Rural Dictionary

Rube-Bilking

The act of creating something intentionally controversial so that you can claim that you're being unjustly censored when private businesses don't want to be associated with it, with the objective of motivating the easily-manipulated into reacting emotionally and patronizing/advocating for your product.

They willingly send you their money and encourage others to do the same as a protest of the legitimate market reaction to your creation.

"The Sound of Freedom" and "Try that in a small town" are some top-quality Rube-Bilking. They made a fortune off of those morons.

by TonyFromOuttaTown July 26, 2023

Feckless Rube

The peak of ignorant dimwitted-ness, the cake taker for adult simpletonry. The feckless rube has nary a shred of understanding of how, when, or why they have grievously revealed their knowledge of the situation at hand to be rapidly approaching zero.

May also be used in playful adoration.

Kyle's such a feckless rube, his dad told him to take his car to get the oil changed and when the tech asked him what kind he wanted he responded with "uhhhh canola?"

by omoshiroi_boi December 08, 2020

Social Context Rube

Someone who fails to grasp how the larger overstructure in one's country is designed to reduce his ability to choose freely and explore the realm of possibility, or someone is totally subject and ignorant to what arguments belie the things being said in conversation.

Johnathan seriously thinks he's going to pick his next place to live from a map, after his city's economy has cycled downward due to policy changes. Even moreso, he has no clue what everybody is really doing for money and the utilities for the next two years. Johnathan is an example of a social context rube.

Example II:

John often finds nothing to think about when he enters the dog park because he finds people throwing random words at each other, and looking off into seemingly nowhere. In response, he just sort of sits there and when he talks, he makes footnotes about what people say, while failing to see the assumptions and arguments being put forth. As a consequence, he takes every assumption thrown at him, being ping-ponged back and forth.

by DanZhukovin October 02, 2019

ruby rube

depression

3am sucks man stop doing dat

guy1: hey have you heard about ruby rube? she's like 8 years old but with cool vide-
guy2: *slaps guy1* leave me alone
guy3: ruby rube? please shut your mouth

by SSM4 Bloopers November 16, 2018