rule of thumb

one of the most commonly misconstrued sayings, an example used in Boondock Saints "a man is allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb." A claim made by a satirical caricaturist by the name of James Gillray against a judge. The first and original use of the saying is as simple as the words. The thumb was used as a readily available tool of measuring. Such as the Tailor's rule of thumb "the circumference of the thumb twice, is the circumference of the wrist, twice the circumference of the wrist is the circumference of the neck, and then twice the circumference of the neck is the waist's circumference." Then there is the Brewer's rule of thumb where if the temperature of the wort wasn't insufferable by the thumb it was cool enough to pitch the yeast. It has now been used as a term of commonplace knowledge in a field.

"The rule of thumb in making a sale is confidence, without confidence you don't make a sale"

by atleastvisitwikipediaorreadadamnbook February 21, 2008

Ja-rule

Ja Rule is a huge Tupac wannabe, i think thats obvious to the world now. His flows are cheap and childish, his lyrics are unintelligent and boring and he always quotes Tupac and tries to sound like him. Any real Tupac fan can see through Ja's web of crap in his lyrics and find the Tupac copied shit in them. Will Smith would probably beat him in a battle rap for gods sake! P.Diddy as well!

Ja-Rule in 'whats going on'
This is such a Tupac styled rap, except its not as intelligent. I think its been almost copied from a song called 'danger signs'.
What's going on in a world filled with pain
Where's the love for which we pray
What's going on
When our children can't play
Homeless can't eat
There's got to be a better way
What's going on
When we politically blind
Can't see the signs of endangered times
What's going on

by Markus23 October 11, 2006

rule of possession

If you own it, it sucks.

"Your dog is so cute!"
"Yeah. You don't live with it. Rule of possession."

by Jade J. January 7, 2009

Rule of Puberty

The rule saying that if you date an ugly/not so attractive girl before the rest of puberty hits, she will be hotter later on and you will still be dating her, resulting in your success and the envy of your friends. Has a 9/10 success rate. Can also be applied to dudes.

Doug: "Ew man why is Johnny dating Jill, she isn't even hot"
Jim: "Rule of puberty, dude"

*1-2 years later*

Doug: "I would totally bone Jill now, too bad she's still dating Johnny"
Jim: "Told you man"

by EpicMamo September 24, 2013

Rule MLP

An internet law that states that if something exists a crossover or parody of it using content from the show My Little Pony Friendship is magic exists.

mediums that often contain material pertaining to Rule MLP are: Fan fictions, fan animations, internet memes.

by N&R Internet detectives January 15, 2014

Rule Of 40

A made-up rule where people who are 40 years old or older get to use the rule as a response to anything they don’t want to participate in.

Travis: “Hey Tristen, look at this!”

*Tristen looks down at Travis’ hand, and sees that Travis has made the Circle Game sign. *

Tristen: “No man that doesn’t count, The rule of 40 bro”

by The A-Team February 3, 2018

Reylene

The most amazing chick you will ever find.. she is crazy beautiful . . brown eyes with amazing black hair ...sexy.. kind and apparently tall but not too tall. It would be amazing to have a girl like her in your life

Person 1:Is that reylene ..omg I heard she rejected brian but they are laughing together
Person 2: ya true but she never wanted anyone to get made at her

by Naes December 15, 2020