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Meyer's Law

An informal law of Internet discussions (mostly on blogs, but also extends to forums, Twitter conversations, email discussions and instant messaging debates) which states that when the topic is related to intelligent design, a commenter will inevitably mention the book "Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design" by Stephen C. Meyer, which was published in 2009.

The speed at which the citation appears can be positively correlated with a high frequency of citation for books that fundamentally disagree with the core ideas in "Signature in the Cell", as well as the amount of time spent talking about the DNA code and information theory. In fact, any mention of the term "biological information" will act as a catalyst in this regard.

The identification of this law came after merciless online marketing by the Discovery Institute forced most of the world's intelligent design proponent population to purchase the book (or at least pretend to have read it).
Commenter: "I notice you have made no comment regarding the new book Signature in the Cell by Stephen Meyer. That is probably just because you haven't had the time to read it."

Meyer's Law has been applied to the discussion from which the above comment was taken.
by Naon Tiotami July 6, 2010
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Going To Meyer's

The inviting of a member of the opposite sex round to your house for the sole purpose of sexual gratification. Need not apply to gf/bf. i.e any random person

N.B: This only applies if you actually get some, inviting a person over and NOT getting with them despite your best efforts is not Going To Meyer's.
"Ah, man, I invited Patti round to mine"
"Why?"
"Going To Meyer's if you know what I mean"
by The Donk December 27, 2009
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Memer's block

The act of being unable to come up with new memes and/or filling in the pieces to create the comedic phrasing and effect that you desire
I've got this really funny idea for a new meme, but I've got terrible memer's block.
by Portiff Digrissim July 30, 2019
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oscar meyer slap

When a fat girl won't stop talking about how fat she is so you slap her with any variety of oscar meyer sandwich meat. Preferable extra-long hotdogs, and then proceed to say "even fat girls can suck weiners!"
When Martha was complaining about being fat, Richard did the oscar meyer slap to get that hoe to shutup.
by dr. seussinator May 3, 2010
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Meyer syndrome

The ability to practice as much as possible and still stay the same; no matter how much effort you put in you can't get better
I'm trying to get better but I suffer from Meyer syndrome
by Crackly March 22, 2021
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s.meter

noun. An s.meter, pronounced "s-meter", is a machine that can actually detect the s.m.i.t.h. (see s.m.i.t.h.) in an individual s.m.i.t.h. kind of person. It also mesures the s.m.i.t.h.i.s.m. (see s.m.i.t.h.i.s.m.) in people too.
Man, this guy better go on the s.meter before getting near my friends!
by JuBr October 9, 2006
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baker's meter

¹³ ₁₂ of one meter. Approximately 1.0833333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 meters (accurate to within 5.87613 × 10 ⁻¹⁰¹ Smoots ± 1 ear.)
One baker's meter is approximately one hectacre foot inverse furlong microinches fathom squared, plus 1 league.
Are you serious?
Sure. Why not.
by aaroncv3 April 14, 2020
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