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Winston's Law

A rule describing the all-too-common occurrence of an inclusive, intelligent community becoming well-known and suddenly turning to shit.
Winston's Law states that, in general, the intelligence of a given group is inversely proportionate to its size.
by girugamesh March 1, 2014
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Dookie's Law

The inevitability of mention of the band Green Day whenever a conversation about punk rock takes place. Usually derogatory towards the band.
"You know who's NOT punk? f&$king Green Day! They're such posers! They're such sellouts!"

"OO--Dookie's Law!"
by theeTSM May 27, 2014
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Parsons' law

The law stating that a piece of equipment will not work, named after physicist Nick Parsons
This Maltese cross tube isn't working, clearly it obeys Parsons' law!

This is not the way it should be, it must be Parsonic.
by Lsymms December 15, 2013
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helicopter-in-law

An over-involved parent of a spouse whose compulsive need to demonstrate their support of their child inadvertently undermines that child's marriage through over the top gifts, paying of regular expenses, or repeatedly weighing in on decisions in support of their child.
Linda and Jim never really found their own way forward. His helicopter-in-laws were always buying their daughter whatever she wanted and haranguing him for not providing for their daughter's desires.
by WisCur January 28, 2015
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law of detachment

In mathematical logic, the Law of Detachment says that if the following two statements are true:

(1) If p, then q.

(2) p
Then we can derive a third true statement:

(3) q.
Damn dude! I'm doing lesson 2.3 on the law of detachment in my geometry book!
by greendevil32 September 8, 2016
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Taylor's Law

Banks and corporates have a nasty habit of using buzzwords to promote their product in a way start-ups never do. As such Simon Taylor (host of the Fintech Insider podcast) noted, there is an inversely proportional relationship between how many Buzzwords (AI, Machine Learning and Blockchain) a bank uses, and how good their product is.

Taylor's law: The amount of times you mention AI, ML or Blockchain in your product is inversley proportional to how good it is
Damn that press release from BIG BANK sure proves Taylor's Law. Did you see the amount of times they said AI?
by AListener May 31, 2019
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Hood Law

Things people from the hood have a common sense knowledge of... 1. doing & 2. not doing!
It’s Hood Law that When a Black Woman is disciplining their child in the store or in public don’t say shit OR you might get yo ass beat as well!
by Kween Kellzzzz March 6, 2020
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