Definition
A person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions of others.
Origins
By analogy with Schrödinger's cat.
In Context
- ""Schrödinger’s douchebag" [i]s someone who makes an unacceptable remark and then waits to see the reaction before declaring retrospectively whether they meant it for real or were "just joking"."
- "Schrodinger's douchebag refers to someone who tests what they say before taking responsibility for what they've said."
- "Vivek Ramaswamy is an American politician capturing conservative and immigrant hearts but stuck in a high school persona: a Schrodinger's douchebag."