by Uzzi2 December 4, 2007
Get the Mexican Staring Frog mug.maintaining a good self image. People who are involved in a conflict and secretly know they are wrong will often not admit that they are wrong because they don’t want to admit they made a mistake.
charles knows he is wrong, so he is saving face by admitting he is wrong instead of getting into a fight.
by maeganb013 November 23, 2009
Get the saving face mug.Related Words
Staving
• starving
• Shaving
• Stalingrad
• Saving Private Ryan
• starving artist
• saving
• saving grace
• stafinging
• staging
Default phrase used by jealous, bitter and prejudiced people who try to self-righteously point to some humanitarian reason for not liking a person or event rather than expose their own baseless, misdirected and personal grudges.
The user will desperately search for ANY possible reason to criticize an event or another person, but after realizing that their criticisms are unjustified and irrelevant, this fall-back phrase is utilized; The user knows that this phrase is not only impossible to disagree with, but it also cleverly blames the person or event in question for the fact that people are starving.
It should be noted that the user of this phrase will do everything to maintain the illusion that they are a righteous person for thinking about starving people, yet the user himself has done absolutely NOTHING to help these people, and never will.
The user will desperately search for ANY possible reason to criticize an event or another person, but after realizing that their criticisms are unjustified and irrelevant, this fall-back phrase is utilized; The user knows that this phrase is not only impossible to disagree with, but it also cleverly blames the person or event in question for the fact that people are starving.
It should be noted that the user of this phrase will do everything to maintain the illusion that they are a righteous person for thinking about starving people, yet the user himself has done absolutely NOTHING to help these people, and never will.
"Hey, did you see Obama play basketball the other day?"
"No, people are starving and all he wants to do is play basketball..."
"Did you see the Miss Universe Pageant last night??"
"I don't watch that crap, because people are starving...."
"Hey, wanna come with me to the mall?"
"Uhh, I don't go to the mall, people are starving..."
"No, people are starving and all he wants to do is play basketball..."
"Did you see the Miss Universe Pageant last night??"
"I don't watch that crap, because people are starving...."
"Hey, wanna come with me to the mall?"
"Uhh, I don't go to the mall, people are starving..."
by Grackle November 24, 2009
Get the people are starving mug.When someone has hooked up with every single sibling of the same gender but one, he/she is not allowed to hook up with the remaining sibling.
Hey, did Ross sleep with Sally when he was back in Iowa?
No, she wanted to but he couldn't do it - the Saving Private Ryan Rule, you know? He's already hooked up with Jane and Samantha.
Oh, right.
No, she wanted to but he couldn't do it - the Saving Private Ryan Rule, you know? He's already hooked up with Jane and Samantha.
Oh, right.
by Get.Big. August 7, 2009
Get the Saving Private Ryan Rule mug.(stay-vin)
in reference to the burning of blunts, implying huge, properly rolled, high quality, of supreme perfection, and a big fat cherry burning real hot
stave- toke off a stavin blunt
in reference to the burning of blunts, implying huge, properly rolled, high quality, of supreme perfection, and a big fat cherry burning real hot
stave- toke off a stavin blunt
by Therealbluntmaster November 4, 2010
Get the stavin mug.by o milinhos July 6, 2008
Get the grundle shavings mug.Syafinaz Binte Zainal is making concert at Singapore before moving again but still staying at Teck Whye Lane
Syafinaz Binte Zainal is making concert at Singapore before moving again but still staying at Teck Whye Lane
by syafinaz? October 4, 2023
Get the Syafinaz Binte Zainal is making concert at Singapore before moving again but still staying at Teck Whye Lane mug.