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Herod Clause 

A clause in a contract, frequently buried in the fine print, that obligates the signer to fulfill an unacceptable condition, i.e. giving up your first born child. Sometimes such clauses are included to test whether the contract has been read by the client. Named for King Herod in the New Testament. British origin.
"I reviewed that contract and it has a Herod Clause on page three."
Herod Clause by hiplexicog October 11, 2014

Herod the Great 

A person who always thinks that thigs are too small or too simple and proceeds to make them more elaborate, even ostentatious.
He just couldn't be happy with the car he found on the showroom floor. He had to pull a Herod the Great and pimp it out to no end. The DVD player is cool, but the jacuzzi in the back seat is a little much.
Herod the Great by Todd Johnson September 6, 2006

Herod Phenomenon 

This is when white male,elitists, work to derail ascending white men or boys of lower classes, in order to neutralize a potential power structure threat to the current elitists. The term comes from King Herod of the Bible, whom ordered the slaughter of males 2 years and under( trying to destroy Jesus), whom he felt was a threat to his power. They promote only white males of their class and tokenly promote women and minorities as they do not feel they are a threat to the current power structure. Male students in public schools are ignored and their normal boy to man maturity is stifled by a system bent on keeping them from challenging for an elitist position.
Although Joe had worked ,studied hard to get out of the poverty stricken trailer park , he never could make it to the circle of influence in the company because of the Herod Phenomenon.
Herod Phenomenon by EHyde May 15, 2018

King Herod 

The act of passing poopies in a flushable toilet; flushing the babies away.

The paranoid King Herod was quite famous for his controversial flushing away of the babies.
Man my arse is bustin'! I'm gonna go do a King Herod.

Until I can see the king this house is going to be haunted by brown ghosts!
King Herod by Effsix February 24, 2009

queen herod

An evil, deceptive, murderous vulture who makes it his life's work to seek out and destroy mongs and minorities! He only let's up on his anger for 6 eager protégés from the northwest, who he belittles and hounds daily! All in all "a 'orrible c**t"
Did you see Queen Herod swoop down on that Mong?
queen herod by Northern c**t April 14, 2014

King Herod 

the type of motherfucker you dont wanna mess around with.
"hey have you seen king herod he destroyed my discord ;("
King Herod by kixngcobra January 9, 2021
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