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Rooster quote

It is also "Rooster argument". The origin comes from the callsign of Bradley Bradshaw "Rooster" from movie Top Gun: Maverick. In the movie, Rooster and his pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell escape a hostile airbase using a F-14A Tomcat before being intercepted by a pair of 5th-Generation Sukhoi Su-57 Felon fighters. Maverick says that the F-14A objectively cannot handle a 5th-Gen fighter but Rooster refutes by dropping the famous quote: "It's not the plane, it's the pilot". (Rooster also said this earlier in the film where he got furious towards Maverick pulling out his papers in the academy.)

A lot of the people who are into military aviation (especially in video games) who debate the 'hard factors' of an aircraft (i.e. debating the flight performance of the F-86F vs MiG-15bis) will usually use this quote to refute the argument based on their skill or in general. Completely ignoring the point of the argument just so they feel better.
Kyle: "According to the data I gathered, this plane has a better thrust to weight ratio and turn rate than this other plane..."
Tim: "Doesn't matter. It depends on who is flying it."
Kyle: "Are you really gonna drop the Rooster quote?"
by StarBeatShuwa-APFSDSType10 December 11, 2022
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Black Rooster aye?

When yer heavy choking fur a piece a chicken man
Here mate black rooster aye?
by Jack Bartons belly February 15, 2021
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baby rooster

Woah, that baby rooster just stole my lunch money.
by pants2000 September 17, 2013
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Rusty Rooster

When you wake up with a stiff morning wood and have anal sex BEFORE you pee.
After the third alarm rang into the morning, it was clear that lazy Kathy was not going to get out of bed any time soon. An irritated Joe decided a rusty rooster might be more persuasive, plus he’d been scrolling through Facebook in bed next to her long enough.

Time for a Cock-a-doodle doo doo.
by Chandrew32 August 28, 2022
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The Rooster Lord

The Rooster God of Feathers, Humanity, mortal peril and minor inconveniences.
I've been stopped at every redlight today, I should pray to the Rooster Lord for his grace and prosperity.
by Carl the Rooster Gos March 6, 2024
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Jacket The Rooster Man

Jacket The Rooster Man is a man that goes around wearing a rooster mask, a Letterman jacket and bright blue jeans.
He is a sociopath.
Jacket the Rooster man is a gnarly sociopath.
by Professor_Luka June 10, 2018
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