A "pink elephant in the room" is a phrase used to say that there is something very obvious, one cant miss it, yet no one wants to be the person to point it out or talk about it. Its assumed that everyone has noticed it. It may be that pointing it out is politically not correct, impolite, or offensive.
This phrase was first introduced by Sam Senev who brought an actual pink elephant to a speech as a social experiment. After the speech the audience was polled about their opinion. He often uses the same pink elephant in meetings and speeches.
This phrase was first introduced by Sam Senev who brought an actual pink elephant to a speech as a social experiment. After the speech the audience was polled about their opinion. He often uses the same pink elephant in meetings and speeches.
by PinkElephantInTheRoom October 13, 2017
The state of trying to fit something too large in too small of a space. A fail in interior design. Synonym: clutter.
by WaterBuffaLOL May 25, 2020
Last night, Matt and a friend gave me a double-dicking, and it felt like I had two elephants in the room!
by USAF Cadet September 5, 2021
you swear it exists or has existed at one point in time, but no one else believes it or have seen it
we never talk about it...it's like the pink elephant in the room
by reecer August 4, 2004
1) A discussion of European or Caucasian oppression of minorities in which a white person is present.
2) One, or few, white person(s) among many members of another race.
3) A morbidly obese white person. (Rare).
2) One, or few, white person(s) among many members of another race.
3) A morbidly obese white person. (Rare).
Professor: In the 17th century, settlers from Great Britain established a trading relationship with native tribes living in the Northeastern United States. They often extorted and manipulated these tribesmen, using the power of horses, steel armor, and gunpowder, instigating a pattern of tyranny that would characterize the savage white conquest of America.
Frank (stage whisper to classmate): This is awkward...
Professor: Well, I guess that would make you the white elephant in the room, wouldn't it?
Frank (stage whisper to classmate): This is awkward...
Professor: Well, I guess that would make you the white elephant in the room, wouldn't it?
by albatrossflyer August 25, 2010
A costly and troublesome hallucination which nobody wants to mention.
It's also an intentionally confusing combination of the expressions "white elephant", "pink elephant", and "elephant in the room", which are now being conflated on the internet.
It's also an intentionally confusing combination of the expressions "white elephant", "pink elephant", and "elephant in the room", which are now being conflated on the internet.
K: It was the pink elephant in the room.
B: You mean "elephant in the room"
K: No, I mean pink elephant in the room
B: I don't think that's a thing.
K: So what's a pink elephant?
B: Maybe I'm confused with a white elephant?
K: googles it
K: Look! It's on Urban Dictionary! I win.
B: This is the white and pink elephant in the room.
K: I think you're hallucinating.
B: You mean "elephant in the room"
K: No, I mean pink elephant in the room
B: I don't think that's a thing.
K: So what's a pink elephant?
B: Maybe I'm confused with a white elephant?
K: googles it
K: Look! It's on Urban Dictionary! I win.
B: This is the white and pink elephant in the room.
K: I think you're hallucinating.
by LonePollux October 27, 2018
It was somewhat easier, they all thought, to just continue to pretend not to smell the horrific, near paralyzing stench of the elephant turd in the room.
by Dr Bunnygirl November 30, 2019