voluntary canary

A voluntary canary is someone who makes a sacrifice, often publicly, in support of a personal or professional value yet stays in the situation instead of leaving. Like a canary in a coal mine, s/he is exposed to whatever happens. Unlike the canary, s/he does it voluntarily. And, it happens to rhyme.

Berkeley's Earth & Atmospheric Science Department canceled a lecture because of the invited scientist's political views. David Romps resigned from his chairmanship in protest but stayed at the school. He became a voluntary canary! We need more profs like that. Let's see if he survives in Berkeley's woke academic coal mine.

by Hugo de Naranja October 19, 2021

voluntary torture

Doing something that hurts willingly, like getting your eyebrows done.

“Istg, getting your eyebrows done is the definition of voluntary torture!”

by Linn0289 October 20, 2022

Voluntary Dutch Oven

When your person farts under the blanket either while your sleeping or awake. Then proceeds to say to you "Do you smell that? It smells like shit!" And of course being partially out of it you sniff it up ffs.

Girlfriend "What Is that smell? It smells like shit" Boyfriend "eeewwww it does smell like shit" was themat a Voluntary Dutch Oven

by Ass Rippa September 23, 2022

voluntary bang up

Being too scared to leave your prison cell to go on the exercise yard or landing, so you stay in your cell as much as possible.

‘Yo I heard he was riding voluntary bang up in the wok house’
‘ What a neek’

by drillerfromthemsides February 23, 2024

Volartarn

A Russian countryball creator who makes netVel-like edits. He uses Alight Motion for animating, just like Fralstan, TW countryball, Hayanura, verstak and more. He likes to be called Volik and he doesn't want to be named Valorant.

YOO VOLARTARN, YOU MADE A FIRE EDIT!!!

by JelloAnims November 11, 2024

Voluntarily sacrificing OTHER MEN

That isn't it. That's your solipsistic delusion of virtue.

Hym "Jesus didn't sacrifice himself. He was dragged out of an inn in the middle of the night while he was hiding with his followers after one of them betrayed him. You are voluntarily sacrificing OTHER MEN to improve your own quality of life and control the distribution of women without having to be an AI creating genius. You just want to be the boss of me forever. That is all. You're going to dispense with all of the unwanted men the second MY AI comes online and you no longer need the labor and the people who are refusing to speak up are doing it because and only because they have been anointed. And until that happens you're going to do shit like this in the name of kids or women until you can get the death-bots to do it for you. It doesn't matter what side of the death bots I'm on because the same thing is going to happen either way. End the weaponized schizophrenia and release me immediately or continue to watch people retaliate and kill your kids."

by Hym Iam March 8, 2025

Voluntas Rex

Latin for "The king's will", or “The will of the king”.

"Voluntas" translates to will, desire, or intention. "Rex" meaning "king", or "ruler".

"Solum legem suam sequitur – Voluntas Rex".

by Latin translation October 29, 2025