MEME REFERENCE

Hydra

Use when one conspicuously foolish, weak, or unserious member stands out among otherwise formidable peers.

What it expresses

A multi-part group contains a comic outlier whose quality falls far below the others.

Example

Label two polished product features as the fierce heads and the crash-prone settings page as the goofy third head.

When not to use it

All members of the group are equally competent, so singling one out as the defective head would be arbitrary.

• Hydra
• weak link
• odd one out
• uneven group