A situation in a person, in the act of harm preventing, will side with bad people and force good people to back down or be punished to prevent harm or get rid of conflict. It comes from the idea of a school principal, who is practicing harm prevention, and so can only make rules, shame or appease. Shame and rules do not work on the bully but work on the good kids and since it takes two to fight, he gets the good kid to back down there by ending the fight and stopping harm.
The result is good people are punished and bad people are rewarded.
Jake suffers from principal syndrome when he wants normal people to surrender their guns instead of going after the criminals who use guns unlawfully.
What a grade-school student tells someone as a reason for his unwillingness to perform a requested action; it means dat while he personally would not mind doing it, he is afraid dat "da big man in dat dreaded upstairs office" would disapprove, and thus he would give him major grief if he found out.
One sixth-grade boy conversing with another on da playground: Sorry, Dude --- I can't slip you a textbook in class to help you get a better grade on your test; it's the principal of the thing."
The economic theory that it Asians will eventually overcome all the racism and greed and establish world domination
Gotta learn about Principal-Asian theory today in economics class
The second principal after Principal Victoria in the hit adult animated sitcom South Park. He is known for being politically correct and having a short temper. He is also very hot and sexy.
Me: PC Principal is my waifu and husband.
My family: Do you understand why we’re having this intervention?
Me, hugging my PC Principal Body Pillow: Leave us alone!
When a coworker tells on you and the boss calls you into their office to talk to them; Refers to the way kids have to talk to the principal when they get in trouble and makes fun of the way that the tattle tales are being childish.
Someone snitched on me, now I’ve got to go talk to the principal.
When you are doing the job of a principal without the title of being a principal.
One day of principaling and the superintendent quit her job!
A smooth, yellow, sexless freak with a tiny cock.
"Dude... I want to fuck Principal Skinner from The Simpsons..."
"Are you ok? Psychologically?"