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3/5
1. Pulling a 3/5 (3/5ing) - Making a statement that you are going to do something, but never planning on actually doing it.
2. A 3/5er - This refers to a police officer or some sort of official who:
-Gets rid of all the evidence of something and then claims it never happened, despite multiple witnesses.
or
-Claims that something is only a rumor, but then takes extreme action as if it where a serious threat.
2. A 3/5er - This refers to a police officer or some sort of official who:
-Gets rid of all the evidence of something and then claims it never happened, despite multiple witnesses.
or
-Claims that something is only a rumor, but then takes extreme action as if it where a serious threat.
1.
Kid 1: "Tomorrow is the day, I can't take it anymore, I am going to kill myself."
Kid 2: "Nah, you're just 3/5ing"
Dude: "Hey, Jack said he was gonna kick my ass today, but he pulled a 3/5."
2.
Man: "I know you may have heard the rumor that there is a bomb in this building, but it is only a rumor, there is no evidence.
(Bomb Squad Arrives)
Other Man: "Dude he is such a 3/5er."
Kid 1: "Tomorrow is the day, I can't take it anymore, I am going to kill myself."
Kid 2: "Nah, you're just 3/5ing"
Dude: "Hey, Jack said he was gonna kick my ass today, but he pulled a 3/5."
2.
Man: "I know you may have heard the rumor that there is a bomb in this building, but it is only a rumor, there is no evidence.
(Bomb Squad Arrives)
Other Man: "Dude he is such a 3/5er."
3/5 by Some RHS Dude March 5, 2004
3.5
3.5 by SallyandSam December 12, 2008
3/5
Referencing The Three-Fifths Compromise. Which was an agreement reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. It addressed how enslaved people would be counted when determining a state's population for representation in Congress and for taxation purposes. Delegates agreed that each enslaved person would count as three-fifths of a person.
3-5 Business Days
Commonly used phrase in Hypixel and Hypixel-related communities to represent something having an undetermined amount of time, that's likely to almost never happen or take a very long time.
It is said to have originated from the "Wizard Tower" of Hypixel SkyBlock where the NPC there has been replying with the dialogue: "Hmm...something appears to be broken. Give me 3-5 business days to fix!" for the past ~2.5 years and counting.
It is said to have originated from the "Wizard Tower" of Hypixel SkyBlock where the NPC there has been replying with the dialogue: "Hmm...something appears to be broken. Give me 3-5 business days to fix!" for the past ~2.5 years and counting.
3-5 Business Days by Melancholy Cloud September 1, 2021
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