A situation in a person, in the act of harm preventing, will side with bad people and force good people to back down or be punished to prevent harm or get rid of conflict. It comes from the idea of a school principal, who is practicing harm prevention, and so can only make rules, shame or appease. Shame and rules do not work on the bully but work on the good kids and since it takes two to fight, he gets the good kid to back down there by ending the fight and stopping harm.
The result is good people are punished and bad people are rewarded.
The result is good people are punished and bad people are rewarded.
Jake suffers from principal syndrome when he wants normal people to surrender their guns instead of going after the criminals who use guns unlawfully.
by cb750 July 15, 2023
Get the Principal Syndromemug. 
by sillystringpony January 15, 2024
Get the Principal Skinnermug. The second principal after Principal Victoria in the hit adult animated sitcom South Park. He is known for being politically correct and having a short temper. He is also very hot and sexy.
Me: PC Principal is my waifu and husband.
My family: Do you understand why we’re having this intervention?
Me, hugging my PC Principal Body Pillow: Leave us alone!
My family: Do you understand why we’re having this intervention?
Me, hugging my PC Principal Body Pillow: Leave us alone!
by Peridot Amethyst December 9, 2023
Get the PC Principalmug. by TheSpartanicaOfAnyHellstromu3e April 24, 2025
Get the I Work On Principals On Work Imug. When a coworker tells on you and the boss calls you into their office to talk to them; Refers to the way kids have to talk to the principal when they get in trouble and makes fun of the way that the tattle tales are being childish.
by SiL3Nt J September 12, 2023
Get the Talk to the principalmug. What a grade-school student tells someone as a reason for his unwillingness to perform a requested action; it means dat while he personally would not mind doing it, he is afraid dat "da big man in dat dreaded upstairs office" would disapprove, and thus he would give him major grief if he found out.
One sixth-grade boy conversing with another on da playground: Sorry, Dude --- I can't slip you a textbook in class to help you get a better grade on your test; it's the principal of the thing."
by QuacksO February 3, 2023
Get the it's the principal of the thingmug.