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
Get the voluntary canary mug.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
Get the Voluntary Dutch Oven mug.Related Words
by Linn0289 October 20, 2022
Get the voluntary torture mug.
by Thombstone May 21, 2023
Get the Violently faded mug.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.
by drillerfromthemsides February 23, 2024
Get the voluntary bang up mug.by bigfriendlybear November 7, 2020
Get the squirting violently mug.