As A Rule

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A common statement is which a person attempts to convey that "rules" (policies, laws, etc) must be followed irrespective of personal intuition or any sense of what really makes sense. "Rules is rules" conveys that it is the rule, and nothing else, that determines a certain action or inaction. The statement is usually used in a context where it is believed that the rule "doesn't make sense", but it must be followed anyway, simply because it is a rule. Urban Dictionary

Why are you looking this up, nobody follows the rules on Urban Dictionary including the editors. Urban Dictionary

Something that is higher in quality than all other things. Urban Dictionary

The opposite of sucks Urban Dictionary

In video game store etiquette, The Rule is the obligation one has to hand a video game console over to other people waiting to play once that person loses the game he is on. Failure to follow The Rule will often result in bystanders complaining about disregard for this sacred rule. Urban Dictionary

Used as a sarcastic response when an individual expresses how much they don't obey the social norms or adhere to the generally accepted guidelines of society Urban Dictionary

Things that are made to be broken. Urban Dictionary

Possessing or creating a characteristic that is superperfect and makes you want to overuse the word RULE. ALSO: Being and/or doing what is very cool and even pretty much awesome, AKA anything that might embarrass your mother or people that smell like old cottage cheese. OR: Anything that catches on really very quickly amongst all your friends and toes that look like fingers. Urban Dictionary

1. v. to succede, dominate, or do exceptionally. 2. v. to be better than the rest. Urban Dictionary

A list of things that nobody cares Urban Dictionary

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