Majority Rules

Elusive 'rule' or 'law' that can be invoked to carry through the will of the majority. The last word in all decision making processes, whether this be in persuading others to go on a lovely trip to the park, or something altogether more serious. If the majority of people agree about something, e.g. going to the park, and someone says 'Majority Rules' then everyone must do what the majority want. In the same way, can also be used to prove or disprove facts (however ridiculous), in that if the majority agree that something is true/untrue then it is true/untrue - the 'rule' is thus useful for winning arguments where you know others will agree with you.
Arguably pretty much just democracy distilled to the level of petty playground rivalry.

I couldn't be sacked going to the park man, but Mike and that Majority Rules'd me so I had to go.

by akg1 August 5, 2010

Silent majority

An oxymoron.

Bub: What is a silent majority?

Loko: An oxymoron

Bub: Oh really, why?

Loko: Think about it. How can a majority be silent? Would that not also imply there is a loud minority? Not strictly speaking, but by definition, a crowd of a thousand people cannot be more silent than a few individuals. Therefore it is an oxymoron.

Bub: So what you are saying is that a silent majority is seemingly silent, but has all the traits of a majority?

Loko: Exactly. However because it's an oxymoron, it is only to be used under specific contexts such as the majority of students attending a zoom lecture that vote on polls but don't ever talk. It has also been used as a misnomer intended to magnify a population group to make it appear bigger than it really is. In the second case, it is the 'majority' part that is meant to elude, while 'silent' implies that there is another group in comparison: the supposedly "loud" group which turns out to be the true majority group.

Bub: The second use-case sounds a bit sus.

Loko: Yes, essentially it is double-speak.

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian June 26, 2021

silent majority

The imaginary friends of people who don't want to recognize they are fringe crackpots.

Of course the Earth is flat, and the silent majority knows it's true!

by Bill Nada July 26, 2020

Majority Apparent

A group of people in a country that usually aren't representative of the majority, but are so loud and obnoxious when they voice their opinions that it becomes quite easy for someone to mistake them for the majority. They appear to be the majority because they are usually extremely angry when conversing about socio-political issues, and usually protest in very large groups as well. Despite the fact that they're extremely outspoken and annoying, they rarely influence any kind of significant change, much less a positive one.

Far left liberals, punk teenagers, socialists, anarchists, etc, are all part of the Majority Apparent.

by C-can January 23, 2004

mijority

Something or someone was the minority but are in the process of being the majority.

Once we were the minority but are not yet the majority so we are just settling with being the mijority.

by Soil Murdock December 29, 2005

Methority

When somebody has a better way of doing something, better method, they have Methority.

This guy at work tells me what to do and i hate it, but he has methority over me cause he really knows what he is doing

by Hero6453 August 30, 2007

tyranny of the majority

Tyranny of the Majority: a slang phrase used to describe democracy by people who insist that tyranny of the minority is better.

A system where people are allowed to choose their leaders, with one person being allowed to cast one vote, is tyranny of the majority.

by WadatahMyDamie July 23, 2019