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missing link 

Creationists' undisputed proof that evolution is 100% wrong. The standard reasoning is that, since not every single human being who has ever lived since before we were human beings has been dug up, we don't know for 100% sure that they're all *really* related.

Resulting alternate postulations necessarily involve the sudden mass-extinction of one species, almost immediately followed by the magical and/or miraculous introduction of a new species - homo sapiens - by the creationist's deity of choice, be it God or aliens.

Despite the fact that this "theory" cannot hold up to a tiny fraction of the rigor they grace the theory of evolution with, proponents of intelligent design often fervently insist that the "missing link" in the chain of evolution is undeniable proof that the theory of evolution is entirely unfounded, and that their highly unlikely postulate of intelligent design must be the only logical solution.

In reality, the "missing link" represents but one piece of missing evidence among millions of pieces of existing evidence for evolution. This can be contrasted to the almost complete lack of any evidence whatsoever for the proposed alternate theory of intelligent design, as well as the willful ignorance of any physical evidence that does in fact exist (which is commonly dismissed by arguments such as "LOL THE DEVIL PUT IT THERE").

The field of psychology explains that this type of reasoning has its roots in a phenomenon known as the "confirmation bias", which is the tendency of a person to seek out and interpret information which enforces their predrawn conclusions and reject information which challenges said conclusions. The confirmation bias can be found at the heart of many junk sciences in which conclusions are drawn before any physical evidence is gathered to lead one to that conclusion.
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Creationist: It's the missing link! The answer must be Intelligent Design!
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Sausage link 

Sausage link by Ethansdaddy November 14, 2017

Weak Link 

Anybody who drags you down, keeps you from thriving.
The males species is a weak link.
Weak Link by Trinitysisters March 7, 2019

monkey link 

A phrase reffering to the tiny little monkeys that hang on to eachother. Meaning when a clique is chillin and some random kid is continuously trying to include himself/herself.
Coolkid1: Hey guys lets get pizza tonight!
othercoolkids: YEAH!!!!!
nerd: Yeah totally!!!
coolkid1: Go the fuck away you big monkey link!
monkey link by bigmoneybri February 9, 2008

Creep Link 

-Noun
A link sent for the purpose of showing a picture to someone of another person that is physically attractive. (Done through facebook primarily.)
Yeah? Send me a Creep Link, lemme see how hot she is.
Creep Link by RamJamJoe January 17, 2011
a link pointing to page that is 404 (not found) or a page which is not what it is supposed to be.
i was warezing the other day and every link i clicked was 555; no software, all pr0n and penis enlargments.

wikileaks posted a link to some damning scandal pictures but by the time i read the page all the links were 555.

rick rolling

this example has to include 555 link (even though 'link' is implicit). : )
555 link by turbandic October 29, 2011