IT'S ALL RELATIVE 

The award-winning, buzzword, catchphrase, or slogan, of life, and selection of sexual partners, in a small hick town with an abundance of trailer parks. Ya know, those small hamlets that, when upon entering the village, a big sign greets you and states, "Welcome to East Podunk, where the men are wife beaters and the sheep run scared."

EXAMPLE: Cobleskill, NY.

IT'S ALL RELATIVE by weave September 17, 2003

it's all relative 

It's ok; it's no big deal.
Often used after someone screws up something.

"Yo man, I fucked your sister."
"Nah, it's all relative, she's a slut anyway."

it's all relative by Tom February 7, 2004

It’s all relative to your measuring stick.

The universal truth that each soul, shaped by its own unique journey and weathered experiences, holds a singular scale against which all of life is measured. Our perceptions of hardship, joy, and success are not absolute; they are entirely defined by the individual baseline we have gathered along the way.

Person A: 'I can't believe he's making such a big deal out of a flat tyre.'
Person B: 'Well, he’s lived a pretty sheltered life. It’s all relative to your measuring stick.

It’s all relative to your measuring stick. by Siy73 September 20, 2026

IT'S ALL / EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE 

means that the world is in the eye of the beholder; it all depends on how you look at things; all people look at things from a different perspective and have differing opinions or views about someone, something, etc.
Everything is quantifiable in terms of individual perception.

To him, the new house is beautiful and grandiose in appearance; to me, it's ugly and pretentious. It's all relative, then, isn't it?
You think you're poor? Then take a look at the skid row bums living in the sewers downtown. Everything is relative.

IT'S ALL / EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by weave September 14, 2003