by Muu August 31, 2004
Former in-laws. After a divorce, your spouse's family are no longer your in-laws, they are your out-laws.
"I'm still on good terms with my out-laws." "My mother-out-law is a real sweet woman. She even sent me a Mother's Day card!" "My out-laws are in town so they stopped by my house to visit their grandchildren."
by JacDod May 18, 2011
by bottoz September 28, 2004
Blackberry Law dictates that if someone has blackberry bushes growing on their property near a road, these blackberries are free game for anyone to eat, regardless of trespassing. Someone who has roadside blackberries must honor Blackberry Law lest they be labeled a douche.
by tangles10 August 02, 2010
Coined by League of Legends streamer Elite500 (Calvin), it states
> Giving a bad player kills will not make him better.
That is, the better player will win in all likelihood, regardless of leads gained early game. One should take comfort in his skill above his opponent rather than frustration with circumstances caused by jungler dynamics or other arbitraries, fundamentally out of his control.
Calvin’s Law is ultimately a generalization of common economic knowledge, that lump-sum cash transfers are typically the least effective type of aid which can be given (most notably, the cash transfer programs undertaken by numerous US NGOs in developing areas of Africa). Research by the Overseas Development Institute finds that the risk of corruption, lack of longer-term investment opportunities, and lack of infrastructure and training often render lump-sum cash transfers as the worst alternative among such options as direct training/building/humanitarian aid or regular smaller cash transfers.
Put another way, Calvin’s Law is commentary on the increasingly nepotic and privileged social dynamics of modern society, and a statement of hope despite such conditions. That, regardless of one’s birth and upbringing, as long as one possesses the skill necessary, deserved success will come, in due time.
> Giving a bad player kills will not make him better.
That is, the better player will win in all likelihood, regardless of leads gained early game. One should take comfort in his skill above his opponent rather than frustration with circumstances caused by jungler dynamics or other arbitraries, fundamentally out of his control.
Calvin’s Law is ultimately a generalization of common economic knowledge, that lump-sum cash transfers are typically the least effective type of aid which can be given (most notably, the cash transfer programs undertaken by numerous US NGOs in developing areas of Africa). Research by the Overseas Development Institute finds that the risk of corruption, lack of longer-term investment opportunities, and lack of infrastructure and training often render lump-sum cash transfers as the worst alternative among such options as direct training/building/humanitarian aid or regular smaller cash transfers.
Put another way, Calvin’s Law is commentary on the increasingly nepotic and privileged social dynamics of modern society, and a statement of hope despite such conditions. That, regardless of one’s birth and upbringing, as long as one possesses the skill necessary, deserved success will come, in due time.
by Gilgameshx0 February 22, 2023
The scientific term for the popular sentiment "mo money, more problems", famously uttered by the legendary Notorious B.I.G., a.k.a. Christopher Wallace
John: "Damn, yo... niggas be hatin. Everybody been muggin the shit outta me since I got my record deal."
David: "Duh, nigga... Biggie's Law is alive.
David: "Duh, nigga... Biggie's Law is alive.
by speed_demon92 January 27, 2011
by N0 0n3 November 24, 2017