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Pulling a Hector

1. Being a pointless contrarian

2. Arguing against a good idea simply because it wasn't your idea
"He's pulling a Hector and pretending that Bea Arthur isn't the best name for a dog in the history of names for dogs."
by intelekshual May 9, 2019
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Pull a Joseph

to flee from a female who is trying to sexually tempt you
Yeah bro, we were watching Avengers and she kept touching me so i had to Pull a Joseph
by BIBLE_MAN116 May 16, 2019
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Pull a Main

Leaving a groupchat (typically discord) for no reason with no context in the middle of a conversation and refusing to come back.
Wow did aden really just Pull a Main?
by TopAqua May 17, 2019
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To Pull a Spifty

IPA: ˈpʊl ə ˈspɪfˌɾi

v., Idiomatic

To accept an Onyxia Hide Backpack without saying anything, even though you already have one and there are mains in the raid who do not.

Origin of the term is uncertain, but some scholars believe it comes from Old Frisian (c.f. German "Ein Spifty pullen"; Dutch "een Spifty puljen"). Many believe the legendary character Spifty not to have been the first to do this.
Iron: If you already have a bag, tell us so we don't give you another one. We don't want anyone to pull a Spifty again.
by Elerin December 9, 2019
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To Pull a Bobbi

IPA: ˈpʊl ə ˈbɔ ˌbi

v., Idiomatic

1. To complain about not getting loot, even though you never asked for loot, and to expect others to ask on your behalf

2. To refuse to bring the necessary pots to raid and then be surprised when you do not make core

3. Chiefly British To /gquit so hard that you switch to another server
First recorded in 1647 by Milton:

"Stand not amazed: the prince will doom thee death if thou art taken: hence, be gone, away! Make haste to pull a Bobbi, and leave this place anon!"
by Elerin December 9, 2019
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To Pull an Elerin

IPA: ˈpʊl ə̃n ˈɛlɚɹɪ̃n

v., Idiomatic

To tell an outlandish lie with such conviction that others actually believe it.

Originates from the Zimbabwe dialect of Shona (irini, meaning "troll") > Arabic (al jaarin) > English
Elerin: @everyone Azuregos is up.
Everyone: *drop everything and log on*
Azuregos: *not up*
Everyone: God dammit, we should have known Elerin was going to pull an Elerin!
by Elerin December 10, 2019
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Pulling the bow

Archaic, Informal: Flossing hard to bloody your gums to amplify the effects of smoking pot. Think of a bow and arrow.
Friend: Why do you have dental floss in your pocket?

You: That’s because I’ll be pulling the bow before I ride the puff train up to stonerville tonight
by ShangelaWasRobbed December 14, 2019
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