to hero

transitive verb: 1. to die heroically for a cause or to save lives
2. to die for a lost cause or in some ironic way die while attempting to act like a hero, usu. sarcastic.

1. "the firefighter heroed himself in the burning building, but saved the kitten"
2. "stan wanted to hero himself in the protest of cheese"

by sarcastic sarai July 11, 2009

Duck to Hero

Duck is a very lame, boring, easy, or useless thing. It's mostly used as an insult, or to say a person isn't very cool or nice.

Hero is an interesting, yet difficult thing. It's used to say something or someone is really cool, nice, or poular

Duck to Hero is a term used as a scale measurement. It would be used to compare things.

"On a scale of Duck to Hero, how hard do you think the test was?"
"That swim practice was really Hero, we had to swim a 200 butterfly."
"She's such a Duck! She didn't know what -9+-7 was!"
OMG! Suzy is such a Hero! She is like, the coolest girl in the grade!"

by eroth2904 February 7, 2017

zero to hero

the definition is split in to two parts
zero: being a loser, someone with no aspirations or goals
hero: being amazing person who does what they please and makes people want to be them; the ultimate in someone being an all around great person

Wow that boy went from zero to hero in a matter of minutes!

by miss vikk November 24, 2009

Zero to Hero

When you go from no boner at all to a huge boner

Zero to Hero, just like that. When he smiled, the girls went wild with, ooohs and aaaahs.

by D Flawless November 13, 2019

Zero-to-hero

(Adj) Pertaining to the wanton sexual act of being penetrated anally without any preceding vaginal penetration or foreplay.

"She was wild; she even wanted to go Zero-to-hero."

by Poppy Seedy January 23, 2012

You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Coined in the movie "The Dark Knight Rises" by Harvey Dent, A.k.a. Two-Face.

It is the philisophical summary that, no matter what good you intend to do, as long as you live and continue, you will bring about just as much evil as good, if not more through accident or intent. Death becomes a saving grace, providing vindication for their actions and preventing a worsening of certain outcomes through inactivity.

Examples include:
Falling to the same corrupton you sought to eliminate. ( Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars, Lois Griffin from Family Guy)
Prolonged exposure to evil, despite good intentions. (Frodo from Lord of the Rings, Ice King from Adventure Time)
Narrow minded destruction in belief of a greater goal. (Harvey Dent from "The Dark Knight Rises")

You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

by TheAllKnowingOne November 23, 2013

You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain

A quote from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight by the character Harvey Dent in reference to Julius Caesar and Batman. Repeated by Batman at the end of the film.

There are several possible meanings:

1. Absolute power eventually corrupts (as in the case of Julius Caesar).
2. Being consistently heroic is difficult if not impossible, circumstances will eventually push you towards villainy (as in the case of Harvey Dent and Batman).
3. Public opinion can easily change and will eventually change. Many people have the tendency find faults even when there are none. It can also be easily manipulated. You might adhere to your code despite 1. and 2., you can still be painted as a villain by your enemies (as in the case of what Joker did to Batman).
4. Villainy and Heroism are relative and not absolute. "Good" will change with time. Different people have different concepts of "good" (the actions of Julius Caesar can be judged very differently by different people throughout the different ages). In many situations, the line between the two concepts can be very blurry (following the law versus vigilantism).

You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain

by Project Book August 5, 2015