Sunk-cost fallacy

Literally Will Smith.... Like... This isn't Merriam Webster.
Sunk-cost fallacy just wants to keep his family together... That being said, there is quite a bit of transference going on there.... The world is deteriorating.... Madness consumes the best of us....
by Hym Iam April 6, 2022
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sunk ma dink

the act of performing fellatio on ones penis, or in this case dink
Can also be used as a tasteful pickup line for scrags in alleys
Kerrigan said to barnz, "sunk ma dink"
by Nic Park October 19, 2008
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The fallacy that anyone who has incurred a sunk cost and refuses to stop an activity. IE, applying the sunk cost fallacy when it should not be used.
Joe: Man, Jill has already blown like 1000 bucks on video games. She shouldn't buy any more.

John: Ya, but the next game is only a dollar and it is worth 5 bucks to her. Sunk cost fallacy fallacy, man.
by atomicplatypus November 9, 2011
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you sunk my battleship

The non sequitur, and repeated punchline from a Simpsons episode, though from the normal UD definition for battleship, it could easily mean something vulgar.
"You sunk my battleship!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
by Kenthar November 7, 2003
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burp sunk

When you burp and then start to choke.
I was drinking with my friends and I burp sunk.
by no_shenanigans September 15, 2009
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Sunk cost fallacy

Sunk cost fallacy is a dead song of popular EDM artist Fox Stevenson that the community kept dear to their hearts.
No, Sunk Cost Fallacy is a dead song and is neve- WAIT WHAT!?!??!? SCF BEFORE GTA VI WHAT THE SHI-!?!
by samostalniivan123 May 27, 2025
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Sunk Nut Fallacy

When you are mid nut and suddenly hit with regret that the nut isn’t worth it but you already committed to it so you must go through with it.
I was halfway through a cringe hookup when I realized I wasn’t into it, but I’d already Ubered there and taken my socks off—sunk nut fallacy at its finest.
by Attic Tards April 5, 2025
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