panprotopsychism

(philosophy) The belief that higher-order phenomenal properties (such as qualia) are logically entailed by protophenomenal properties.


protophenomenal

(philosophy) Of a property: not phenomenal at the individual level, but collectively able to constitute phenomenal properties.


quantum immortality

(metaphysics) The subjective experience of surviving quantum suicide, as a result of the observer surviving such a deadly experiment.


scientific materialism

en-noun

scientific materialism (countable and uncountable, plural scientific materialisms)

That the analysis of scientific progress provides us with clues which are interesting from the humanistic point of view is the central idea of many antimetaphysical and antireligious doctrines such as positivism, neopositivism, scientific materialism, and the different versions of scientific naturalism widespread in the contemporary intellectual arena.

2000, Mariano Artigas, The Mind of the Universe, Templeton Foundation Press, →ISBN, page 55:

(philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists or occurs that does not have a scientific explanation, even if that scientific explanation is not yet known.


super straight

Coined by Canadian TikToker Kyle Royce in a video posted on February 21, 2021, in which he explained that he had begun identifying as "super straight" in order to avoid accusations of transphobia for not wanting to date transgender people. It was later popularized by the 4chan board /pol/.

Nobody is required to date or have sex with trans people, but it's eerily violent to organize an identity and a movement around excluding them. For Super Straights to do just that, while claiming that they're persecuted is the ultimate irony.

2021 March 15, Michelle Santiago Cortés, “The Super Straights Are Definitely Not Okay”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 2022-12-17:

To make the point they're trying to desperately prove legit, the Super Straights have come with a flag and merchandise though it's not quite sure who's buying it yet or who came up with the inspired colour scheme.

2021 March 24, Jaishree Kumar, “Inside the 'Super Straight' Movement That Got Banned on TikTok and Reddit”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2022-05-27:

"Have you seen these colors on a TikTok video? Scroll [away] instantly," a critic warned in one of many response clips. "These men are known as Super Straights. We have to keep them off the For You page."

2021 April 7, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Sexual Identity That Emerged on TikTok”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 2021-04-07:

Gold star gays/lesbians are just as transphobic as super straights. To be cisgender and require another to be cisgender before allowing oneself to be attracted to someone is transphobic. To have a preference, though, is valid.

2021 November 7, Rose Montoya, “Trans 101 by Rose Montoya: Gold Star Gays/Lesbians Transphobic?”, in Los Angeles Blade, archived from the original on 2022-07-04:

And hearing marginalized people speak up can feel like injustice for those accustomed to their stories being the only ones told. That's why white racists scream "reverse racism," and transphobes cry for the rights of the "super-straights."

2022 May 2, Ian D. Svetkey, “A White Man's Voice: The Role of the Privileged Actor”, in The Harvard Crimson, archived from the original on 2022-05-03:

(Internet slang, offensive) A person identifying as super straight.


soft determinism

Coordinate term: hard determinism

Soft determinism is an inviting doctrine, for it allows us to maintain a belief in free will without having to relinquish the belief that every event has a cause. Soft determinism, however, is open to objections that have led some philosophers to abandon the position.

2007, Steven M. Cahn, “Free Will or Determinism?”, in Puzzles & Perplexities: Collected Essays, 2nd edition, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 9:


hard determinism

Moreover, suggestions that compatibilists can refute hard determinism on non-semantic grounds are misguided, building more into hard determinism than an adherent of this view needs to accept. […] Hard determinism merely claims that our actions are brought about by genetics and environment, and that this rules out control.

2009, Susan Pockett, William P. Banks, Shaun Gallagher, editors, Does Consciousness Cause Behavior?, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 128:

(philosophy) A view on free will which holds that determinism is true, that it is incompatible with free will, and therefore that free will does not exist.


soft determinist

en-adj

soft determinist (comparative more soft determinist, superlative most soft determinist)

more soft determinist (comparative)
most soft determinist (superlative)


soft determinist

en-noun

soft determinist (plural soft determinists)

After all, the soft determinist says that we can have determinism and free will, too.

2009, Michael Leming, Raymond De Vries, Brendan Furnish, editors, The Sociological Perspective: A Value-Committed Introduction, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 48:


hard determinist

en-adj

hard determinist (comparative more hard determinist, superlative most hard determinist)

more hard determinist (comparative)
most hard determinist (superlative)

Pereboom goes on to add that, in a hard determinist world, an agent's moral worth would be determined by, for example, the degree to which they regulate their behaviour in accordance with moral reasons, […]

2009, Daniel Cohen, Nick Trakakis, editors, Essays on Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:

(philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting hard determinism, the belief that free will and determinism are incompatible ideas.


hard determinist

en-noun

hard determinist (plural hard determinists)

While the hard determinist understands an interrelated set of normative terms on the basis of self-formation, the compatibilist understands a homophonic set on the basis of a meaning of control without self-formation.

(philosophy) A supporter of hard determinism.


king of the north

There the dragon muſtering all his forces doth goe to a place called Armageddon , to cut off, and deſtroy utterly , but he doth bring deſtruction upon himſelfe , for that next viall doth powre out the laſt deſtruction upon all Gods enemies. Here the King of the North ſhall goe forth with great furie in the glorious holy mountaine , to deſtroy , and utterly cut off many , but he ſhal come to his end , and none ſhal help him.

1664, Thomas Brightman, The Revelation of Saint Iohn, Illustrated with Analysis and Scholions, →OCLC, page 313, column 2:

We're living in electrifying days of fulfillment of ancient Biblical prophecies. At just the time that the predicted King of the North is making obvious moves toward securing a foothold in the Middle East, and that whole part of the world has become the focal point of all nations, this clear and timely exposition of Ezekiel 38 and 39 setting forth Russia as this King of the North couldn't be more relevant.

1974, Hal Lindsey, “Foreward”, in The Coming Russian Invasion of Israel, Chicago: Moody Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 5:

²¹ With the disbanding of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the king of the north suffered a serious setback.

1999, Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy!, Brooklyn, NY: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, →OCLC, →OL, page 280:

2. The Gog of Ezekiel 38 is the same leader as the king of the North of Daniel 11:40.[…]
4. Gog, representing Russia (as the king of the North), invades Israel and is defeated by God, or is defeated by the Antichrist.

2006, Douglas Berner, “Parallel Passages in Scripture to Ezekiel 38-39?”, in The Silence is Broken! God Hooks Ezekiel's Gog & Magog, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 246:

(theology, eschatology) A major leader in Armageddon, in modern religious speculation often identified with Russia.


memetic warfare

I believe memetic warfare could be effective in countering Daesh’s recruiting and propaganda efforts and in modern conflict in general, including operations other than war. Trolling, it might be said, is the social media equivalent of guerrilla warfare, and memes are its currency of propaganda.

2016 January 10, Jeff Giesea, “It’s Time To Embrace Memetic Warfare”, in Defence Strategic Communications, volume 1, number 1, →DOI, pages 68–76:

The concept of 'memetic warfare' emerged out of military debates as an extension of informational war and psyops.

2018, Catherine Happer, Andrew Hoskins, William Merrin, editors, Trump’s Media War, Springer, →ISBN, page 219:

Gamergate, "the Fappening" (or Celebgate), and the subsequent Comicsgate are examples of campaigns that deployed active memetic warfare in racialized and gendered ways to attack and drive away a constructed enemy.

2021, Lisa Nakamura, Hanah Stiverson, Kyle Lindsey, Racist Zoombombing, Routledge, →ISBN:

The usage of Internet memes in an effort to achieve geopolitical goals or to enact social change.


go brrr

en-verb

go brrr (third-person singular simple present goes brrr or go brrr, present participle going brrr, simple past went brrr, past participle gone brrr)

goes brrr (present singular third-person)
go brrr (present singular third-person)
going brrr (participle present)
went brrr (past)
gone brrr (participle past)
except go brrr (rare)

In reference to the "Money Printer Go Brrr" meme, created on March 9, 2020, in which a Boomer Wojak representing the United States Federal Reserve uses a literal money printer (which is making the sound brrr like a traditional printer) to create large amounts of money to counter the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the possibility of increasing inflation. Likely ultimately derived from the line "Money counter go brrr" in the song "No New Friends" by DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Drake, and Lil Wayne.

The government, in his view, has simply printed too much money—and that "Fed go brrr," is not just funny, but dangerous.

2020 May 12, Jeff John Roberts, “'Fed go brrr': Federal Reserve meme strikes chord with Bitcoin believers”, in Fortune:

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2020 August 21, Matthew Gault, “'Marvel Strike Force' Lootbox Printer Accidentally Goes Brrr”, in VICE:

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2020 December 23, Justine Harper, “2020 Was The Year Bitcoin Funding Went Brrr”, in Bitcoin Magazine:

The ad, which ran for an hour on Friday (January 30) courtesy of digital billboard maker Matei Psatta, shows symbols indicating vastly rising stock prices with the caption "$GME GO BRRR" – alluding to the stock's ticker symbol on the NY Stock Exchange.

2021 January 31, Matthew Neale, “GameStop Redditors buy playful Times Square billboard ad”, in NME:

The multicurrency regime should reduce the RBZ's capacity to print money but we saw how within just a few years of the reintroduction of the Zimdollar, the printers had already gone brrr. Now, the RBZ is trying to mop up the excess local currency in the market that’s driving up inflation.

2022 January 12, Leonard Sengere, “Zimbabwe should brace for economic turbulence as USD set to strengthen – IMF”, in Techzim:

Canada's central bank has been going Brrr, and it’s not because of the frigid winters in Ottawa. Bank of Canada (BoC) data shows that the money supply is still expanding rapidly in October.

2022 January 18, Stephen Punwasi, “Over 1 In 5 Canadian Dollars Created Didn’t Exist Two Years Ago”, in Better Dwelling:

The money printer is about to stop going brrr.

2022 March 16, James Ramsay, “Early Addition: Ranger fans, you really booed the governor on Women's Empowerment Night?”, in Gothamist:

(Internet slang, humorous) To go out of control; to increase or thrive despite opposition.

Covid-19 pandemic
United States Federal Reserve


pearlcore

Up first? Pearlcore, the lovechild of our obsession with all things Regency, Baroque and Rococo this year. Keep your grandma’s pearls on hand to clutch alongside your three-strand Vivienne Westwood choker because it seems like our love of this iridescent gem isn’t dying down just yet.

2021 December 7, Gladys Lai, “5 fashion trends that will define 2022, according to Pinterest”, in Vogue Australia:

No longer relegated to buttons, pearls are as chic as when Coco Chanel made them trendy in the 1930s. From pearl-themed bridal showers to pearl-detailed wedding receptions, the “pearlcore” trend is currently big in bridal.

2022 October 20, Ivy Manners, “What We Saw at New York Bridal Fashion Week”, in The New York Times:

The pearl anklet
For #pearlcore enthusiasts, here's a modern take on a strand of pearls, featuring glass pearls set between long gold beads.

2023 June 3, “Accessories”, in Toronto Star, page L 12:

(fashion, neologism) A fashion trend and aesthetic, popular in the 2020s, characterized by the use of pearl jewelry and similar iridescent items.


obscurum per obscurius

From Latin obscūrum per obscūrius, “[to explain] the obscure by the more obscure”.

We have no doubt—in spite of those rumours to the contrary which took so preposterous a shape in the table-talk of Lord Byron—that Miss More’s part in the transaction was blameless; but she certainly owes little to the dull slipslop with which Mr. Roberts has contrived to overlay—obscurum per obscurius—the only page in her history that really demanded elucidation.

1834, “Review of Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Mrs. Hannah More”, in The Quarterly Review, volume 52, page 423:

Ivy has been compared to Latin ibex ‘wild goat’ (that is ‘climber’), but, unfortunately, the origin of ibex is obscure […] and, according to the golden rule of etymology, one should never explain obscurum per obscurius.

2002, Anatoly Liberman, “Origin unknown”, in Donka Minkova, Robert Stockwell, editors, Studies in the History of the English Language: A Millennial Perspective, →ISBN, page 119:

In the first place, it cannot be denied that Napoleon changed the political face of Europe in a mere ten years[…]. To explain this by the intervention of some vast, impersonal force is undoubtedly an explanation of obscurum per obscurius at the very least, and it seems quixotic to deny that Napoleon’s rare talent as a military commander must have played a role here as well.

2012, Frank Ankersmit, Meaning, Truth, and Reference in Historical Representation, →ISBN, page 249:

ignotum per ignotius
ignotum per ignotius#English

Synonym of ignotum per ignotius (“explaining an obscure subject by resort to one even more obscure”)


combination problem

en-noun

combination problem (plural combination problems)

This name was coined by William Seager in 1995.

Coordinate term: binding problem

(philosophy) A problem arising from the tension between the seemingly irreducible nature of consciousness, and its ubiquity. If consciousness is ubiquitous, and every atom (or every bit, depending on the theory) has a minimal level of it, then it is not clear how these tiny consciousnesses combine to create larger experiences.


Neo-orthodox

(Christianity, theology) Of or relating to Neo-orthodoxy.


Molyneux's problem

(philosophy) A thought experiment, asking, "if a man born blind can feel the differences between shapes such as spheres and cubes, could he, if given the ability to see, distinguish those objects by sight alone, in reference to the tactile schemata he already possessed?"


outcar

Coined by American philosopher Eli Hirsch in 1982 in The Concept of Identity, formed by out- + car.

coinage

(metaphysics, linguistics) A car completely outside of any garage, or the portion of a car that is not inside a garage.


incar

Coined by American philosopher Eli Hirsch in 1982 in The Concept of Identity, formed by in- + car.

This is not to deny that we might initially be sceptical of the existence of objects like the outcars and incars entertained by Eli Hirsch, objects that grow and shrink as a car leaves its garage. But we don’t think it ridiculous that there are objects that grow and shrink as large rocks move underwater […] It seems clear that none but the most insular metaphysician should countenance islands while repudiating incars.

2006, John Hawthorne, Metaphysical Essays, →ISBN, page vii:

For example, incars are things ordinary folks have never dreamed of.

2015, Thomas Satting, The Double Lives of Objects: An Essay in the Metaphysics of the Ordinary World, →ISBN, page 25:

It is natural to claim that there are no such things as incars and outcars. We cannot just stipulate such things as incars and outcars into existence.

2017, André Gallois, The Metaphysics of Identity, →ISBN, page 177:

A thinks that werewolves exist; B doesn’t; A thinks incars and outcars exist, but not cars; B thinks vice versa; A thinks ordinary objects exist, but not mereological sums of them; B thinks both exist.

2020, Jody Azzouni, “Defending the Existence of Ordinary Existence Questions and Debates”, in Ricki Bliss, J.T.M. Miller, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics, →ISBN:

These reflections help us with some other purportedly absurd objects that Eklund mentions in order to embarrass the neo-Fregean, such as incars and xhearts/xlivers.

2020, Richard Gaskin, Language and World: A Defence of Linguistic Idealism, →ISBN:

(metaphysics, linguistics) A car completely inside of a garage, or the portion of a car that is inside a garage.


choiceworthiness

(philosophy) The property or degree of being choiceworthy; desirability.


choiceworthy

en-adj

choiceworthy (comparative more choiceworthy, superlative most choiceworthy)

more choiceworthy (comparative)
most choiceworthy (superlative)


equiparation

en-noun

equiparation (countable and uncountable, plural equiparations)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aequiparātiō, from aequiparō (“put on a level with, compare”) + -tiō (noun suffix), from aequus (“equal”) + parō (“place”). Equivalent to equiparate + -ion.

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Lucas de Penna, by his quid pro quo method, thus arrived at an equiparation not only of Prince and bishop as the grooms of realm and diocese, but also of Prince and Christ.

1965, Ernst Kantorowicz, The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology, page 216:

One wonders whether such equiparations are sound. […] Essence and end cannot be identified, and one has to be careful how one connects them.

1998, Cormac Burke, “Married Personalism and the ‘Good of the Spouses’”, in Angelicum, →JSTOR, page 256:

(chiefly historical, law, philosophy) The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.


culte du moi

Borrowed from French culte du moi (“cult of the self”). Introduced by Maurice Barrès (1862-1923) in his trilogy Le Culte du moi (1888-1891).

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However, after a while, Barrès seems to have felt that the 'Culte de moi' was scarcely satisfactory as a rule of life, and in 1897, with 'Les deracinés,' began a new series of three novels under the collective title, 'Roman de l'énergie nationale.'

1915, The Library, Oxford University Press, page 119:

The culte du moi is one thing when it is representative, when one rhapsodizes one's self haughtily as a unit of the democratic mass, as Whitman undoubtedly did; and quite another when it is narrowly personal, a kind of glorification of the petty, personal attributes of young John Smith, used by him to conceal from himself the desirability; but that is what young John Smith, who calls himself a Whitmanite, is making of it.

1911 February, Cornelia A. P. Comer, “A Letter to the Rising Generation”, in The Atlantic:

The process of "elevations" must stamp out the "culte de moi" and replace it with the "culte de non-moi".

2018, Peter J. Gorday, Pure Love, Pure Poetry, Pure Prayer, Wipf & Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 158:

(philosophy) The cult of the ego; ego worship.


trolley problem

en-noun

trolley problem (plural trolley problems)

Coined by American philosopher Judith Thomson.

coin

By the late ‘90s, trolley problems had fallen out of fashion. Many philosophers questioned the value of the conclusions reached by analyzing a situation so bizarre and specific.

2015 October 9, Lauren Cassani Davis, “Would You Pull the Trolley Switch? Does it Matter?”, in The Atlantic:

A type of thought experiment in ethics and psychology, involving ethical dilemmas of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number.


red string of fate

en-noun

red string of fate (plural red strings of fate)

Translation of Japanese 運命の赤い糸 (unmei no akai ito).

In East Asian mythology, a red string tied between soulmates' fingers.


longtermist

Coordinate term: neartermist

Longtermists are in daily conversation with neartermists. It’s a red herring to argue that “abandoning what would most help people on Earth today isn’t exactly ethically sound.”

2022 September 9, Theodore Leinwand, “Neartermism and longtermism aren’t at odds”, in The Washington Post:

Some longtermists, for instance, argue that we need to balance the need to address climate change now with the need to invest in colonizing space; they encourage us to think on a billion-year timescale.

2022 November 17, Annie Lowrey, “Effective Altruism Committed the Sin It Was Supposed to Correct”, in The Atlantic:

It’s an article of faith among longtermists that an event that led to the loss of 99% of humanity would be vastly preferable to one that kills off 100%.

2023 July 22, Andrew Anthony, “The pro-extinctionist philosopher who has sparked a battle over humanity’s future”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

(ethics, philosophy) A believer or follower of longtermism (“an ethical stance which gives priority to improving the long-term future”).


longtermist

Coordinate term: neartermist

Effective altruists talk about both “neartermism” and “longtermism.” Bankman-Fried said he wanted his money to address longtermist threats like the dangers posed by artificial intelligence spiraling out of control.

2022 December 9, Jennifer Szalai, “Effective Altruism Warned of Risks. Did It Also Incentivize Them?”, in The New York Times:

Earlier this year, the AI theorist Eliezer Yudkowsky, who is associated with longtermist thinking, wrote an op-ed for Time magazine in which he argued that the world should not just institute a moratorium on artificial intelligence development but also be prepared to use nuclear arms to shut down large rogue computer farms that flouted the moratorium.

(ethics, philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting longtermism (“an ethical stance which gives priority to improving the long-term future”).


countryball

From country + ball; compare Polandball.

The first countryball to appear was Polandball, a cartoon character drawn in the shape of a ball with the white and red colour schemes of the Polish flag. Polandball wants to go into space but feels threatened by Germany and Russia. Soon other countryballs appeared all in the guise of different national flags. The countryball for the USA, which wears the stars and stripes and cool sunglasses, is egocentric, with no idea of anything that happens outside the USA but always ready to rush […]

2017, Delia Chiaro, The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age: Viral Humour, Routledge, →ISBN:

Four days earlier, a group of unidentified students covered nearly the entire tunnel with colorful messages supporting the Hong Kong protests, backing autonomy for Tibet and Taiwan, and condemning the ethnic cleansing of Uighurs in Xinjiang. One section depicted a Taiwan flag beside a countryball of Hong Kong and a flag of East Turkestan, the region from which Uighurs hail.

2019 December 4, Efua Agyare-Kumi, “U of R becomes battleground in China, Hong Kong conflict”, in Rochester City Newspaper:

(originally Internet slang, fandom slang) A country drawn in the Polandball artstyle, in which countries are personified as crudely drawn blobs.


ultrarealism

(politics, philosophy) Any particular strong form of realism.


toupee fallacy

toupee fallacy (plural toupee fallacies)

In reference to the conventional wisdom that all toupees look bad, caused by the fact that good quality toupees are usually not noticed.

Alternative form: toupée fallacy

Not all toupees are bad, but you only spot the bad toupees. That's the toupee fallacy.

(logic) A form of selection bias in which something is wrongly judged to be of poor quality in general, caused by the fact that most people only notice poor quality instances of it.


alignment problem

Popularized by the 2020 book The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian.

As [Brian] Christian notes, the alignment problem bears a real resemblance to parenting: “The story of human civilization has always been about how to instill values in strange, alien, human-level intelligences who will inevitably inherit the reins of society from us—namely, our kids.”

2022 March 1, Rob Toews, “7 Must-Read Books About Artificial Intelligence”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-31:

Properly defining and solving the alignment problem won’t be easy; it will require us to develop a broad, scientifically based theory of intelligence.

2022 December 13, Melanie Mitchell, “What Does It Mean to Align AI With Human Values?”, in Quanta Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Simons Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-15:

For years, AI ethicists have worried about this so-called alignment problem. In short: How do we ensure that the AI we build, which might very well be significantly smarter than any person who has ever lived, is aligned with the interests of its creators and of the human race? An unaligned superintelligent AI could be quite a problem.

2023 February 27, Derek Thompson, “The AI Disaster Scenario”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-22:

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence#Noun

(artificial intelligence) The problem of how to create a superintelligent artificial intelligence whose values would align with the interests of humankind.

AI alignment#The alignment problem
Brian Christian
The Alignment Problem


effective altruist

effective altruist (plural effective altruists)

At the very least, effective altruists believe that our existing animal charity is misplaced: The vast majority of it goes to shelters, yet according to the EA organization Animal Charity Evaluators, in 2019, for every one animal euthanized in a shelter in the United States, approximately 6,428 farmed land animals were slaughtered for meat.

2020 September 23, Zachary Pincus-Roth, “The Rise of the Rational Do-Gooders”, in The Washington Post:

It has also become an influential subculture in the Bay Area, where devotees commonly refer to themselves as effective altruists in the same way they might describe themselves as leftists or psychonauts.

Effective altruists talk about both “neartermism” and “longtermism.” […] The movement itself is still a big tent; there are effective altruists who remain dedicated to targeted interventions with proven results, including vaccination campaigns (and, of course, antimalarial bed nets).

Mr. Altman believes that effective altruists have played an important role in the rise of artificial intelligence, alerting the industry to the dangers. He also believes they exaggerate these dangers.

2023 March 31, Cade Metz, “The ChatGPT King Isn’t Worried, but He Knows You Might Be”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(ethics, philosophy) A proponent of effective altruism ("a philosophy and social movement that advocates the use of evidence and reasoning to determine the most effective ways to benefit others").


noumenology

The science of the Positive begins with Noumenology or Ontology proper—a true science of comprehensible substances as they are in their own nature, with the inherent primary characteristics belonging to them.

1876, John Lord Peck, The Ultimate Generalization: An Effort in the Philosophy of Science, page 48:

Even before absolute knowledge, religion is already the moment in which phenomenology is transformed into noumenology, in which absolute spirit reveals itself as such, makes itself manifest to itself in manifesting itself to man.

1974, Jean Hippolyte, translated by John Heckman, Genesis and Structure of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, →ISBN, pages 541–42:

[…] Husserl’s prose style grew increasingly impenetrable, and the philosophical implications of his new language tended more towards a noumenology than towards an empirically verifiable phenomenology.

1999, Paolo Bozzi, “Experimental Phenomenology: A Historical Profile”, in Liliana Albertazzi, editor, Shapes of Forms: From Gestalt Psychology and Phenomenology to Ontology and Mathematics, →ISBN, page 30:

(philosophy) The study of noumena, that is, things as they are in themselves, beyond their immediate human perception.


sacramentalize

en-verb

sacramentalize (third-person singular simple present sacramentalizes, present participle sacramentalizing, simple past and past participle sacramentalized)

sacramentalizes (present singular third-person)
sacramentalizing (participle present)
sacramentalized (participle past)
sacramentalized (past)

A majority of American Catholics have been "sacramentalized," but never catechized or evangelized.

2019, Kathy Schiffer, Sacramentalized But Not Evangelized? Maybe You Just Forgot!, National Catholic Register:

(transitive, Catholicism) To receive the sacraments of the Catholic Church.


pregiven

en-adj

pregiven (comparative more pregiven, superlative most pregiven)

more pregiven (comparative)
most pregiven (superlative)

From pre- + given. The philosophical sense is a calque of the German term Vorgegeben.

For example, when a red spot on a sheet of paper strongly stimulates me, the whiteness of the paper as well as the red spot are pregiven and both of them undergo the structurization of “figure-ground.”

2012, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Soul and Body in Husserlian Phenomenology: Man and Nature, page 81:

We therefore arrive at the realization that Aristotle conceived of the truth of a-synthetic wholes as pregiven in the same sense; they, as such, are therefore always actual.

2012, Werner Marx, The Meaning of Aristotle’s ‘Ontology’, page 20:

The ontological and epistemological commitments are basically twofold: We assume that the world is pregiven, that its features can be specified prior to any cognitive activity.

2017, Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, Eleanor Rosch, The Embodied Mind, page 135:

(philosophy, ontology) Existing in the world, as opposed to arising from human apprehension.


pregiven

However, mining an analytic vein above that of Kant's work, Husserl distinguishes clearly between the pregiven to human experience and what is given to the human consciousness that gives the pregiven form, making it pass from the "hidden" to the "apparent," to the given.

2000, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Impetus and Equipoise in the Life-Strategies of Reason, page 266:

We live and are conscious against a background of the pregiven.

2006, Kevin Hermberg, Husserl's Phenomenology: Knowledge, Objectivity and Others, page 75:

In a sense, there is a pregiven before any act of the Ego, but in another sense, there can be no pregiven in absolute, no pregiven an sich.

2015, François De Gandt, “Passivity and Interest (Experience and Judgment)”, in Burt Hopkins, John Drummond, editors, The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy, volume 13:

(philosophy, ontology) That which is actual, as opposed to our concepts or apprehension of the world.


declaration of love

en-noun

declaration of love (plural declarations of love)


neartermism

Longtermists are in daily conversation with neartermists. It’s a red herring to argue that “abandoning what would most help people on Earth today isn’t exactly ethically sound.”

2022 September 9, Theodore Leinwand, “Neartermism and longtermism aren’t at odds”, in The Washington Post:

Effective altruists talk about both “neartermism” and “longtermism.” […] This question is like an inflection point between neartermism and longtermism. MacAskill cites the philosopher Derek Parfit, whose ideas about population ethics in his 1984 book “Reasons and Persons” have been influential in E.A.

2022 December 9, Jennifer Szalai, “Effective Altruism Warned of Risks. Did It Also Incentivize Them?”, in The New York Times:

(ethics, philosophy) An ethical theory which prioritizes improving the conditions of the present and near future, rather than thinking about the distant future (as in longtermism).


neartermist

Coordinate term: longtermist

(ethics, philosophy) A believer or follower of neartermism.


neartermist

Coordinate term: longtermist

But last summer Bankman-Fried was telling The New Yorker’s Gideon Lewis-Kraus something quite different. “He told me that he never had a bed-nets phase, and considered neartermist causes — global health and poverty — to be more emotionally driven,” Lewis-Kraus wrote in August.

(ethics, philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting neartermism.


hypostatic union

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin ūniō hypostatica, from Byzantine Greek ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν (hénōsis kath’ hupóstasin, literally “union according to the hypostasis”).

der

ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν

(theology) In Chalcedonian Christianity, the unity of the two natures of Jesus Christ, divine and human, in a single individual person or hypostasis.


efilism

They've identified a reference to the ancient Syracusian practice of banishment known as petalism, and what may or may not be a reference to efilism, a branch of the antinatalist philosophical position advanced by Schopenhauer, but what any of that has to do with the lyrics' subsequent allusions to Moby-Dick seems pretty open to question.

2014 July 24, Alexis Petridis, “Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty review – spectacular, way-out hip-hop”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2014-07-25:

The meeting, held at a cafe, had people from other lines of philosophy too, from feminists, vegans to efilists. Of which, efilism is another extreme.

2019 February 11, Barkha Kumari, “Stop making babies”, in Bangalore Mirror, archived from the original on 2022-12-13:

Efilism has a vague correspondence with utilitarianism but emphasizes the suffering of life over utilitarianism’s greater good.

2020, Patricia MacCormack, The Ahuman Manifesto: Activism for the End of the Anthropocene, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 153:

Ahuman antinatalism is not efilism (the end-all-carbon-based-life fetishization of Buddhism) and it is not genocide, eugenics, or any other thoroughly human hierarchical form of violence.

2020, Rick Dolphijn, “The Non-Human, Systems, and New Materialism”, in Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Jacob Wamberg, editors, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Posthumanism, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:

[“Year”:] 2019 [“Winner and country”:] Raphael Samuel and Pratima Naik, India [“Description”:] Key members of Childfree India, an activist group that promotes the childfree choice, antinatalism, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, and Efilism

2022, Laura Carroll, “The Annual Global Childfree Event: International Childfree Day”, in Davinia Thornley, editor, Childfree Across the Disciplines: Academic and Activist Perspectives on Not Choosing Children, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 108:

negative utilitarian
negative utilitarianism

A rationalist negative utilitarian philosophy which endorses antinatalism and the Benevolent World-Exploder proposal.


wet play

en-noun

wet play (countable and uncountable, plural wet plays)

(sexuality) Sexual activity involving liquids; either urolagnia or sploshing (wet and messy fetishism).


contraponend

(logic) The original proposition involved in a contraposition.


kidcore

New and thrilling collaborations started in 2017: the European fashion weeks were charmed by Hello Kitty as protagonist in partnership with many prestigious designers: from Maria Escoté, Catalan stylist that presented a capsule collection in Madrid, made up of a line of t-shirts and dresses depicting a kidcore and rock Hello Kitty featured by geometric patterns and vibrant colours; […]

2017 March, “Sanrio: Diversification, innovation, globalization”, in Licensing Magazine, page 42:

Looking back, I’ll realize she was ahead of her time; come 2020, thrift apps will be peppered with outfits not unlike hers, tagged as #y2k and #kidcore, marked up into the triple digits.

2021, Via Bleidner, If You Lived Here You’d Be Famous by Now: True Stories from Calabasas, Flatiron Books, published 2022, →ISBN:

The indie jewelry market ranges from candy-coloured kidcore to one-of-a-kind reclaimed vintage, so there’s something for everyone – and no matter what you’re looking for, you know you’re going to stand out.

2021 October, Rayne Fisher-Quann, “Gaudy is good”, in Next, page 12:

Sara Camposarcone is an ambassador of kidcore, a trend defined by loud prints, bright colours, cartoon characters and zany accessories that wouldn’t look out of place in a toy chest or tickle trunk.

2022 June 15, Michelle Cyca, “TikTok’s latest trend, kidcore, is bringing out the inner child”, in Maclean’s, archived from the original on 2022-06-15:

In Alice in Wonderland, Alice embarks on a psychedelic journey. But you don't have to go down a literal rabbit hole to find inspiration for kidcore, the trippy beauty look that uses big, bold strokes and vivid, colorful makeup to accentuate eyes, cheeks, and lips. And now, you may have to fall into a TikTok hole, either — we're here to help.

2022 August 4, Alfredo Mineo, “Kidcore Is Here to Brighten Up Your Day — and Makeup Shelf”, in Allure, archived from the original on 2022-08-05:

Nostalgia for the 1990s and 2000s is driving the ‘kidcore’ trend on social networks.

2022 September 28, “The ‘kidcore’ trend”, in StarLifestyle:

You probably don’t need to know about the clean-girl esthetic, or fashion trends like kidcore, pearlcore, Barbiecore or Dark Academia. Actually, Dark Academia’s pretty cool. But you definitely don’t need to know about vabbing. Seriously, don’t ask.

2022 October 11, Saleema Nawaz, “TikTok craze for heatless curls has changed my life”, in Montreal Gazette, page A4:

Gummy bears. Lisa Frank stickers. Rainbow stripes. Beaded bags. No, you didn’t just uncover a nostalgic time capsule buried by an elementary school back in 2005 — this is kidcore, TikTok’s newest up-and-coming aesthetic.

2022 December 6, Hannah Oh, “22 Colorful Kidcore Outfits That'll Have You Feeling Super Nostalgic”, in Seventeen, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:

(aesthetic) A fashion movement characterized by bold bright colors and a childlike aesthetic.


weirdcore

The Orb, which consists of DJ Dr. Alex Patterson and producer/programmer Thrash, continue what they started on their two previous releases (The Orb’s Further Adventures in the Ultraworld and its followup, The Aubrey Remixes) by combining techno-pop, house and new-age music and creating a new sound—weirdcore.

1992 November 13, Ernie Perez, “THE ORB UFOrb Big Life records”, in The Daily Illini, volume 122, number 59, page 8:

At this point I could mention that I’m not telling you anything about Ramones-style punkrock bands and/or any “weirdcore” bands coz I can’t tell you much about them!

Album—Generic Flipper (1982, American Recordings). Reissued, this is a must for any weirdcore collection.

1996, Jonathan Buckley, Mark Ellingham, Justin Lewis, Jill Furmanovsky, editors, Rock: The Rough Guide, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 325:

Think DJ Cam constantly flip-flopping between dark samples and weirdcore soundbites, with an ever-constant barrage of breaks and beats underneath.

Limitations in musical ability often lead to surprising and desirable results. Edimal Dic Grease turns its limitations into sheer weirdness for weird’s sake. This is not unprecedented. Austin weirdcore act Butthole Surfers made a career out of it.

2004 April 16, Kevin Hopper, “Edimal Dic Grease”, in Albuquerque Journal, 124th year, number 107, page 20:

Their synths are dancier than their previous band’s, and their spazzy weirdcore vocals usually stay on the right side of “weird.”

2006, Kory Grow, “SUPERSYSTEM A Million Microphones Touch And Go”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, number 141, page 47:

Rad Aussie punk comes forth from Pious Faults: straight forward hardcore vocals over fast, melodic weirdcore punk beats.

2018 December, Camylle Reynolds, “PIOUS FAULTS: Old Thread: LP”, in Razorcake, number 107:

A musical genre derived from punk, technopop, and house music, that deliberately uses weird sounds and lyrics.

Like weirdcore Japanese Megaman-style platformers? You may find this amusing.

2005 June, “Webgame of the Month: Stinkoman 20X6”, in PC Zone, page 21:

There are additional offshoots like weirdcore and woundcore, which have diverse aesthetic trends but no clear classification limits, therefore this article will focus on dreamcore as a […]

2022, Haoxing Wu, “Lost items and exposed shame – dreamcore’s inheritance and transcendence of liminal space and defamiliarization”, in Journal for Cultural Research, volume 26, number 2, →DOI, pages 153–165:

I’m not sure anyone else from high school knows about Yi’s iron grip on weirdcore TikTok, and I’m not sure they would care: The moms who rule our local WeChat opine that online stardom doesn’t hold a candle to a Google internship or a medical degree.

2022 August 16, Mira Sydow, “How the Skater Kid From My High School Became the King of Weirdcore TikTok”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2022-08-16:

Weirdcore design is in, starring fantasy art and adorable mushroom decor.

2022 December 8, Lizzie Deal, “Pinterest Predicts the Top Home Trends for 2023”, in Real Simple, archived from the original on 2022-12-09:

A style of art and fashion that incorporates surrealistic elements with manga and psychedelic art.


Pufendorfian

en-adj

Pufendorfian (comparative more Pufendorfian, superlative most Pufendorfian)

more Pufendorfian (comparative)
most Pufendorfian (superlative)

[…] it would, in the Pufendorfian sense, ensure the maximum happiness for the subjects of both states.

1983, Stephen B. Baxter, England’s Rise to Greatness, 1660–1763, →ISBN, page 240:

By disposing finally of the immanent natural law, Locke completes his preparation of the ground for his introduction of his more Pufendorfian transcendent natural law.

1994, Michael P. Zuckert, Natural Rights and the New Republicanism, →ISBN, page 204:

For those opposed to the Hobbesian or Pufendorfian solutions, some kind of moral foundation for law was needed, one that transcended religious sectarianism but at the same time reflected Christian values, whatever its source.

2010, Stephen Gaukroger, The Collapse of Mechanism and the Rise of Sensibility: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1680–1760, →ISBN, page 45:

(philosophy) Of, relating to, or influenced by the 17th-century jurisprudent and philosopher Samuel von Pufendorf.


Pufendorfian

(philosophy) A follower of the theories of Samuel von Pufendorf.


Rawlsianism

(philosophy) The theories of John Rawls; support for these theories.


cluttercore

Howard, who works from home, has witnessed (among other things) what she calls a “renaissance” in encyclopedias used as laptop stands. In some corners of social media, such reappraisal of forgotten belongings goes by another name: cluttercore. On TikTok, videos hashtagged #cluttercore have almost 2m views.

2020 October 16, Morwenna Ferrier, “Cluttercore: the pandemic trend for celebrating stuff, mess and comfort”, in The Guardian:

(TikTok aesthetic) An interior design trend and aesthetic, popular in the 2020s, based on densely filling spaces with personal objects and decorative items, resulting in a vibrant and eclectic arrangement of contrasting colours and textures.


kamaloka

Transliteration of Pali kāmaloka, from kāma (“desire, passion, lust”) + loka (“world”).

(philosophy) According to the theosophy of Helena Blavatsky: a semi-material plane of existence, subjective and invisible to humans, inhabited by disembodied personalities created from human and animal passions and desires.


subdevil

(theology) A lesser devil: one subordinate to an archdevil.


transphilia

From trans- + -philia or trans + -philia.

(rare) Sexual attraction to transgender or transsexual people.


biphilia

Coordinate term: homophilia

[…] from the outset it does not exhibit Gentlemen Prefer Blondes biphilia', of which, as Doty notes, "It's never a matter of the woman choosing either men or each other, but of having both women and men available to them."

2012 December 17, Timothy Shary, Millennial Masculinity: Men in Contemporary American Cinema, Wayne State University Press, →ISBN, page 186:

Philia is the propensity to fall in love romantically with members of a particular sex or gender (or both, as in the case of biphilia). The three affectional orientations include opposite-sex, same-sex, and bidirectional.

2015 January 1, Ada L. Sinacore, Freda Ginsberg, Canadian Counselling and Counselling Psychology in the 21st Century, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 114:


Snamione

Pairing names are often portmanteaus of characters' names, although fans may not always agree on the forms that these amalgamations take — the Snape/Hermione ship, for example, may be called Snamione, Sevmione, Snermione or Snanger, depending on the preferences of the fans who participate in it.

2015, Amanda K. Allen, “Social Networking, Participatory Culture and the Fandom World of Harry Potter”, in Gail Ashton, editor, Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 279:

Therefore, it is logical that the selected trope will more often be used in fics which have a non-normative ship: fandomstats relays that, within the EWE tag, some of the most prolific ships include Drarry, Dramione (Draco/Hermione, not a slash ship but still one that does not conform with Rowling’s normative ideas as it contains Draco, an antagonistic character), and ships involving Snape, including Snamione and Snarry.

2019, Beatriz Brito do Nascimento, "No heteros in this heterotopia: Harry Potter slash fanfiction as heterotopian space", dissertation submitted to the University of Porto, page 120

And the love bred a shameful number of Snamione fanfics in the coming years.

2021, Leighann Hart, “About the Author”, in Loving Rosenfeld, Crooked Hart Press, LLC, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Hermione Granger and Severus Snape of the Harry Potter series.


aroflux

(LGBT, rare) Generally aromantic, but sometimes experiencing varying degrees of romantic attraction.


ace-aro

ace-aro (comparative more ace-aro, superlative most ace-aro)

more ace-aro (comparative)
most ace-aro (superlative)

From ace (clipping of asexual) + aro (clipping of aromantic).

af

clipping of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">asexual</i>

clipping of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">aromantic</i>

No matter how we talk about our asexuality (or aromanticism), where we fall on the ace/aro spectrum, or how we decide to express our identity, knowing that other people feel the same way we do means a great deal.

2018 November 1, Claire Dwyer, “Asexual Awareness Week”, in The Scripps Voice, volume 27, number 3, Scripps College, page 5:

“I'm ace.” The moment the word leaves his mouth, it's like he'd been holding his breath for an hour and finally let it out. / I keep staring at him, and I realize I'm being rude, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to say. “A-ace?” / “Technically ace-aro. Asexual. Aromantic.” / My lip warbles. “Oh ... I don't know what that means.”

2020, Meredith Tate, The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 262:

(slang) Synonym of aro-ace (“aromantic and asexual”).


inscripturate

en-verb

inscripturate (third-person singular simple present inscripturates, present participle inscripturating, simple past and past participle inscripturated)

inscripturates (present singular third-person)
inscripturating (participle present)
inscripturated (participle past)
inscripturated (past)

(transitive, theology) To put or make into scripture; to record or write in scripture:

To incorporate into scripture; to include within scripture.

To communicate or express through the medium or form of scripture.


inscripturate

(theology, often used postpositively) Put or made into scripture; recorded or written in scripture; inscripturated:

Incorporated into scripture; included within scripture.

If Jesus was the divine–human word incarnate, the Bible was seen as the divine–human word inscripturate.

1998 April 8, "Hermeneutics and Christ", Matthias Media, St Matthias Press Ltd.

Communicated or expressed through the medium or form of scripture.


inscripturated

...what we think about the incarnate Word of God, Jesus Christ, will run parallel with what we think about the inscripturated Word of God, the Bible.

1998, "Hermeneutics and Christ", Matthias Media, St Matthias Press Ltd. 8 April 1998

(theology, often used postpositively) Put or made into scripture; recorded, written, or included in scripture; inscripturate.


metaethic

Now Olafson points out, rightly I think, that the nonnaturalist or objectivist metaethic offers an account of ultimate moral disagreement which is much closer to what is commonly believed or implicitly assumed in ordinary life.

1958 January, Paul W. Taylor, “The Normative Function of Metaethics”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 67, number 1, →JSTOR, page 24:


Barbiecore

Ever since the first film stills of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (set for release summer 2023) were revealed in June, featuring a neon pink lycra-clad Margot Robbie flirting with her Ken (Ryan Gosling), a new super-saccharine summer aesthetic has entered the fray: Meet Barbiecore.

2022 July 18, Chloe Street, “Think pink! Everybody get ready for Barbiecore”, in Evening Standard, page 9:

While she’s testing, Pink Sauce is trending on Twitter, mostly with people posting memes about how they or anyone else will surely perish if they eat the forbidden Barbiecore condiment.

2022 July 21, Samantha Cole, “Let Me Eat the TikTok 'Pink Sauce'”, in Vice:

A new tasty trend: pink liquorice hair / If you like the zing of pink but are bored with Barbiecore, then this barnet shade is for you: it takes the light and airy tones of roses and bubblegum and musses them up with something darker.

2022 August 21, “The Barometer”, in Priya Elan, editor, Style (The Sunday Times), page 4:

You probably don’t need to know about the clean-girl esthetic, or fashion trends like kidcore, pearlcore, Barbiecore or Dark Academia. Actually, Dark Academia’s pretty cool. But you definitely don’t need to know about vabbing. Seriously, don’t ask.

2022 October 11, Saleema Nawaz, “TikTok craze for heatless curls has changed my life”, in Montreal Gazette, page A4:

Vibrant pinks have already been enjoying a moment, as spotted in the Barbiecore home design trend and the myriad shades of magenta that have recently sashayed down runways.

2022 December 5, Rachel Kurzius, “The Pantone 2023 color of the year is bold and very ’90s”, in The Boston Globe, volume 302, number 158, page B6:

By now you’ve likely spotted the Barbiecore trend on celebs and runways. If you’re ready to dip your toe into the trend, this sequin mini dress is a slam dunk. If pink is a little too femme for your taste, this sequin number is available in a sophisticated copper shade as well.

2022 December 18, Laura White, “The Sparkliest, Spangliest Holiday Frocks At Target”, in HuffPost:

It is not exactly Barbiecore, but the Australian star of the upcoming film Barbie was still a vision – albeit a rather stiff one – in baby-pink Chanel haute couture, which reportedly included 30,000 elements of embroidery and took 750 hours to create.

2023 January 12, Amanda Chai, “Fashion Stars”, in The Straits Times:

This look also ties in well with the current Barbiecore trend.

2023 January 14, “French connection: Inspired by Emily in Paris? There are plenty of ways to get the French look with your hair…”, in Irish Daily Star:

Kate's choice to don her pink suit again now, at the height of the Barbiecore trend, shows the royal really does have her finger on the pulse. That, paired with her statement belt and the fact pearls are having a real fashion moment (courtesy of the Met Gala) is three big ticks from us.

2023 May 26, Natasha Harding, Alexandria Dale, “Kate Middleton just re-wore her Alexander McQueen baby pink trouser suit”, in Women's Health:

Related subtrends such as balletcore, Barbiecore and regency-core have drawn criticism for hypersexualising innocence and encouraging women to dress for the male gaze.

2024 March 21, Emma Russell, “Fit to be tied: why are bows absolutely everywhere in 2024?”, in The Guardian:

(aesthetic) A style of fashion inspired by the fashion doll Barbie, characterized by hot pink colors and glamorous styling.


clean girl

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-clean girl.wav

Typically the "clean girl" makeup involves fluffy brows, dewy skin, flushed cheeks and glossy lips. You should look like you're not even wearing makeup – you just woke up looking perfect!

2022 February 10, Emilie Eisenberg, “What is the 'clean girl aesthetic' and why is it all over my TikTok FYP?”, in The Tab, archived from the original on 2022-12-09:

The makeup artist who coined the trending term shares her favorite products to achieve the easy “clean girl” beauty look.

2022 June 16, Tessa Flores, “TikTok's 'Gym Lips' Makeup Trend Is Surprisingly Simple”, in HuffPost:

Gone are the tables at the front of a store crowded with books. In their place are tables that show off stoneware serving plates with brass cutlery certain to make anyone who subscribes to the clean-girl esthetic salivate.

2022 August 3, Bianca Bharti, “The Indigo evolution: Vibrators & cutlery”, in National Post:

Good to glow: from left, Zoë Kravitz, Gigi Hadid, HoYeon Jung and Bella Hadid show how the ‘clean girl aesthetic’ is done […] Another thing you’ll notice about the clean girl aesthetic is slicked-back buns.

2022 August 11, “The Agenda: Keep It Clean”, in Evening Standard, page 26:

The presentation might change: the plaid skirts are minis instead of knee-length kilts and the ’90s have been rebranded, courtesy of TikTok, as the Clean Girl esthetic. […] There is novelty out there, and rising niche esthetics that challenge Clean Girls and the cult of brown.

2022 September 10, Liz Guber, “Is fashion running out of ideas?”, in Toronto Star:

It’s true that trends like “Healing Girl Summer” or “clean girl aesthetic” exist in a vacuum, and are only reserved for a very select group of people (cough white, cough thin).

2022 September 12, Meredith Clark, “Sad Girl Autumn is finally here, thank god”, in The Independent:

Yup, the whole clean girl aesthetic has made its way to our fingertips, from the neutral palette to the perfectly smooth and glowy finish.

2022 September 25, “How to make nude nails more bare-able”, in Sunday Express:

Nearly a decade after that contour selfie, the similarly capitalistic, pseudo-minimalist ‘clean girl aesthetic’ seemingly has millions in a chokehold. Framed as the anthesis of contouring, the clean girl beauty look favours simplicity and a natural approach to makeup.

2022 September 29, Rose Coffey, “What TikTok’s passport makeup craze teaches us about beauty”, in i-D:

While there are some POC clean girl ambassadors like Selena Gomez and Zoe Kravitz, clean girls of color are few and far between. Social media has accepted that clean girls are generally white: A Twitter post entitled "'Clean Girl' aesthetic but make it black" published in May received over 90,000 likes, which exemplifies the fact that Blackness is not inherently accepted as part of the look.

2022 October 3, Ariane Resnick, “Media—But It's Not Exactly Harmless”, in Byrdie, Dotdash Meredith:

Its [the ponytail’s] latest incarnation is as part of the clean-girl aesthetic – very big on TikTok – which is about minimalist but considered clothes (a blazer, jeans, a pristine white T-shirt) and hair worn tied back to showcase the peachy skin that you have if a) you follow one of TikTok’s endless skincare routines and b) you are young enough to be doing stuff because TikTok tells you to.

2022 October 22, Jess Cartner-Morley, “From Barbie to England’s Lionesses, the ponytail celebrates feminine energy”, in The Guardian, page 88:

Summer is the season for dewy skin. Skoon’s skin concentrate understands the brief for the glowy and hoe-y hot girl summer. It is perfect for the glowing to the gods look or clean girl aesthetic.

2022 November 25, Kimberley Schoeman, “Objects of Desire”, in Mail & Guardian:

To finish the look, Jennifer [Horsley] suggests adding a “glass skin” sheen to your cheekbones, lips and décolletage with a highlighter stick. “This is an easy, effortless way to highlight and get that ‘clean girl’ look that’s all over TikTok!

2022 December 19, Hélène Ravlich, “Fresh Summer Face”, in Woman’s Day:

3. Free-flowing but sleek: That’s not to say sleek trends will die this year. Rather, they are your go-to for a clean girl look.

2023 January 10, Panna Munyal, “The Year to Embrace Your Tresses’ Natural Texture”, in The National:

(TikTok aesthetic) A notional girl representing a fashion style characterized by minimalist clothing, neutral colors, tied-back hair, and subtle makeup that emphasizes unblemished skin.


fairycore

Aesthetics Wiki Rabbit hole for anyone seeking clarity on online aesthetics. (Ghostcore, Fairycore, Vaporwave, anyone?)

2021 July 10, “From Maximilian Davis to merch: this week’s fashion trends”, in The Guardian:

Fairycore, for example, incorporates things like soft pastels, butterflies, mushrooms, springtime and a sense of magic.

2021 October 9, Melissa Hank, “Gear up for Halloween any witch way you like”, in Edmonton Journal, page E3:

The homepage has all themes organized in folders for your choosing such as horoscope, autumn vibes, summer vibes, fairycore, cinematic and more.

2022 June 20, Deema Al-Khudair, “Prequel”, in Arab News:

Fairycore also exists as an ode to the fairytales we read growing up, primarily consisting of whimsical, fairy-like clothing.

2022 June 30, Vianna C. Villegas, “The Gen Z Guide to Dressing ‘Clean’”, in The Philippine Star:

Adults and teens can sculpt their own mini fairycore landscape at the Westside Learning Lab’s Mushroom Forest Centrepiece program Aug. 13 and Aug. 20 from 2 to 4 p.m.

2022 August 10, “Community”, in The Daily Courier:

With the rise of social media, consuming fashion has become increasingly more accessible and has taken a new turn when it comes to its marketing by boxing it into certain aesthetics/styles (street style, grunge, fairycore, Y2K, dark academia, and more).

2022 November 10, Monique F. Pardillo, “What to put in your wardrobe capsule”, in SunStar Cebu:

The kids are on board, with #WitchTok (a sect of video platform TikTok populated by purple-nailed, crystal-collecting modern practitioners of Wicca) attracting thousands of users and “fairycore aesthetic” (think Pinterest boards filled with mushroom-shaped lamps and vine-covered wind chimes) blowing up across social media.

2022 December 24, Rebecca Baird, “Why Pagans are finding a place”, in The Courier:

(aesthetic) An aesthetic focusing on imagery and fashion related to fairies.


VSCO girl

/ˈvɪskoʊ ɡɜːɫ/

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-VSCO girl.wav

VSCO is short for Visual Supply Company, makers of a popular photo editing application.

The VSCO girl not only looks bright and beach-ready — she also radiates with a desire to “save the turtles.”

2019 August 30, Becky Hughes, “What Does VSCO Think About the ‘VSCO Girls’?”, in The New York Times:

The new kids will be over as soon as they get too old and the adolescent hordes find someone new to follow. Have you heard of the VSCO Girls? Google it. Your children probably already have.

2019 September 1, Ty Burr, “Famous now vs. famous then”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 296, number 63, page N9:

You probably thought scrunchies were over, but let the VSCO girl assure you: they are not, and your belief otherwise is yet another indication that you are almost impossibly decrepit and old.

2019 September 5, EJ Dickson, “All Hail the VSCO Girl, the Latest Gen-Z Meme to Make You Feel Impossibly Old”, in Rolling Stone:

There is much to learn on YouTube, including how to identify a Mukbang (a video/show in which a person eats a lot of food while talking to the audience) and a VSCO girl (oversize tees, stickered Hydro Flask, puka necklace, scrunchies, Birkenstocks and photos edited on VSCO).

2019 September 13, Mary McNamara, “What I learned from 5 days of binge-watching YouTube”, in Daily Citizen, volume 108, number 164, page A9:

Khushboo Rathore, another 17-year-old at Blair, would like to be able to wear crop tops and bandeaus like other girls at school do, like the girls on Instagram who post the caption “hot girl summer” and like the “VSCO girls” who look beachy and effortless with their short shorts, scrunchies and Hydro Flasks.

2019 October 6, Samantha Schmidt, “Parents navigate the dress code debate”, in The Washington Post:

But then I learned that these colorful bracelets — made by artisans in Costa Rica — are part of the larger “VSCO girl” trend, an “effortless, beachy” aesthetic popularized on social apps like TikTok.

2019 November 12, Jackie Ashton, “When Your Tween Wants to Conform to the VSCO Girl Trend”, in The New York Times:

Being a VSCO girl is often embraced and mocked by those who subscribe to the trend.

2019 November 14, Leah Harper, “The rise of the VSCO girl – and how to spot one”, in The Guardian:

The “it” girl of 2019 was definitely the VSCO girl! The term comes from the photo editing app VSCO and she is known for sporting natural makeup, expressing herself with captions like “Sksksksk” and is all about taking Polaroids. You’ll find her posting in pics on social media wearing things like scrunchies, Fjällräven backpacks, Birkenstocks, crop tops and even mom jeans. It’s an aesthetic that no one rocked better than our girl Emma Chamberlain!

2020 January 1, “All Hail the VSCO Girl!”, in J-14:

One of the largest commonalities among VSCO girls is their outfits, which often consist of clothing and accessories from the same brands.

2020 January 21, Chelsea Ritschel, “VSCO Girl: What Is The Trend Taking Over Instagram And TikTok?”, in Independent:

The brand [Hydro Flask] has especially found love among “VSCO girls,” young women who embrace a beachy, easygoing, 1990s-inspired aesthetic.

2020 February 23, Priscella Vega, “This water bottle carries many messages”, in Los Angeles Times:

Indeed, the nostalgia value of the hat is eternally appealing: The Last Dance’s reminded everyone of Dennis Rodman’s classic bucket-hat styles (remember the iconic leopard-print look on The Tonight Show?) while it has been swept up in the trend for retro looks (hi VSCO girls) and a general rewind to a “lithe surfer (or indeed raver) wandering around The Green Fields at Glastonbury” (we see you tie-dye).

2020 May 28, Priya Elan, “The nostalgic value of the bucket hat”, in The Guardian:

When Sharp first bought a pair of bike shorts in 2019, she was inspired by those who had gotten on the bandwagon before her: VSCO girls on TikTok, teenagers she knows from the summer camp where she works, and Princess Diana, who was also namechecked by Ogunnaike and Gattuso.

2020 August 25, Eliza Brooke, “Bike shorts are all the rage during the pandemic”, in Houston Chronicle:

From Evian bottles littered around Shelley Long in the 1989 film “Troop Beverly Hills” to the Naya bottle tucked in the golden carrier of Alicia Silverstone’s character Cher in 1995’s “Clueless” to the Hydro Flasks favoured by today’s VSCO Girls, “Keeping a bottle of water in hand makes it look like you’re healthy and it became a status symbol,” said Rose, 37.

2021 February 26, Katherine Rosman, “The water bottle that won’t leave you alone”, in Toronto Star:

Clad in denim shorts, a worn-in graphic tee and Birkenstock sandals, the classic VSCO girls can be seen driving a white Jeep whilst living out a perpetual summer and documenting it on social media for the rest of us to see. The term VSCO girls and boys—a name which comes from a photo editing app—is attributed to those living out the California high school stereotype with a laid back personality and a questionably fashionable, beach-loving style.

2021 April, Dunya Mostaghimi, “How to: AeSthEt!C”, in C Magazine, volume 9, edition 4, Palo Alto High School, page 17:

Bottles from Hydro Flask — with their interchangeable lids and promise to keep beverages cold for up to 24 hours — were a must-have for VSCO girls.

2022 May 29, Danya Issawi, “The Sisterhood of the Stanley Tumbler”, in San Antonio Express-News:

If you happen to know about the legs or hotdogs meme, Evil Kermit, or what a Milkshake Duck or VSCO girl is, you are poised to do well in this version of the game [Trivial Pursuit Decades: 2010–2020].

2023 January 16, Saleema Nawaz, “Suddenly, teens are winning pieces of Trivial Pursuit’s pie”, in Montreal Gazette:

(Internet slang, TikTok aesthetic) A girl or woman who embraces the VSCO girl trend/subculture of the late 2010s and early 2020s, characterized by heavy use of social media and relaxed, beachy fashion.


light academia

Coined as a logical opposite of dark academia, said to be from a popular Tumblr text post by Ella (@plantaires) posted on 17 January 2019.

Gen Z have reclaimed dark academia and have built a growing community on TikTok, alongside other budding aesthetics like cottagecore, grandmacore, goblincore and light academia.

2020 April 24, Caroline Edwards, “Dark Academia is the witchy literary aesthetic sweeping TikTok”, in i-D, archived from the original on 2020-04-25:

Light academia, as you could probably guess, is a more normie, pastel take. […] “With 48 percent of our active users being Gen Z, we saw overall engagement increase around light academia timed to back-to-school in September,” Tumblr’s trend expert Amanda Brennan told Nylon.

2021 February 26, Maija Kappler, “Gen-Z Fashion Trends Include Goblincore, Crochet Bucket Hats”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 2021-09-18:

The 2021 Spring Magazine’s theme is “Spring Picnic.” This theme encompasses all things fairy[-]tale, cottagecore, light academia and a hint of scrap-booking.

2021 spring, Daniel Kang, Rachel Ker, Ivanna Tjitra, “Letter from the Editors”, in Beckman Chronicle, volume IV, edition II, page 03:

Light Academia is softer, underlining how calm, happy, and marvelous student life is: an almond latte, freshly picked oranges, book-pressed flowers, a newly bought nib.

2021 December 28, Emilie Friedlander, “The Year in Aesthetics, From Dark Academia to McBling”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2021-12-28:

For those who’re fairly aware of Dark Academia, know the twin sister “Light Academia” that focuses on softer and brighter tones.

2022 March 25, Jason Diez, “Looks to Slay Bloom in Spring”, in The Collegian, number 8, San Joaquin Delta College, page 4:

Any Light Academia girl would have these ~sophisticated~ games at home.

2022 October 1, “The Light Academia pack”, in Cosmopolitan:

Lastly, a good chunky flat Mary Jane or loafer is another absolute must this fall, playing into the trending dark and light academia aesthetic.

2022 October 12, Sarah Beck, “‘Fall’ in love with autumn fashion”, in The Merciad, volume 96, number 04, page 10:

The last year brought us a slew of style aesthetics that materialised on TikTok – regencycore, clean girl, dark academia, light academia, crustaceancore, plazacore, pilates princess, 2014 Tumblr soft grunge, and perhaps most recently, “frazzled English woman” – just to name a few.

2023 January 8, Adele Cardani, “Trend Zone”, in The Independent:

Digital microtrends Dark Academia and Light Academia – dedicated as they are to the romanticisation of a passion for art and knowledge through imagery – both make rousing use of classical music in order to create the desired ambience.

2023 January 14, Daisy Woodward, “Gen Z and young millennials' surprising obsession”, in BBC, archived from the original on 2023-01-14:

(Tumblr aesthetic) An aesthetic which romanticizes classic literature and academia with a lighter and more cheerful vibe than that of dark academia.


soft girl

Commemorate your relationship with siblings and cousins by buying them their team's newest jersey from your local Adidas or Nike if they're sports fans. Maybe a cute scarf or some pearl-studded hairpins if they're going for the new "soft girl" look.

2019 December, Nada Abdelkader, “Confused About Holiday Presents? Here's Your Gift Guide”, in Identity, page 14:

You will find the soft girl online, pigtailed, clad in pastels, perhaps with a spray of faux freckles – or little clouds, or hearts – painted across her blush-pinkened cheeks and highlighted nose.

2019 December 4, Adrienne Matei, “TikTok's soft girls: could a hyper-cute aesthetic be a symbol of empowerment?”, in The Guardian^(print/online):

Soft girls often paint clouds on their cheeks and wear lots of blush and highlighter.

2021, Damian Ryan, Understanding Digital Marketing: A Complete Guide to Engaging Customers and Implementing Successful Digital Campaigns, 5th edition, Kogan Page, →ISBN, page 228:

Unlike the VSCOs who tirelessly work towards ending global warming by saving one sea turtle at a time or the Dark Academics who remove themselves from the world by pretending to live in outdated times, being a soft girl requires nothing other than maintaining an ultra feminized appearance. Thus, by having one's identity be solely based upon superficial notions of beauty and more specifically ultra femininity, the Soft Girl aesthetic promotes exclusivity based on unrealistic standards of appearance.

Junior Katie Wilson displays a typical soft girl aesthetic look with jewelry, a pleated skirt and frilled socks.

2021 April 28, “Dressed to express: The reasoning behind student fashion choices”, in The Charger Account, volume S, number 5, San Jose, Calif.: Leland High School, page 11:

Soft girl makeup, as the name suggests is a pastel, sweet style that focuses on accentuating natural features with a signature element being blush and faux freckles.

2022 November, Vaishnavi Maloth, “Popular Makeup Aesthetics to Follow”, in Tulip, volume 13, number 5, page 66:

"I got a little vulnerable (on this new music)," [Dess] Dior said. "(My old music) is a little rough, a little hard, so we're going to tap into my soft-girl era next."

2022 December 27, DeAsia Paige, “Dess Dior: Rapper”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution^(print/online):

(TikTok aesthetic) A girl who adopts a look or aesthetic involving a wholesome and feminine appearance in subdued pastel colours, as well as (often) watching anime and listening to K-pop.


metaphenomenon

(philosophy) Something that can only be perceived through abstract thought rather than by the senses.


bimbocore

It goes without saying that this is all thanks to social media – invariably the most fertile environment for cretinous ideas and noxious role models – and a landscape in which “bimbocore” now looms large.

2022 May 10, Celia Walden, “Celia Walden: Gen Z are deluded if they think ‘bimbo’ can be turned into a compliment”, in The Daily Telegraph:

But then, when I go to a gay bar in London, I’m like, “Oh, let me do bimbocore for the night,” and I’ll dress up in an ultra-femme way, knowing that I’m not being hypersexualised in that space.

2022 June/July, Maddy Alford, quoting Simone Murphy, “Finding pride in our style”, in Cosmopolitan, page 49:

Then there’s “bimbocore”, a hyper-feminine aesthetic that takes apart patriarchal definitions of femininity and focuses on dressing for yourself, a “modern act of feminism”.

2022 September 25, Annie Brown, “Think”, in South China Morning Post:

Since the pandemic, microtrends have organically popped up on TikTok, with users describing grouped looks or aesthetics – bimbocore, Catholic chic – that might most accurately be described as “vibes” or “a mood”.

2022 December 14, Hannah Ewens, “Trends Used to Come Back Round Every 20 Years. Not Anymore.”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2022-12-14:

That’s the very caricature that ‘bimbocore’ – a recent social media trend — is using to reclaim ‘hyper-femininity’ through Barbie doll-esque fashion and beauty.

2023, Anita Bhagwandas, Ugly: Giving Us Back Our Beauty Standards, Blink Publishing, →ISBN:

Captured on a camcorder, we see Dakota and Jackie head from Gucci’s Rodeo Drive boutique with a plethora hands in tow—evoking a sense of nostalgia for the ‘bimbocore’ days of Paris Hilton schlepping her designer bags down Beverly Hills—to saunter down Sunset Boulevard strapped with a Starbucks.

2023 January 10, Ava Gilchrist, “See Dakota Johnson And Her Best Friend, Jackie, Gallivant Around LA In New Gucci Campaign”, in Marie Claire, archived from the original on 2023-01-10:

(TikTok aesthetic) An aesthetic based around stereotypical feminine elements such as glitter and the colour pink.


infernalist

(theology) One who believes in infernalism.


empathist

(philosophy, historical) A member of a group of philosophers who proposed a foundation for human aesthetic enjoyment based on empathy.


infernalism

en-noun

infernalism (countable and uncountable, plural infernalisms)

From infernal + -ism. First attested in 1795, popularised in the theological sense in the 2000s–10s.

To these conceptions Protestant churches will gradually yield, and while still nominally the same in their faith, its infernalism will disappear, and the idea of future punishment will become a rational instead of a diabolical picture of Divine justice.

1853 August, “The Onward Movement”, in Joseph R. Buchanan, editor, Buchanan’s Journal of Man, volume 4, number 8, page 228:

Sheltered in my tiny corner of Christendom, like many evangelicals I was unaware of […] alternative prespectives on hell that did not transform God into a wrathful tyrant-judge who consigns the unrepentant to Dante-tesque tortures for eternity. As it turns out, the view of hell with which I grew up—infernalism—is only one of several options […]

2009, Brad Jersak, Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hope, Hell, and the New Jerusalem, →ISBN:

Embedded within his argument is the view that infernalism is a less severe form of retributive punishment than annihilationism; […]

2022, A. G. Holdier, “Comments on ‘Is Annihilation More Severe than Eternal Conscious Torment?’”, in Southwest Philosophy Review, volume 38, number 2, page 43:

(theology) Belief in the existence of hell, especially as a place of eternal and conscious torment after death.


potatoness

(philosophy) The quality of being a potato, or like a potato.


tomatoness

(philosophy) The quality of being a tomato, or like a tomato.


choiceless awareness

Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence and activity.

2023 February 2 (last accessed), Jiddu Krishnamurti, “The Core of the Teachings”, in jkrishnamurti.org, archived from the original on 2023-01-17:

(philosophy, psychology, spiritualism) The state of unpremeditated, complete awareness of the present without preference, effort, or compulsion; popularized in the mid-20th century by Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.

الوعي بلا اختيار

the state of unpremeditated, complete awareness of the present without preference, effort, or compulsion


mermaidcore

We’ve seen everything from mermaidcore and mushrooms to genius products and Lululemon dupes available on Amazon.

2021 May 1, “The TikTok-Favorite Brand Girlfriend Collective Launches First Swim Collection”, in Stabroek News:

“Which summer tribe are you?” the magazine quizzes ask, but I’m not mermaidcore, Riviera chic or Amish prairie cowgirl: I’m “looking longingly at cardigans” – and not just because this season has got off to such a damp and chilly start.

2021 July 13, Emma Beddington, “I hate summer. Could this be the year I finally learn to love it?”, in G2 (The Guardian):

Mermaidcore is one iteration of the style, with a focus on long, aquamarine or bubblepink hair.

2021 September 28, Priya Elan, “From minimalist to menocore! The 21 biggest style tribes of 2021”, in The Guardian:

A fuchsia ruffle-trim dress and a pair of blue platform heels – but Dua Lipa reckons it’s ‘just girly things’. Posh fashion types described the look as “mermaidcore” – dressing like a mermaid to you and me – but singer Sarah Hudson said: “Gimme these shooooooes!!”

2022 September 5, “Dua’s flash landing…”, in Irish Daily Star:

This may sound strange, considering that the tail of these mythical marine creatures is not particularly practical for city life, yet mermaidcore is indeed the fashion trend of the moment.

2023 January 12, “Mermaidcore to the forefront”, in StarLifestyle (The Star):

(neologism) An aesthetic focusing on imagery and fashion related to mermaids.


intelligence officer

intelligence officer (plural intelligence officers)

An employee of an organization who collects, compiles or analyzes information which is of use to that organization.


precompleteness

(logic) The quality of being precomplete.


precomplete

(logic) Having a certain property that is analogous to completeness but weaker.


family resemblance

family resemblance (plural family resemblances)

Family resemblance (anthropology)
family resemblance

What does it mean to be part of the racial majority, and how have different social groups achieved that? Whiteness studies wanted to know. This was a significant shift of the theoretical and empirical gaze, from the subordinate to the dominant, from the minority to the majority, and it shared a family resemblance to the contemporaneous shift in women's studies from studying women to studying men and masculinities.

2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 4:

(philosophy) One of a series of overlapping similarities between two or more comparanda.


metaright

(philosophy, law) A right regarding the creation, assertion or enforcement of another right.


coastal grandmother

coastal grandmother (countable and uncountable, plural coastal grandmothers)

Get the trending ‘coastal grandmother’ aesthetic with these décor items […] The internet is buzzing over the so-called “coastal grandmother” aesthetic – a recent TikTok trend that’s all about about^([sic]) fresh flowers, bright kitchens and living a slow-paced lifestyle, and we have a feeling it’s going to be the next big thing in interior design.

2022 April 29, Camryn Rabideau, “Hot off the beach”, in Asheville Citizen Times, volume 153, number 113, page 1C:

“And no,” [Lex] Nicoleta insists on camera, “you don’t have to be a grandmother to be a coastal grandmother. It’s for anyone and everyone.” Now that her coastal grandmother-heavy feed has moved into cold-weather vibes, Nicoleta has given us lots of holiday gifting possibilities. Some ideas: Coastal grandmother has everything to do with pumpkin spice and comfort cooking. […] The casual “coastal grandmother” aesthetic makes for a range of holiday gift options. […] Coastal grandmother can be pricey, roomy cashmere turtlenecks, or something cheaper but equally as cozy from H&M.

2022 November 19–20, Leanne Italie, “Coastal grandmother vibe endures for gifting”, in Vincennes Sun-Commercial, volume 90, number 227, page A7:

(Will we ever leave behind mom jeans? End the fetish for coastal grandmothers?)

2023 January 7, Amy Larocca, “Welcome to the Menopause Gold Rush”, in Refresh (The Buffalo News), page 6:

With the resurrection of early aughts fashion, it's no surprise that crochet has jumped back into the game—especially with aesthetics like cottagecore and coastal grandmother being A Thing.

2023 June 16, Megan Uy, “25 Absolutely Gorgeous Crochet Clothing Pieces You Won’t Stop Wearing This Summer”, in Cosmopolitan:

(TikTok aesthetic) (A person exemplifying) an aesthetic inspired by the rural American East Coast that combines elements of cottagecore with spring and fall beachwear, especially white jeans, cashmere turtleneck sweaters, pastel pink flip-flops, woven tote bags made from recycled fabric, straw beekeeper style sun hats, and oversized linen blouses.


dating sim

Unlike typical Western games, the goal in Japanese dating sims is to attain true love rather than defeat level bosses.

2004 September, “Dating Lessons With Anime Play?”, in CPU: Computer Power User, page 9:

Tokimeki Memorial was hugely influential not just in kickstarting the entire dating sim genre in Japan but also in the way its gameplay influenced the love mechanics I've already described in Persona 4 and Dragon Age: Origins.

2015, Nicholas Ware, “Interative romance and button-mashing sex: Gameplay design and video games' Nice Guy Syndrome”, in Evan W. Lauteria, Matthew Wysocki, editors, Rated M for Mature: Sex and Sexuality in Video Games, page 234:

Short had enjoyed playing dating sims in grad school, but grew frustrated by their focus on the desires of cishet men. "I was like, 'Ah, I gotta make a game where you can date whoever you want, because this is ridiculous'," she recalls.

2021 December, Edwin Evans-Thirwell, “Kitfox Games”, in Edge, page 93:

(video games) A social simulation game centered on building and maintaining a romantic relationship with one or more NPCs.


adiaphorization

(theology) The act of making into an adiaphoron.


angelomorphic

From angel + -o- + -morphic. First attested in the 19th century, but popularised after the 1950s on the basis of French angélomorphique as used in the work of Jean Daniélou.

Other early Christian texts describe Christ in angelomorphic or angelic categories. For instance, in the Pseudo-Clementines Christ is ascribed the role of an archangel and becomes identified with Michael […]

2005, Matthias Reinhard Hoffmann, The Destroyer and the Lamb […], →ISBN, page 80:

This larger theological articulation results in a quasi-Trinitarian structure of the divine world, featuring the Father, the Son/Spirit, and the angelomorphic Spirit.

2007, Bogdan G. Bucur, The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism, page 4:

For Fletcher-Louis the sectarian use of angelic descriptors (angelomorphic language) in reference to the high priest strongly implies an angelic transformation such that the priest is both “functionally and ontologically angelic”.

2017, Christine Hayes, “‘The Torah was not Given to Ministering Angels’: Rabbinic Aspirationalism”, in Charlotte Fonrobert et al., editors, Talmudic Transgression: Engaging the Work of Daniel Boyarin, →ISBN, page 135:

(theology) Having the form of an angel; representing a specified person or object in such a manner.


TatsuJun

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Tatsuya Suou and Jun Kurosu from the Persona series.

Persona 2: Innocent Sin#Setting and characters


divorced guy energy

Adapted from big divorce energy with reference to the stereotype of men reacting to divorce more negatively than women.

Elon Musk shot off a car into a void, a reeking-of-divorced-guy-energy Jeff Bezos recently announced he was into space colonies, and now NASA is planning on letting private companies sell extremely expensive tickets to the International Space Station.

2019 June 7, Harry Cheadle, “A Few Ideas for Those Rich People Who Have More Money Than They Can Spend”, in Vice:

On this chaotic, overstuffed record, West’s divorced-guy energy cannot hide his declining artistry.

2021 August 31, Elliot Hoste, “Kanye West enters his dad-rap era with new album Donda”, in New Statesman:

The Democrats’ Senate hopeful exudes a profound melancholy

2022, Cockburn, "Tim Ryan has big ‘divorced guy’ energy", The Spectator, 1 November 2022 (used in title only)

(slang, derogatory) A psychological state stereotypically characteristic of a recently-divorced man, often conceptualized as being pathetically arrogant or tryhard while also filled with anger, resentment, or melancholy.


heteroqueer

en-adj

heteroqueer (comparative more heteroqueer, superlative most heteroqueer)

more heteroqueer (comparative)
most heteroqueer (superlative)

I lived openly as a dyke for more than 20 years and no number of shots [of testosterone] ... will ever change my history. Nor do I have any interest in that happening....I've been without my lesbian ID card for several years now, but I can't really call myself straight either. I really have no concept of "straight" as a life experience ... so "heteroqueer" seems to fit best, or "I'm a guy who likes girls who like 'special' guys."

2011, Michael W., quoted in Genny Beemyn & Sue Rankin, The Lives of Transgender People, page 33

In Day's more lighthearted take on Sidney's story in Isle of the Gulls, Pyrocles's friend Demetrius (Musidorus in the Arcadia) comments on the unlikelihood of this erotic heteroqueer triangle: “That the duke should doate upon thee for a woman, makes for our purpose, but that the dutches should be enamord on thee for a man, is preposteroous."

2016, Simone Chess, Male-to-Female Crossdressing in Early Modern English Literature: Gender, Performance, and Queer Relations, page 114:

Deaf Chicano heteroqueer trans man Drago Renteria is an activist and writer who founded the National Deaf Queer Resource Center, an online information and resource website that has existed since 1995 and is run by volunteers.

2016, Genie Gertz, Patrick Boudreault, editors, The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia, page 318:

(LGBT) Heterosexual and queer (e.g. due to transness).

2003 December, Roberta Mock, “Heteroqueer Ladies: Some Performative Transactions between Gay Men and Heterosexual Women”, in Feminist Review, volume 75, number 1:

See Mock (2003) and Zita (1992) for interesting pieces on male lesbians and heteroqueer ladies – individuals who are attracted to members of the opposite sex, but feel as though they “should” be members of the opposite sex with same-sex sexual desires.

2009, Nicole Hagan Wolensky Civettini, "Same-Sex Unions: Do Theories of Marriage Apply?", thesis submitted to The University of Iowa, page 18

Roberta Mock presents Midler as a camp heteroqueer lady and reminds us of the fact that Michael Bronski described Midler as a “female female impersonator” (Bronski 1984: 107).

2018, Georges-Claude Guilbert, Gay Icons: The (Mostly) Female Entertainers Gay Men Love, page 116:

(of a woman) Heterosexual and having an affinity with gay men and/or the gay community.


heteroqueerness

Robert Heasley has begun to address the notion of heteroqueerness as it pertains specifically to the male subject. His paper focuses on a typology of men who perform queer masculinities and also identify as straight.

2015, Jamie Lee Coull, "Faux Queens: an exploration of gender, sexuality and queerness in cisfemale drag queen performance", thesis submitted to Curtin University, page 45

On this occasion, I will bring to the fore one example related to the homo-trans*- revolution sequence, and its flipside in the concealment of “homonormativity”, and another that expresses the hetero-cis-repression series and occludes the potential of heteroqueerness.

2017, Moira Pérez, "The Sex-Gender Revolution Series", Revista Estudos Feministas, Volume 25, Number 2, May-August 2017, page 437

She [Roberta Mock] defines queer as the ‘politics of the liberation of desire’ (2003, 23) and I would contend that heterosexual women who actively express a lack of desire to reproduce performing heteroqueerness.

2018, Kate Fox, “How stand-ups construct and are constructed by the 'Northernness Effect'”, in Comedy Studies, volume 9, number 1, page 28:


Glup Shitto

From a September 2020 post by Tumblr user gomjabbar lampooning hardcore Star Wars fans and Star Wars character names: "every time a new Star War^([sic]) movie or show is announced all the fans are like 'OMG Glup Shitto is back 😭😭😭'.
Probably derived from shit, referring to the supposed poor quality of the new characters.

When it works well, Mank feels like the inheritance and renovation of a range of craft competencies and attentions. And when it does not work well, it is the classical Hollywood nerd’s version of Glup Shitto. “OMG Ben Hecht is back!” Sometimes it does both at once.

2021 May 9, J. D. Connor, “Put Some 'Mank' on It”, in Los Angeles Review of Books:

'The Book of Boba Fett' is a good example of this joke containing a few grains of truth. Boba Fett was, after all, the original Glup Shitto. He turned up in all of maybe three major scenes in 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi', died by accident, and was written off in the movies.

2022 June 1, Brian Lloyd, “This week's 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' sees the return of a familiar helmet”, in Entertainment.ie:

I also questioned what characters might show up in this series, and while we haven’t seen a true Glup Shitto yet, we do get a reference to Quinlan Vos, a Jedi from the “Star Wars” novels who then appeared in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

2022, Brandon Raglow, "Review | Episode three of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ brings the Jedi master face to face with a certain former Padawan", The Pitt News (University of Pittsburgh), 8 June 2022

(Star Wars fandom slang, vulgar, derogatory) Any minor Star Wars character or one who features primarily in Extended Universe media unknown to casual fans.


lunarcore

Blend of lunar + normcore. Coined 2014, when also normcore attained celebration. Alternative lunarwear seems only secondary to this.

A style of clothing characterized by retro-futuristic outdoor wear generally with a white or silvery base consisting of high-top sneakers or boots and an anorak or bomber jacket or at least alternatively heavy pants such as cargos.


blokecore

From bloke + -core. Coined late December 2021 on TikTok.

A style of clothing constituted by a football shirt, tracksuits, a dadcore jacket such as an old padded or mountaineering or leather one, normcore bluejeans or saggy shorts and low-end sports trainers.


Cebes

An ancient Greek philosopher from Thebes.


Celsus

An ancient Greek philosopher of the Second Century.

An ancient Roman encyclopaedist of the First Century, Aulus Cornelius Celsus.


BroTP

Blend of bro (“male comrade or friend”) + OTP (“one true pairing”).

blend

"Natasha Romanoff and Steve Rogers are adorbs together as friends, but I'd never ship them — total BROTP."

2015, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks, page 31:

BROTPs and OT3s (shipping three characters in a polyamorous relationship) abound.

2016, Bethany A. Scettrini, "Fan Responses to Orphan Black and The 100 via Blogs, Fan Fiction, and Ship Wars", thesis submitted to Baylor University, page 51

Being in a fandom means that we willingly signed on to watch as our—soon-to-be — favorite character(s) die, as we find out our OTP may never truly get to be happy, or that our BroTP will always be at odds.

2019, Star, "Fixing What Shouldn't Be Broken", Lemon, page 14

(fandom slang) A platonic relationship between two characters that is a personal favorite of a fan.


LoVe

Blend of Logan + Veronica, as a deliberate homophone of love.

The complicated and, for fans, mostly frustrating relationship between these characters is the reason why stories dealing with Spuffy and LoVe pairings are by far more popular than stories based on any other possible ship.

2008, Manuela Scherf, "Character Formation in Fan Fiction Based on Popular TV Series, thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 15

“LoVe” (Logan/Veronica) was a very rapid OTP (one true pairing) candidate.

2018, Ivan Askwith, quoted in The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom (Melissa A. Click & Suzanne Scott), unnumbered page

Though all but two of my informants eventually self-identified as LoVe shippers—Eileen and Jodie were vocally opposed to the relationship, characterizing it as abusive—all were initially unwilling to involve that investment in their answers to my questions.

2018, Annemarie Navar-Gill, “Fandom as symbolic patronage: expanding understanding of fan relationships with industry through the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign”, in Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture, volume 16, number 3:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Logan Echolls and Veronica Mars from the television show Veronica Mars.


NOTP

Usually it is best to keep your NOTP to yourself, unless you wish to start a shipping war.

2013, "Severus Snape", "Ship happens", The Sandscript (Sanderson High School, Raleigh, BC), March 2013 (April Fool's issue), page 5

Add the words you want to avoid to your black list (anything from your NOTP to seriously triggering topics), and posts containing them will never again show up on your dash.

2015, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks, pages 66–67:

When questioned on why they disliked their ‘NOTP’, most respondents claimed it was often due to notable inclusion of paedophilic, incestuous, abusive, or non-consensual relationships and intercourse within the stories.

2019, Amy Pollard, “An investigation of fanfiction readers' and writers' views on fanfiction, with a focus on LGBTQ+ themes”, in Mesh: The Journal for Undergraduate Work Across English Studies, number 3, published 2009, pages 22–23:

(fandom slang) A ship that one strongly dislikes.


aliorelative

(philosophy, mathematics) Only related, or relating an object, to other objects and not to itself.


anti-commentary

Metrodorus too had written against two Platonic dialogues polemics that appear to have been of a similar sort; and later Philodemus also composed an anti-commentary against Xenophon’s Oeconomicus.

2011, Eleni Kechagia, Plutarch Against Colotes: A Lesson in History of Philosophy, →ISBN, page 80:

More comprehensive than any of these […] is the De Rerum Natura juxta propria principia of Bernardino Telesio: in one sense a commentary on the natural philosophical works of Aristotle, in another sense a rejection of the Philosopher – an anti-commentary, as it were.

2018, Linda Deer Richardson, Academic Theories of Generation in the Renaissance: The Contemporaries and Successors of Jean Fernel (1497–1558), →ISBN, page 144:

The first argues that sacred signs ordained by God have always been corrupted by men, the second, called ‘our litil treatise of ye Messe’, is an anti-commentary on the Mass and vestments, and the third a commentary on the Reformed liturgy.

2019, Stephen Mark Holmes, “Liturgical Theology before 1600”, in David Ferguson, Mark W. Elliott, editors, The History of Scottish Theology, volume 1, Celtic Origins to Reformed Orthodoxy, →ISBN, page 63:

The Herculaneum papyri preserve fragments of two other works of his: the anticommentaries “Against Plato’s Euthydemus” (PHerc. 1032) and “Against Plato’s Lysis” (PHerc. 208).

2021, Michael McOsker, The Good Poem According to Philodemus, →ISBN, page 53:

(history of philosophy) A hostile commentary, as distinct from an exposition.


aliorelativity

From aliorelative + -ity or Latin alius (“other”) + relativity.

[…] Eudemus implies that Speusippus preferred to define objects through arguments from identity and similarity over aliorelativity.

2018, Philip Sidney Horky, “Speusippus and Xenocrates on the Pursuit and Ends of Philosophy”, in Harold Tarrant et al., editors, Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity, →ISBN, page 36:

(philosophy, mathematics) The property or principle that nothing is related to itself by a given relation.


anti-Reylo

When Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, the fandom found itself dividing across one really hard, bright line: the Reylos and the anti-Reylos.

2017 December 15, Ani Bundel, “More Than The Force Connects Kylo Ren & Rey In 'The Last Jedi' & It's Intense”, in Elite Daily:

Anti-Reylos read the pairing's on-screen encounters as rape, and they point out the age difference and potential familial relationship.

2018, Kristina Busse, “Afterword: Fannish Affect and Its Aftermath”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 217:

This also means that there are significant clashes between Reylo shippers and anti-Reylos.

2019, Lauren Rouse, "The fan fiction reading guide: the use of multimedia and comments as close reading tools", thesis submitted to DePaul University, page 96

(fandom slang) An opponent of the ship of Rey and Kylo Ren from Star Wars (Reylo).


demipansexual

en-adj

demipansexual (comparative more demipansexual, superlative most demipansexual)

more demipansexual (comparative)
most demipansexual (superlative)

When asked how they would describe their sexual orientation, Reese stated: “I kind of have an idea. I’m pansexual, but I prefer women … cisgender women. I prefer cisgender women. I should say that because you should specify. … My romantic orientation is more, I don’t know, it’s demipansexual I guess. It’s just all encompassing.” With this passage Reese specified that, although they are demipansexual—may become attracted to people of any gender after they develop a strong emotional and romantic bond with them—they prefer cisgender women.

2016, Alicia Lapointe, “Postgay”, in Nelson M. Rodriguez, Wayne J. Martino, Jennifer C. Ingrey, Edward Brockenbrough, editors, Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education: An International Guide for the Twenty-First Century (William F. Pinar, Nelson M. Rodriguez, and Reta Ugena Whitlock, editors, Queer Studies and Education), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 213:

AMANDA | 24, DEMIPANSEXUAL, PLUS SIZED, ATHEIST

[Maxfield] Sparrow, a white Generation Xer who identifies as metagender and demipansexual, holds an MFA in creative writing and poetics from Naropa University and continues their education in Colorado, with the goal of becoming a Certified Poetry Therapist.

2021, “Contributors”, in Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport, and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, editors, Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 203:

For her own part she [Quinn Simon] identifies as demipansexual, the term used to describe those capable of feeling sexually attracted to anyone regardless of gender, provided there is a deep emotional connection.

2021 September 10, Gemma Handy, “‘It took me a long time to accept who I was’”, in Antigua Observer, archived from the original on 2021-09-10:

Without such labels, explains demipansexual Aggie (29), she couldn’t explore sexuality, her gender, or even polyamory itself.

2022 May 20, Elizabeth Reid Boyd, “Hook-ups, pansexuals and holy connection: love in the time of millennials and Generation Z”, in Philippine Canadian Inquirer, volume 8, number 490:


occupationalist

Finally, the occupationalist thinks the difference concerns how objects are related to regions of spacetime.

2014, Neil A. Manson, Robert W. Barnard, The Bloomsbury Companion to Metaphysics, page 197:

(philosophy) One who views objects in terms of the time and place they occupy.