Anti-Pseudoscience Puritanism

A purity culture within skeptical and scientific communities where opposition to pseudoscience becomes so intense that it transforms into a crusade against the impure—treating not just pseudoscientific claims but those who hold them as enemies to be purged. Anti-pseudoscience puritanism demands perfect orthodoxy in distinguishing science from pseudoscience, treats any ambiguity or uncertainty as weakness, and engages in public rituals of condemnation for those who fail the purity test. It's the skeptic community that turns on its own members for insufficient zeal; the debunker who treats anyone who entertains an unproven claim as contaminated; the science advocate who sees the fight against pseudoscience as a holy war. The irony is that in becoming puritanical, it abandons the very scientific values it claims to defend—open inquiry, proportionality of response, and the distinction between being wrong and being bad.

Example: "The skeptical forum turned on a member for suggesting that maybe some alternative medicine had value—Anti-Pseudoscience Puritanism, treating any deviation from orthodoxy as heresy rather than just disagreement."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Evidence-Based Puritanism

A purity culture within communities that elevate "evidence-based" as the supreme standard of legitimacy, where proper relationship to evidence becomes a test of virtue and belonging. Evidence-based puritanism demands that true members base all claims on approved kinds of evidence (usually quantitative, experimental, published in high-impact journals), treat other forms of knowledge as illegitimate, and maintain the purity of evidentiary standards against contamination by alternative ways of knowing. Members compete to demonstrate their evidentiary rigor, their commitment to "what the evidence shows," their willingness to dismiss anything that doesn't meet their standards. The result is a community that claims to value evidence while being dogmatically closed to the full range of human knowledge, treating "evidence-based" as a club rather than a commitment.

Example: "She cited decades of community experience, and they dismissed it as 'anecdotal'—Evidence-Based Puritanism, where only their kind of evidence counts, and anyone who doesn't have it is simply ignored."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 14, 2026

Grandma’s Purse

When two girls scissor with a crème saver candy between their vaginas.

(Curiosity of Dega)

Grandma’s purse is where I walked in on my grandma and her wife swapping crème savers back and forth between their purse

by Talledega Nights October 19, 2025

The Evil Purple Glaserpump

The Evil Purple Glaserpump, sometimes referred to as simply "The Glaserpump", is a mischievous creature who likes to sow destruction and chaos everywhere it goes.

Should any type of misfortune ever befall you or your loved ones, The Glaserpump may be the one to blame.

"I am sorry for being late to the meeting, The Evil Purple Glaserpump ate my car keys."

by Mr_Goufball October 23, 2025

Conquestor's purp

a simp thats doing ANYTHING to get laid

bro this dude is acting like such a conquestor's purp
we should like get this dude banned

by kansa October 26, 2025

I found a purple rock!

A cheerful non sequitur and glorious escape hatch from awkward, controversial, or brain-melting conversations. When someone exclaims, “I found a purple rock!”, they are essentially waving a shiny distraction to derail a discussion that has taken an uncomfortable, heated, or overly complicated turn. It is the verbal equivalent of changing the subject faster than you can say tax policy or crypto investing.

Use it when the conversation drifts toward politics, religion, sex, or any other topic that makes you wish you were home talking to your cat. The beauty of it? Nobody can argue with a purple rock.

Author’s Note:
Inspired by years of dodging family dinner debates and surviving small talk with strangers. Because sometimes, the only way out of a bad conversation is geological.

Example:
A: “So, how do you really feel about the election results?”
B: “I found a purple rock!”
A: “…Cool! Where?”

Example:
A: “So how’s your love life going?”
B: “I found a purple rock!”

by Thejocdoc November 7, 2025

Mermaid’s Purse

The scrotum of a dog after its testes have been removed via surgical neutering. Merriam Webster and Oxford differ on whether a Mermaid’s Purse that has been refilled with neuticles still qualifies for the definition.

After getting neutered, that previously manly Maltipoo, Sea Bass, is little more than a rabbit, popping around the yard with that Mermaid’s Purse.

by Jeb6720 January 25, 2026