for that.
by who was that again? May 22, 2011
When you have to decide between sitting multiple cars usually each having 1-2 people already, meaning that you are showing "more" respect to the car that you wish to sit in. Usually solved simply but can be thought about rather seriously.
Mike and Tony were both going to Caribou Coffee in their cars with no passengers, they were leaving from my place, so I would sit with Mike and say see ya there Tony to balance the Passenger Respect, possibly giving disrespect.
by SchizophreNICKZJ April 17, 2011