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coronary trombosis 

An illness that afflicts the brass section.
A horn player never last long, once coronary trombosis sets in.

Poe's Corollary

"It is impossible for an act of Fundamentalism to be made that SOMEONE won't mistake for a parody."
Fundamentalist: "God killed all of the babies and little kids in the Flood because he loves them all."

Normal Person #1: "All right, I'm calling Poe's Law."

Normal Person #2: "Nope, this nut is for real. Poe's Corollary."
Poe's Corollary by Sleeker August 17, 2008

cuauhtemock corollary 

a rule meant to prevent the unnecessary wastes of time waiting on another person who is woefully and unrepentantly inconsiderate
The cuauhtemock corollary is as follows: If two parties agree to meet at a certain time and one party does not show up, the aggrieved party shall wait no longer than 15 minutes. After 15 minutes with no form of communication from the late party it will be assumed said party is deceased and the aggrieved will be free to leave said meeting place and carry on with their day.

Corollary to the Saniel Theorem 

See The Saniel Theorem

Under the Saniel Theorem, there is a 60 percent chance that Saniel will fuck up the shot, or his presence will throw the match, but there is also a 40 Percent chance of huge success.
The Corollary to the Saniel Theorem means that the shot might actually backfire on us.

coronarycopia 

A large amount of fattening food.
Al had his two favourite food groups, greasy and salty, arranged together. A veritable coronarycopia.

Mackintosh's Corollary

Related to Lloyd Webber's Law Of Temporal Positioning. The law states taht people who arrive at a theatre after their performance has started will always have seats in the middle of a row, causing as much annoyance for the other theatregoers as possible.
The Lyttleton Theatre at the NT (London) seems to know which theatregoers will be late, and invoke Mackintosh's Corollary on purpose.
Mackintosh's Corollary by Sairin January 6, 2005