A machine that uses a human being as its assistant.
A reverse centaur can occur when companies force workers to use technology in ways that make their lives worse. For example, a worker might be forced to use AI to generate absurd amounts of comment that he cannot reasonably review but is still held accountable for the result of the AI. The worker cannot keep up at the pace of the technology but is there to be blamed for failures.
This is in contrast to a human being that uses a machine as an assistant (a “centaur”). In this case workers get to decide when and how to use the technology to their benefit and satisfaction.
A reverse centaur can occur when companies force workers to use technology in ways that make their lives worse. For example, a worker might be forced to use AI to generate absurd amounts of comment that he cannot reasonably review but is still held accountable for the result of the AI. The worker cannot keep up at the pace of the technology but is there to be blamed for failures.
This is in contrast to a human being that uses a machine as an assistant (a “centaur”). In this case workers get to decide when and how to use the technology to their benefit and satisfaction.
by exegete_ January 5, 2026
Get the reverse centaur mug.When attempting to leave a location or conversation and someone keeps pulling you back with “ just one more thing”.
Similar to Detective Columbo leaving a suspect, and turning around to say his famous line, but the reverse of that.
Similar to Detective Columbo leaving a suspect, and turning around to say his famous line, but the reverse of that.
Simon: I got reverse columbo’d by my boss today.
Billy: I hate when that happens, you wanna leave but it’s always just one more thing!
Billy: I hate when that happens, you wanna leave but it’s always just one more thing!
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Get the Reverse Blackmail mug.Columbo is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. He presents as a disarmingly bumbling idiot and leaves a room only to return with the catchphrase "Just one more thing" to ask a critical question which would reveal he is indeed a highly intelligent investigator and had caught his quarry in a lie. The Reverse Columbo is when someone purports to be smart and then asks a question that reveals they are fucking dumb as a box of hammers.
“So you say you are doing research into childhood cancer. I was tempted to go into a similar career in medical research . I loved science all through school. Have you always wanted to be a Scientologist?”
“Wow that was a Reverse Columbo!”
“Wow that was a Reverse Columbo!”
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i walked into to andy’s room and noticed that they had just been reverse shark attacked as they whipped across the bedroom
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