kneejerk 

To react without thinking. To form an opinion without paying attention.

When he said he was a Republican, the college student's kneejerk reaction was to boo him.

kneejerk by </time> September 14, 2003

Kneejerk 

When a person responds or reacts due to past experiences or trauma without being mindful of the consequences of said response.

Her kneejerk response was to say she didn't believe in love...

Kneejerk by Bevrlykillz January 2, 2020

Kneejerk Corruptions, Incorrigible

The second-leading source of antitrust, right on the heals of MyCrudSoft sWindles. Frequently euphemized as Network Solutions, Incorporated.

In 1999 and 2000 Kneejerk Corruptions, Incorrigible held my domain name for ransom for seven months while I tried to transfer it to a different registrar, until I got the Better Business Bureau on their case.

Kneejerk Corruptions, Incorrigible by Downstrike September 13, 2004

Kneejerk Feminist

Someone who complains about lack of female representation immediately upon such a thought crossing their mind, often without an argument (let alone a logical and meritocratically-backed one) for, and sometimes even without examples of, women that should be included.

"Congratulations to Mark, Aidan, Zachary and Flynn of our university's programming team who won the gold medal at the national hackathon!"
Kneejerk feminist on social media: "wHy nO wOmEn?!?!?1?"
Everyone in the replies: "Do u want us to have lost or what. No woman even came close to making the team. Highest female scorer on the team selection test couldn't even manage half the points of the worst man on the team lmao"
Kneejerk feminist: "IMPOSSIBLE!! Selection test RIGGED!!!!1!"

Kneejerk Feminist by AL1QU0T October 10, 2024

knee jerk Bush hatred

being rational and placing responsibility where it belongs when failures have occured.

LN3: "between Iraq, the inability to catch Osama Bin Laden, the current economic meltdown, our foreign relations with what were previously friendly nations accross the globe I'd say that George Bush was a horrible leader and president."

AudiDefector: "that's nothing but knee jerk Bush hatred based on no facts, why do you hate freedom ?"

knee jerk Bush hatred by LN3 March 10, 2009

knee-jerk 

A spontaneous, thoughless, predictable and stereotypical reaction to something, usually an opinion or a statement.

An entire culture of American neo-conservatives has seemed to build itself on a type of knee-jerk reaction to any kind of criticism of the Bush Administration or the loyal element of the Republican Party, even from fellow conservatives -- the kind of pseudo-patriotism discouraged by Theodore Roosevelt.

knee-jerk by LudwigVan November 10, 2003

knee-jerk 

automatic, quick and without thought

Allergies are the immune system's knee-jerk defensive responses to unknown substances.

knee-jerk by Light joker January 17, 2007