(noun)
People try to treat people impudently and act as if they are not accepting their punishment when other people take what they dish out but accept their punishment when people do not take what they dish out to avoid being not left off the hook. If someone tries to treat you impudently or unjustly and you just take what they dish out then that person gets to treat you impudently.
It's necessary to an extent for some humans to have someone they can treat impudently so they can blow off steam with or for some for other purposes which may be sadistic. For someone to have a certain positive emotion it is not necessarily the case that someone else has to experience an equal emotion in magnitude but negative; however, it most certainly can work that way and some people try to treat other people unjustly, impudently or just straight out wrong but do it in such a way that they can be left off the hook and in some cases get that person's consent.
People try to treat people impudently and act as if they are not accepting their punishment when other people take what they dish out but accept their punishment when people do not take what they dish out to avoid being not left off the hook. If someone tries to treat you impudently or unjustly and you just take what they dish out then that person gets to treat you impudently.
It's necessary to an extent for some humans to have someone they can treat impudently so they can blow off steam with or for some for other purposes which may be sadistic. For someone to have a certain positive emotion it is not necessarily the case that someone else has to experience an equal emotion in magnitude but negative; however, it most certainly can work that way and some people try to treat other people unjustly, impudently or just straight out wrong but do it in such a way that they can be left off the hook and in some cases get that person's consent.
John waived his right against Kelly when Kelly screwed him over, so by the universal screw over theory, he has to let Kelly off the hook when Kelly treats him impudently.
by Resbyall July 15, 2014
Get the universal screw over theorymug. "All the anti-Trump media are controlled by the same 6 worldwide corporations. Screw the Urban Dictionary, they're obviously controlled by them too."
by maranathasoon December 8, 2020
Get the Screw the Urban Dictionarymug. On the day 29 October.Anyone whose name begins with the following will be slapped 5 times:
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by PrivvSquahy! October 28, 2019
Get the Screw you daymug. Don't screw a gift horse in the mouth is akin to the time honored phrase "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" which basically means don't be critical of gifts or people might not want to give you things in future.
by bhnicfh August 28, 2011
Get the Not screw a gift horse in the mouthmug. A slang term used to express defiance, discontent, or contempt towards another party. The phrase conveys frustration or rejection, often in response to perceived disrespect or annoyance. It derives from a term that originally referred to "a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it."
When they told me I couldn't join the project, I just thought, 'Screw you! I’ll find a way to make my own success.'
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