Purple Shirt

To take an obviously generalized observation and criticize it as if it were an incorrect literal statement. This can dull the point someone is trying to make.

Observation: "Everyone is wearing purple today!"
Purple shirter: "I'm not."

Purple Shirt by thecolourbleu September 13, 2010

Purple Shirt of Sex 

This shirt is a particular piece of clothing worn by Benedict Cumberbatch's adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. The shirt is a piece that looks particularly good on him, leading many of the fandom to believe it's his "pulling" shirt - ergo; when he wears it when he wants/ is likely to get sex (usually from/ with his friend John Watson).

"Look, it's the Purple Shirt of Sex! Watson's totally checking him out."

Purple Shirt of Sex by S. Moffat January 12, 2012

Purple Shirt of Sex 

The most famous shirt ever seen in the BBC series Sherlock

Person1: Look it's an Purple shirt!
Fan: *loud screaming* Its the Purple Shirt of Sex!!!

Purple Shirt of Sex by Lionsie August 8, 2017

The Purple Shirt of Sex

The shirt worn by Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC show Sherlock. First seen in the unaired pilot, then again in The Great Game

Fangirl: *sees the purple shirt of sex*
*licks the tv/computer screen*

The Purple Shirt of Sex by OragamiSauce December 11, 2012

The Purple Shirt of Sex

The seductively deep purple shirt that adorns the ever so beautiful torso of Sherlock Holmes ; renowned for sending all who gaze upon it into the throes of blind lust regardless of gender or sexual orientation; a potent aphrodisiac.

It's first appearance is in "The Great Game", the third episode of BBC's "Sherlock" starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

"Please, just one button pop off, at least one...or two..." - A cumberbitch on the purple shirt of sex

The Purple Shirt of Sex by Irene A. (ConfettiJessie) April 19, 2011

Purple-shirted eye-stabber 

The most cleverly disguised criminal in the history of the world. That is, the world created by Cyanide & Happiness.
Usually wears purple shirts, sometimes multiple as a disguise.

1: "Argh, the purple-shirted eye-stabber!"
2: "Relax dude, it's just a Halloween costume"
1: *leaves*
2: *Takes of purple shirt to reveal another purple shirt*

Purple-shirted eye-stabber by NightWind November 8, 2010

Grindset

The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.

“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”

Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026