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    [Noun]  | "ru*bric" | \ ˈrü-brik \


    1: an authoritative rule; especially : a rule for conduct of a liturgical service

    2: name, title; specifically : the title of a statute

    3: something under which a thing is classed : category

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English rubrike red ocher, heading in red letters of part of a book, from Anglo-French, from Latin rubrica, from rubr-, ruber red;

    [Noun]  | "rubric" 


    1: a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize;


      * e.g., " ... the rubrics at the beginning of the chapters are intended to be humorous "



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    2: an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing;


      * e.g., " ... the rubric, popular among jewelers anyway, that a man should spend a month's salary on his fiancée's engagement ring "



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    3: one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic;


      * e.g., " ... all of these books with their conspiracy theories fall under the rubric of speculative fiction "



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     [ "rubric" ]

    1: A badass chick who can bro out with the best of them! Also the most sweetest person you could ever meet. But she can definitely RAGE on you if you are acting like a Daryl.

      * e.g.,  ... Look at Rubric, she just chugged a beer and quickly saved beeryramid at $0.50 beer night 

     [ "rubric" ]

    1: A confusing "1-6" grading scale used in high schools. Originated from "red ink". It is rather confusing, because in typical terms 4/6 would be a D+, but on a "rubric" a 4 is more like a B+/A- level, and 5 or 6 are very hard to get. The same high schools that use "rubrics" tend to ask retarded questions for essays like "Did this essay cause you to reach any EPIPHANIES?" Whatever, man.

      * e.g.,  ... When I was in high school, I got a "4" on my rubric. My mom freaked out, not knowing a 4 was like a B+. 

     [ "Rubric" ]

    1: Basically just a table or matrix. Typically used by Muppets with silly moustaches who run L&D departments that produce nothing of substance

      * e.g.,  ... ‘This rubric is totally going to make you rethink tables and matrices’ 

     [ "nice rubric" ]

    1: When a rubric is nice

      * e.g.,  ... "Nice rubric!" 

     [ "Rubric's Cube" ]

    1: When the exact nature of/expectations for a school assignment are communicated (or not communicated) so confusingly that they become a real puzzle.

      * e.g.,  ... Stanley: "holy moly I have no idea what Dr. Phillips wants from this paper" Sarah: "ikr? it's a real Rubric's Cube" 

     [ "Rubric" ]

    1: When you play with her taint when she’s in doggy.

      * e.g.,  ... We were having fun when I hit her with the rubric and she went wild. 

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