A widespread belief is that you should show respect to people with more experience than you, which includes the elderly. Also a free-pass for those people to be rude without consequences.
*In a shop*
YOU: *Pull out a gun and aim at the cashier* Don't move, this is a robbery! All money in the bag!
ELDERLY: Excuse me, young man, will this take long? I've been standing in this queue for ten minutes and my back is killing me.
YOU: Oh, I'm sorry, I should have realised. *To the cashier* Please serve this old lady first.
ELDERLY: Thank you for respecting your elders. *Deep inhale* Don't move, this is a robbery…!
YOU: *Pull out a gun and aim at the cashier* Don't move, this is a robbery! All money in the bag!
ELDERLY: Excuse me, young man, will this take long? I've been standing in this queue for ten minutes and my back is killing me.
YOU: Oh, I'm sorry, I should have realised. *To the cashier* Please serve this old lady first.
ELDERLY: Thank you for respecting your elders. *Deep inhale* Don't move, this is a robbery…!
by Racoon7 February 5, 2018
Get the Respecting your elders mug.1. Derogatory term used to describe a MMO player who avoids PVP combat, heavily preferring cooperative or solo PVE combat, chatting, or developing tradeskills/running quests.
2. Used to describe a player type known as Carebears.
2. Used to describe a player type known as Carebears.
"My and my friend got attacked by a PKer. I decided to fight, but he decided to be a Respected Fellow Player and run leaving me alone to die."
"The game looked like it was going to have a great online mode that included Open PvP, but a small group of Respected Fellow Players spammed the development forums to remove Open PvP and made the team think it's what the community wanted, thus removing Open PvP. It was because of the Respected Fellow Players that the game was bankrupt a year after release."
"The game looked like it was going to have a great online mode that included Open PvP, but a small group of Respected Fellow Players spammed the development forums to remove Open PvP and made the team think it's what the community wanted, thus removing Open PvP. It was because of the Respected Fellow Players that the game was bankrupt a year after release."
by Harvard Dictionary October 6, 2013
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Goodness, that young man is so gosh darn respected. He just chugged that entire glass of human waste believing it was lemonade.
by Father Matthew March 31, 2019
Get the Respected mug.Combination of reaction and expression. When someone says something so completely recockulous(refer for definition) You are so awestruck with emotion that they are looking to see what your respection is.
Girl: what?
Guy: I was just saying something to get you're respection
girl: did you just say Respection?
guy: yeah, reaction just woudln't have sufficed.
girl: what about expression
guy: not good enough, its respection.
Guy: I was just saying something to get you're respection
girl: did you just say Respection?
guy: yeah, reaction just woudln't have sufficed.
girl: what about expression
guy: not good enough, its respection.
by Brewmaster B and Rockmaster Ryan October 31, 2005
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