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Recursive

A word describing a paradox in which a situation or event inherently repeats itself for what can only be assumed to be an infinite number of times.
Person 1: Did you see the Urban Dictionary page for recursive? It’s pretty meta!

Person 2: Yeah, but I didn’t really understand it. I think I need an example.

Person 1: Well, imagine this:

Person 1 says, “Did you see the Urban Dictionary page for recursive? It’s pretty meta!“

Then, Person 2 says, “Yeah, but I didn’t really understand it. I think I need an example.”

Then Person 1 says, “Well, imagine this:

Person 1 says, “Did you see the Urban Dictionary page for recursive? It’s pretty meta!“

Then, Person 2 says, “Yeah, but I didn’t really understand it. I think I need an example.”

Then Person 1 says, “Well, imagine this:

Person 1 says, “Did you see the Urban Dictionary page for recursive? It’s pretty meta!“

Then, Person 2 says, “Yeah, but I didn’t really understand it. I think I need an example.”

Then Person 1 says, “Well, imagine this:”

Person 2: Alright, I get it!
by MediatorWishi August 20, 2020
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revolsive

revolting and repulsive, linked together. extremely unpleasant.
the shirt my teacher wore the other day was revolsive.
by Squirt95 August 22, 2008
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recursive roleplaying

When a role playing geek get so emotionally unstable and out of hand that they begin acting in real life as if their role-playing character were controlling them.
Girl: So, would you like to come back to my place?
Boy: Well, I'm gay, but I'm recursive roleplaying a lesbian moogle character and she would totally want to have sex with you, so sure!
by Scanford March 1, 2011
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Recursive Chronological-Conceptualization

A concept in which you think about multiple times, and each time you think about it, you think about it in the same steps to reach a conclusion.
A time I experienced recursive chronological-conceptualization, (this was before the Nintendo Switch OLED came out) I thought about ways to improve the shitty stand the Nintendo Switch has, and every time I thought about it, my brain went from a single stand on one side, to two on both sides, to an entire panel across the back and bottom half.
by VictoryGuard August 21, 2022
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Mutual Repulsion

The way two or more people feel when they see or meet one another for the first time and feel repulsed by the way the other person looks, thinks (based on what they say and how they say it), acts, smells, sits, stands, walks, or runs.
From the day they met, Karen and Jose felt a mutual repulsion.
by but for October 21, 2017
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Recursive Dunning-Kruger Effect

When someone is aware of the Dunning-Kruger Effect as a concept, and incorrectly presumes this awareness of the concept means he is not subject to it.
Flat-earther: Why are people so convinced the earth is round?
Another flat-earther: Because idiots have a tendency to think they're smarter than they are. In reality, they are sheep!

Person not divorced from empirical reality: You suffer from the Recursive Dunning-Kruger Effect.
by ovusar December 7, 2020
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psychic-recursive gene

The gene responsible for making some people believe that anything from homosexuality to kleptomania can be tied to a single gene.
He says he's found a gay gene, an anti-social gene, a literary gene and a deep-sea exploration-promoting gene. I guess his psychic-recursive gene is working overtime.
by Fearman January 6, 2008
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