Wojak

Etymology tree
Proto-Balto-Slavic *wajas
Proto-Slavic *vojь
Proto-Slavic *-akъ
Proto-Slavic *vojakъ
Polish wojakbor.
English Wojak
From the Internet meme Wojak, a cartoon drawing of a bald man with a wistful or melancholic expression. The original image was posted on vichan, a Polish imageboard, in 2009, and was later reposted to the German imageboard krautchan in 2010 by a Polish user called "wojak"; the username is from Polish wojak (“soldier; fighter”).

etymon

From the original manifestation of a wistful look to the meme of two Wojaks hugging with the tag “I know that feel bro,” he has taken on contexts in male-dominated internet spaces that signify a brotherhood of sorts.

2020, Soham Gadre, “Inside the Male-Dominated Meme Hijacked by Lib-Bashing Trumpsters”, in Daily Beast:

Owing to their coarsely drawn, unyielding masculine outlines, Wojaks are especially compatible with efforts to channel aggression.

2021, Jeffrey Demsky, Nazi and Holocaust Representations in Anglo-American Popular Culture, 1945–2020, page 112:

These figures, which regularly appear as characters in other meme formats, make variants of Doomer (male, female, boy, etc.) one of the most prevalent meme tropes of the early 2020s, with both a vertical reach (as straight copies of the original Doomer format) and a horizontal one (as variants in form, gender, and age, and, since late 2020, race – with Black Wojaks going viral).

2021, Mike Watson, The Memeing of Mark Fisher: How the Frankfurt School Foresaw Capitalist Realism and What To Do About It, page 50:

(Internet slang) An online image of a crudely-drawn person, often with a melancholic expression, with an art style based upon the original Wojak.


dreamcore

→ Russian: дримко́р (drimkór)

→ Ukrainian: дримко́р (drymkór)

→ Chinese: 夢核／梦核 (mènghé)

A surrealist aesthetic that uses motifs commonly associated with dreams, daydreams or nightmares, portrayed through media such as images, videos and, on occasion, music.


love polygon

/ˈlʌv ˈpɒlɪɡən/

This entangled love polygon (for it is far larger than a triangle) would seem to be at the heart of the conflict among the characters.6 Clearly, unrequited love, love triangles, intense fascinations, the absurdities of love,[…]

2020 November 17, Dianne Rothleder, Fraught Decisions in Plato and Shakespeare, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 43:

A situation in which at least two people vie for the love of another individual.


thirder

Coordinate term: halfer

Sleeping Beauty problem
Sleeping Beauty problem

(decision theory) With regard to the Sleeping Beauty problem: one who argues that the probability of heads is 1/3.


ratificationism

(philosophy) A doctrine stating that ratifiable choices are the ones that should be made.


minor-attracted person

en-noun

minor-attracted person (plural minor-attracted persons or minor-attracted people)

minor-attracted persons (plural)
minor-attracted people (plural)

Coined to serve as an umbrella term for nepiophiles, pedophiles, hebephiles, and ephebophiles.

(nonstandard) A pedophile (including nepiophiles), hebephile, or ephebophile.


Christiform

(theology, Christianity) Formed like, or acting in accordance with, Christ.


talking phase

The pressure men feel to fulfill the initiator function is directly linked to the ways in which they conceive of and utilize the group and talking phases of the relationship progression. It is not socially acceptable for a man to just ...

2018 January 31, Dana M. Malone, From Single to Serious: Relationships, Gender, and Sexuality on American Evangelical Campuses (The American Campus), Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:

Using ghosting is also much more likely if the relationship was not that serious. Indeed, ghosting occurs the most often in situations where there are low levels of commitment, such as being in the talking phase or just hooking up, and the least in “official” relationships (Truscelli & Guerrero, 2019).

2020 January 8, Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, Walid A. Afifi, Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:

The phase in the contact between people where romantic interest starts to develop.


social compact

(philosophy) Synonym of social contract.


JAQ off

en-verb

JAQ off (third-person singular simple present JAQs off, present participle JAQing off, simple past and past participle JAQed off)

JAQs off (present singular third-person)
JAQing off (participle present)
JAQed off (participle past)
JAQed off (past)

Blend of JAQ (“just asking questions”) + jack off (“to masturbate”); because of the former phrase originally chiefly used in the gerund form, and so coined by a user of the James Randi Educational Foundation’s International Skeptics Forum on 14th September 2006 about truthers.

blend

Coordinate term: sealion

(slang, derogatory) To ask loaded questions inviting someone to justify their views or behaviours, in an attempt to make tangential claims of little verisimilitude appear acceptable.


pragmatum

I state that the pragmata as "the useful things" went beyond these "live options."

2006, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Imaginatio Creatrix, page 199:

Pragmata already imply the relation with self that avoids the necessity of having to posit, or argue for, something like the pure essence or true meaning of a thing.

2007, Pat Arneson, Perspectives on Philosophy of Communication, page 223:

For Ortega, pragmata do not represent our real concerns in life, but, as he liked to call them, "pseudo-things."

2008, Norman K. Denzin, Studies in Symbolic Interaction, page 85:

(philosophy) A thing viewed through a pragmatic lens, i.e. a tool viewed as the sum of practical consequences for which it is responsible.


deez nuts

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After a bit of back-and-forth, the man suddenly shouts “Deez nuts!”, and since then, it’s become a viral joke.

2021 May 8, “TikTok: What are 'Deez Nuts' Jokes?”, in HITC, archived from the original on 2022-04-14:

Nick Saban is known for his solemn and stern demeanor. So when Alabama safety Jordan Battle revealed his head coach has an affinity for "deez nuts" jokes, it was both shocking and hilarious.

2021 September 21, “Mac Jones confirms Nick Saban's love for 'deez' jokes”, in NBC Sports:

It's got crunchy mixed in frozen fruits and is designed to be eaten with a spoon. Hard to make fun of deez nuts in our mouth.

2022 January 18, “This peanut butter made for gamers actually sounds delicious”, in PC Gamer:

The best part is, of course, when he says “it’s time for love and unity” after flipping everyone off and shortly before telling them to suck “deez nuts.”

2022 March 11, “Kid Rock Is So Unoriginal, He Made the Same Bad Music Video All Over Again”, in Metal Sucks:

(Internet slang, humorous) these nuts (testicles)


veneer theory

His [Maestripieri's] take-home message - that brute power politics is the root of, and the route to, success - looks like corroboration of 'veneer theory'

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 154:

(psychology, philosophy) The idea that morality is simply a cultural manner that hides man's innate amorality.


truthset

(mathematics, logic) A set of all true values


ultratotal

(logic, archaic) That quantifies more than the total quantity.


Elsanna

Ultimately, Elsanna femslash considers the repressive power of sexual taboo insofar as it can reject that power, electing instead, as Elsa's character sings in the film's coming-out scene par excellence, to "let it go."

2019, Sara K. Howe, Susan E. Cook, “Introduction: Entering the Fringe”, in Sara K. Howe, Susan E. Cook, editors, Representing Kink: Fringe Sexuality and Textuality in Literature, Digital Narrative, and Popular Culture, page 11:

Fans of the show Supernatural have created digitally manipulated images of its two male leads, the Wincester brothers, in bed together (aka “Wincest”), and fan-fiction stemming from the popular children’s film Frozen (2013) casts the two sisters, Elsa and Anna, as lovers (aka “Elsanna”).

2019, Lara Karaian, “Relative Lust: Accidental Incest’s Affective and Legal Resonances”, in Law, Culture and the Humanities, volume 15, number 3, pages 8–9:

While other male/male fan pairings were referred to more often than elsanna, it was the first and only female/female pairing that I came across during my search.

2021, Victor Larsen, "'It Makes Me, A Minor, Uncomfortable': Media and Morality In Anti-Shippers' Policing of Online Fandom", thesis submitted to Ghent University, page 43

(fandom slang) The incestuous ship of the fictional sisters Elsa and Anna from the Frozen franchise.


pro-shipper

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From pro- + shipper (“one who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between characters”). Some posit that the second sense originated as a blend of problematic + shipper.

prefix

I think this whole thing is a semantic misunderstanding.. the anti-shippers and the pro-shippers are putting entirely different meanings into the phrase 'in love'.

1996 July 9, Chris Byler, “Re: 'PUSHER was a 'Shipper!! *gak*!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

For all you pro-shippers and anti-shippers keep posting and debating. Someone is watching you.

1997 April 25, Terry Luck, “Re: 'SHIPPERS SUCK!!!!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

As a pro-shipper, I think it's gonna be a long season. Will spring ever get here?

1997 November 24, Susan J. Daniell, “Re: Shippy parts lead into MOVIE!!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(fandom slang) One who supports a specific ship or shipping in general.


anti-relationshipper

I realize the subject of the nature of M&S's relationship is a sore point around here, but I've never written about it before, and was invited to share my two cents. I'd like to propose that in addition to relationshippers and anti-relationshippers, there is a third faction of viewers, such as myself, who for lack of a better word I'll call "fence-sitters."

1996 June 24, Deb Mikels, “Never say never”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

I would probably be classed as an anti-relationshipper myself, because my advice would be to close out the Tease and have them settle down to a deep, abiding, nonsexual love.

1996 November 6, Lee Burwasser, “Re: Are shippers dumb?”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

I am a fervent and proud anti-relationshipper. No non-platonic relationship whatsoever, and I'm happy.

1998 April 2, Sean Carroll, “Re: RELATIONSHIPPER OR FRIENDSHIPPER?????”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang) A person who opposes the idea of a romantic relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.


relationshipper

From relationship + -er. Emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance. First attested on alt.tv.x-files in January 1996, but it was seemingly already in use by then.

I don’t care what the relationshippers say, it’s just so OBVIOUS to try to get the two of them together and the X-Files has never been obvious.

1996, Paul Mitchell, The Duchovny Files: The Truth Is In Here, page 190:

There were the relationshippers whose focus was on Mulder and Scully’s relationship, or the MSR as it was called (with a possible emphasis on romance).

2002, Tom Kessenich, EXaminations: An Unauthorized Look at Seasons 6-9 of The X-files, page 4:

In media fan lingo, the idea of an OTP—the One True Pairing, a fan's absolute favorite fictional couple—can be tossed around rather casually. In terms of my history as a relationshipper, Willow and Oz will always be mine, but the real OTP in my fan identity is Buffy and me.

2012, Lily Rothman, “'I'd Very Still': Anthropology of a Lapsed Fan”, in Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion, page 134:

(fandom slang) A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.


Olam Haba

bor

Hebrew העולם הבא

Maybe the idea is that such a person will have it "made up" to them in Olam HaBa.

1997 January 11, li...@interport.net, “Lesbianism in Halakha”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):

(Judaism) The Jewish afterlife or mythic future, usually thought to occur after the coming of the Messiah, in which the righteous are rewarded for their good deeds and the wicked punished for their evil deeds


duckroll

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From duck + roll. In 2006, Christopher "Moot" Poole implemented a wordfilter replacing egg with duck on 4chan, causing instances of eggroll on the site to become duckroll. This inspired an anonymous 4chan user to create an image macro featuring a duck with wheels edited onto its body and the caption "duckroll." The image was later used to prank 4chan users, who were lured into clicking what was presented as an interesting link, but instead lead to the "duckroll."

You told me that it was a really nice picture, but all I see is a duckroll.

Duckroll became a silly prank meme when 4chan users started linking their friends to an ostensibly cool site, only to be met with a picture of a duck on wheels with the word duckroll written on it.

2011, Cole Stryker, Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web, page 60:

Examples of bait-and-switch images and videos include The Hampster Dance, Duckroll, Rickroll, […]

2015, Jamie Bartlett, The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld, page 251:

When you've been around to witness Rickrolling go from a forced-meme variant of the traditional 4chan Duckroll to having Rick Astley himself sing “Never Gonna Give You Up,” unannounced and on live national television, during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade last year, it's hard to ignore how crucial the 4chan-spawned Anonymous “Hivemind” has been to the development of internet culture since its inception six years ago.

2022, Carlos Avitia-Velazquez, Javier Avitia-Velazquez, Curb Children, unnumbered page:

(Internet slang) A bait-and-switch Internet prank involving the sharing of a link that leads to a picture of a duck on wheels instead of what is claimed.


ATGATT

(motorcycling, philosophy) Acronym of all the gear all the time.. A statement of philosophy of the motorcyclist rider, who rides fully kitted-out whenever out riding.


Benardete's paradox

(philosophy) A philosophical problem whereby a man intends to walk a mile from a particular point, but an infinity of gods separately plan to obstruct him. One of them will raise a barrier to stop his further advance if he reaches the half-mile point, a second if he reaches the quarter-mile point, a third if he goes one-eighth of a mile, and so on ad infinitum. The paradox involves the fact that (i) the man cannot begin walking, because a barrier will stop him even at the shortest distance, but (ii) if he does not begin walking, no barrier will rise.


Zeno's paradox

en-noun

Zeno's paradox (plural Zeno's paradoxes)

(philosophy) Any of a set of philosophical problems generally thought to have been devised by the Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BC) to support Parmenides' doctrine that, contrary to the evidence of one's senses, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion is nothing but an illusion.


unverity

unverity (countable and uncountable, plural unverities)

All and only classically valid arguments are those which preserve verity in the following sense: there is no assignment of verities such that the unverity of the conclusion exceeds the sum of the unverities of the premises.

2013, A. Bottani, Massimiliano Carrara, P. Giaretta, Individuals, Essence and Identity, page 311:

(logic) A value equal to 1 minus the truth value of a statement.


beggar the question

en-verb

beggar the question (third-person singular simple present beggars the question, present participle beggaring the question, simple past and past participle beggared the question)

beggars the question (present singular third-person)
beggaring the question (participle present)
beggared the question (participle past)
beggared the question (past)

1964, Hearings of the Special Subcommittee on Construction of Military Hospital Facilities of the Committee on Armed Services, No. 64, United States Congress, p. 9823.
So this could and can be done but, of course, that beggars the question of putting these people on the civilian economy.

Unfortunately, this definition beggars the question because we are left not knowing what it is that allows access to the sick role, but prefer not to seek it.

1997, Issy Pilowsky, Abnormal Illness Behaviour, John Wiley, pages 16–17:


social alienation

en-noun

social alienation (plural social alienations)

(philosophy, general) a person's feeling of disconnection and/or isolation from a group – whether friends, family, or wider society – or another individual due to low degree of integration or common values


pup play

Coordinate term: ponyplay

He needed to give up control and serve. He came to the dungeon for pup play, a common fetish. Once our scene started, he kneeled for me to collar him and pranced around the floor on a leash, eagerly sat up, barked, and rolled over on command. Sit! Stay! Good boy!

2015, Lux Alani, “On Authenticity”, in The Little Vanilla Book, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2:

It’s important to note, firstly, that pup play isn’t a sexual activity so much as it is a head space,” said Amp, a puppy, a gamer, a porn performer, and the cohost of Watts the Safeword, a kink-friendly sex-education YouTube channel. “For DOGGONE’s coworker, pup play may be a comfort thing, or a social thing, or even a way for him to redefine who he is as a person so that he can take control.”[...]
A pup name is essentially a nickname, and people use nicknames socially and professionally. So long as the kinkier aspects of pup play—tail wagging, barking, ball chasing—are kept out of the workplace, DOGGONE’s coworker using his puppy name at work doesn’t involve the office in his sex life.”

2016 June 23, Dan Savage, “Savage Love”, in Eugene Weekly, →OCLC, page 31:

But if a pup doesn’t like romping and rolling around but rather just wants to play games with his Handler, that’s their prerogative and right as pup. Just like pups need to be accepting that there are male, female, and transgendered pups. That there are pups that sex is an integral part of their pup play, while others, there are no sexual aspects in their play.

2018 July, Papa Woof Roth, “Puppy: Musings on Then and Now”, in Barking News, page 6:

The kink practice of role-playing as a young dog.


the heart wants what the heart wants

the heart wants what it wants
the heart wants what it wants#English

Alternative form of the heart wants what it wants


child sex abuse

A 2020 study that examined three decades of research on sex education found that comprehensive sex ed that begins in elementary school can help prevent child sex abuse, among other benefits.

2022 April 14, Olga Khazan, “Republicans Have Sex Ed All Wrong”, in The Atlantic:

Online child sex abuse has increased by 27 per cent in just two years, as the NSPCC called for tougher laws to combat “digital breadcrumbing” that signposts paedophiles to illegal content.

2022 April 15, Charles Hymas, “Online child sex abuse up by 27 per cent in two years”, in The Telegraph:

child sexual abuse
child sexual abuse#English

(crime) Alternative form of child sexual abuse.


child sexual abuse

Alternative form: child sex abuse

More than $100 million has been paid out to victims of institutional child sexual abuse in Queensland, amid more than 13,000 national applications for redress.

2022 April 14, Cloe Read, “$100m paid out to child sexual abuse victims in schools, churches”, in Brisbane Times:

One meta-analysis found that European countries, many of which offer comprehensive, mandatory sex ed, including for young children, tend to have the lowest rates of child sexual abuse in the world.

(crime) Sexual abuse of a child by an adult or older child.


scopophilism

In order to explore the possible audience responses as they watch the female performers' bodies, psychological theories on scopophilism and narcissism can be used to analyze Wei's performances.

2007, Iris Hsin-chun Tuan, Alternative Theater in Taiwan: Feminist and Intercultural Approaches:

Voyeurism is a subset of scopophilism in which the observer preferentially watches scandalous or sexual activities.

2007, J.K. Petersen, Cawood James S., Corcoran James S., Michael H. Ph.D., Understanding Surveillance Technologies: Spy Devices, Privacy, History & Applications, Second Edition:

"Visual pleasure" is a straightforward characterization, for example, when compared to terms with a more academic ring, such as "ocularcentrism" or the Freudian "scopophilism."

2010, Robert S. Nelson, Richard Shiff, Critical Terms for Art History, Second Edition:

I remember how alien this seemed to me, having being brought up in a biological school that thought of instincts in the plural. But the same fondness for pairs is to be found again and again: love-hate; exhibitionism-scopophilism; etc. It is as if Freud had a difficulty in contemplating any topic unless he could divide it into two opposites, and never more than two.

2013, José Bleger, Symbiosis and Ambiguity: A Psychoanalytic Study:


ontoepistemology

ontoepistemology (countable and uncountable, plural ontoepistemologies)

From onto- + epistemology, coined by Karen Barad.

(philosophy) A form of agential realism that is at once an epistemology (theory of knowing), an ontology (theory of being), and an ethics.


counterpart theory

If counterpart theory calls for the rejection of some popular modal principles, that needn't worry us. But if it forces us to reject principles of the logic of identity and quantification, that is more serious.

1983, David Lewis, Philosophical Papers, volume 1, page 45:

According to counterpart theory, Humphrey himself has the modal property, might have won the election, in virtue of his counterpart having the (non-modal) property, won the election.

2013, Theodore Sider, John Hawthorne, Dean W. Zimmerman, Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics:

(metaphysics) An alternative to standard possible worlds semantics in which an individual can exist in only one world, while other possible worlds contain (different) counterparts to that individual, and in which the modality operators (necessity, possibility) are replaced by quantifiers over possible worlds.


ShinDeku

Blend of Shinsou (心操) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Hitoshi Shinsou and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.

List of My Hero Academia characters#Class 1-A students


KamiDeku

Blend of Kaminari (上鳴) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Denki Kaminari and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.


Mordetwi

(fandom slang) The crackship of characters Mordecai from Regular Show and Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.


DekuMeli

Blend of Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶) and Melissa.

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku "Deku" Midoriya and Melissa Shield from the My Hero Academia series.


BakuDeku

Blend of Bakugou (爆豪) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Katsuki Bakugou and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.


IzuOcha

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku Midoriya and Ochako Uraraka from the My Hero Academia series.


DekuJirou

Blend of Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶) and Jirou (耳郎).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku "Deku" Midoriya and Kyouka Jirou from the My Hero Academia series.

List of My Hero Academia characters#Class 1-a students


MidoTsu

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku Midoriya and Tsuyu Asui from the My Hero Academia series.


KiriDeku

Blend of Kirishima (切島) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Eijirou Kirishima and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.


TogaDeku

Blend of Toga (渡我) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Himiko Toga and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.

List of My Hero Academia characters#League of Villains


IzuMina

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku Midoriya and Mina Ashido from the My Hero Academia series.


DekuMomo

Blend of Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶) and Momo (百).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku "Deku" Midoriya and Momo Yaoyorozu from the My Hero Academia series.


Green Tea

Calques of Japanese 緑 (みどり midori) and 茶 (お茶 ocha), homonymous to green tea.


IidaDeku

Blend of Iida (飯田) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Tenya Iida and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.


TodoDeku

Blend of [Shouto] Todoroki (轟) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Shouto Todoroki and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.


soyjak

en-verb

soyjak (third-person singular simple present soyjaks, present participle soyjaking, simple past and past participle soyjaked)

soyjaks (present singular third-person)
soyjaking (participle present)
soyjaked (participle past)
soyjaked (past)

Audio (US)

Etymology tree
Chinese 醬油／酱油 (jiàngyóu)bor.
Japanese 醤油bor.
Dutch sojabor.
English soy
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
English soy boy
Proto-Balto-Slavic *wajas
Proto-Slavic *vojь
Proto-Slavic *-akъ
Proto-Slavic *vojakъ
Polish wojakbor.
English Wojak
English soyjak
From the Internet meme soyjak, a cartoon drawing of a bald man with an excited expression. Blend of soy boy + wojak.

etymon

finally found my screenshot of this. i did the closest thing i've ever done to soyjaking when she said this line

Conservatives are outraged by this, but if the police came to his place for tearing down missing Israeli posters, they would be soyjaking. A good reminder that speech restrictions primarily hurt the Right

My phone made one of those random compilation videos and I literally soyjaked at this one bit because I genuinely don’t remember ever looking this beautiful

(Internet slang, intransitive, sometimes derogatory) To gape like the man in the image; to be excited or surprised.


begottenness

(theology) The quality of being begotten.


Serbophilia

The love or admiration of Serbia, the Serbian people, culture, or language


prehensive

en-adj

prehensive (comparative more prehensive, superlative most prehensive)

more prehensive (comparative)
most prehensive (superlative)

In Faraday's vision of the interpenetrability of matter, or in Whitehead's vision of the prehensive unification of space-time, is expressed the Unitive state of the mystic.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 82:

(philosophy) Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.


conjecturalism

If conjecturalism in a suitably strengthened form is to succeed where its original Popperian version fails, one major aim of the book under review is, as one might put it, to defeat rationality-scepticism.

1985, Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, page 142:

Extreme conjecturalism is inevitably accompanied by Pyrrhonism. Against conjecturalism and Pyrrhonism there is only the old remedy: the cautious and methodical examination of documents with all the skills that were developed in the collaboration of antiquaries and textual critics in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Quoted in 2007, Peter N. Miller, Momigliano and Antiquarianism: Foundations of the Modern Cultural Sciences (page 339)

It is in the light of Kant's conjecturalism, for example, that we should interpret the famous passage of the first Critique, at B XIII: the intellectual revolution by which the experimental method of modern science emerged is there interpreted by Kant as amounting to the realisation that "reason has insight only into that which it produces after a plan of its own". This means that, regarding nature as the object of scientific knowledge, that which reason puts into nature, that is, our conjectures, serve^([sic]) as reason's own guide: in order that we can further our knowledge of nature, we must constrain, or compel it to answer questions we ourselves formulate.

2013, Sergio L. de C. Fernandes, Foundations of Objective Knowledge:

(philosophy) The belief that intentionally supposing that a proposition is true is a good reason to believe that proposition in the absence of evidence of its falsehood.


self-justify

en-verb

self-justify (third-person singular simple present self-justifies, present participle self-justifying, simple past and past participle self-justified)

self-justifies (present singular third-person)
self-justifying (participle present)
self-justified (participle past)
self-justified (past)

To provide self-justification, to justify or excuse oneself or itself.


alt.atheist

What alt.atheists believe. (To clarify, I am coining a new term "alt.atheist" to avoid the baggage of existing terms).

1990 September 21, Jim Perry, “Front-door Atheism”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-07:

The thing is that atheists (or, at least, alt.atheists) do not hold science as religion, but as science. Science-as-religion is held by some half-assedly-educated laymen, of which you do not see many here (your opinion of somne alt.atheists notwithstanding).

1997 October 14, MindFlayer, “Atheists and Aliens”, in alt.paranormal (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-07:

Irrelevant. The persons whose behavior *is* described in my posts *are* numbered alt.atheists. No matter how many alt.atheists don't do X, the fact that two or more do X enables me to truthfully say that alt.atheists do X. As I showed in my example, *you* are the one making the generalization based upon the specifics.
I am consistently referring to specifics.

2002 February 12, Tichy, “Grading Alt.atheism's use of the Twit List”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-07:

> I don't consider myself an alt.atheist. I consider myself an atheist who posts to alt.atheist. There are other things I do besides this, y'know, and it's incorrect to say that I'm an "alt.atheist", as if it is something different than "regular atheist".
I wasn't trying to say different. By alt.atheist I meant the typical atheist I have meet at alt.atheism. I am not saying that alt.atheists are different in any other way.

2005 April 5, keit...@yahoo.com, “The Atheist Lie”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-07:

Everyone who jabs at alt.atheists is a Christian.

2014 June 17, jackpi...@gmail.com, “How many alt.atheists does ot take to screw in a lightbulb?”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-07:

(Internet slang) A participant in the Usenet newsgroup alt.atheism.


sci.skeptic

AS> You try to discredit any of the sources that are provided,
I assume you mean other sci.skeptics; me, I haven't looked at your sources yet (I only just received some that might be accessible to me).

1993 February 27, phil...@stsci.edu, “Afrocentrism”, in sci.skeptic (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-08:

I think this thread is a perfect example of why most scientists (and us sci.skeptics) hold Philosophy of Science in such low regard.

1994 May 14, DaveHatunen, “Feyerabend's Against method: a proposal for debate”, in sci.philosophy.tech (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-08:

I made a suggestion of something new to the sci.skeptics who hate Christianity but love Judaism.

2001 January 16, Matt Giwer, “More formal (mathematical) proof of prehistorical transatlantic contacts”, in alt.alien.visitors (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-08:

(Internet slang) A participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.skeptic.


triunitarianism

(theology) Trinitarianism; the Christian doctrine which asserts that God's nature is triune.


Lumity

Lumity isn't the only queer couple confirmed in the lastest episode!

2021 August 3, Mey Rude, “Disney's The Owl House Just Made Lumity's Relationship Official”, in Out:

The most popular and well-known aspect of this in The Owl House is Lumity, or the bond between Luz and Amity.

2021 September 10, Emma Tong, “Review of the second season of The Owl House”, in The Stute, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, page 10:

Fans wait eagerly for the next episode excited to see more Lumity and to see how the story will progress despite the shortened season.

2022, Tiffany Wells, "The Gay Agenda: Being Accepted in Children's Media", thesis submitted to Georgia Southern University, page 36

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Luz Noceda and Amity Blight from the animated television series The Owl House.


Italygate

(US politics) A QAnon-affiliated conspiracy theory alleging that the 2020 United States presidential election was rigged, with satellites and military technology used to switch votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden from the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy.


fleshbag

I've died numerous times before (in this life time alone) and trembled at nothing. In fact, I was overjoyed to be able to leave this fleshbag I call home.

1999 October 4, Aazari Cantharess, “Across The Menai”, in alt.pagan (Usenet):

"We're interested in getting this robot out into this world," says Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert in the video, as part of MIT's FAB 11 conference. He seems calm and blithely unafraid, ignoring the fact that his creation is moving through the trees with an ease of motion that would make Gort weep. "We're working on a version that doesn't have that [power tether]," Raibert says of Atlas, which is code for "Run, you helpless fleshbag fools. RUN!"

2015 August 17, BTR1701, “The Terminators Are Almost Here...”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

Human civilization is not immortal, you know. Even if we manage to avoid the death trap that is this Earth, and even *IF* we manage to free ourselves from these weak fleshbag bodies so that we may exist in enviroments^([sic]) that are uninhabitable to biological lifeforms, we would still be limited by the lifetime of our universe.

2017 July 2, rantingri...@gmail.com, “Re: The Collapse Of Complex Societies”, in soc.culture.usa (Usenet):

(usually science fiction) A human or human body, as opposed to a robot or incorporeal being.


self-stultification

(philosophy) The process by which a statement or idea is inherently disproven, undermined or hindered by the very act of expressing it, without it being a logical contradiction.


self-stultifying

It's self-stultifying for a politician to say that all politicians are liars.

(philosophy, of a statement or idea) That is inherently disproven, undermined or hindered by the very act of expressing it, without being a logical contradiction.


recipromantic

en-adj

recipromantic (comparative more recipromantic, superlative most recipromantic)

more recipromantic (comparative)
most recipromantic (superlative)

(Example: If you are recipromantic, you might form crushes on people whom you discover have a crush on you.)

2016, Ashley Mardell, The ABC's of LGBT+, unnumbered page:

In terms of attraction, Hyourin is asexual, idemromantic, and recipromantic.

2016, Christine Feraday, "For Lack of a Better Word: Neo-Identities in Non-Cisgender, Non-Straight Communities on Tumblr", thesis submitted to Ryerson University, page 54

Lily who is white, gray-ace, recipromantic, and nonbinary said “[in the] classes I have [it] doesn’t normally come up, ‘cause it’s all science. I just try to stay on topic to get the work done.”

2018, Elijah G. Stucki, "Compulsory Sexuality and Amatonormativity in Higher Education: A Photovoice Study with Asexual and Aromantic Students", thesis submitted to Oregon State University, page 114

(neologism) Experiencing romantic attraction only to people known to reciprocate one's feelings.


quoiromantic

quoiromantic (comparative more quoiromantic, superlative most quoiromantic)

more quoiromantic (comparative)
most quoiromantic (superlative)

Learned borrowing from French quoi (“what”) + romantic. Coined as a non-vulgar synonym of WTFromantic.

lbor

They listened to me and didn't talk about my gender and sexuality issues when I didn't bring it up. They also never said anything rude or judged me for the alternative or feminine clothes I started to wear. (16, agender/man, grey-asexual/sensual, grey-aromantic, demisexual/sensual, demiromantic, sapiosexual/sensual, sapioromantic, lithsexual/sensual, lithromantic, quoiromantic.)

2017 February, Paul Byron, Sophia Rasmussen, Dani Wright Toussaint, Roanna Lobo, Kerry Robinson, Brett Paradise, ‘You learn from each other’: LGBTIQ Young People’s Mental Health Help-seeking and the RAD Australia Online Director, Sydney: Western Sydney University Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, →DOI, →ISBN, page 31:

For a while, I thought I might be quoiromantic because of the frustration and confusion I felt about how subjective romantic attraction is.

2018, Christina Lang, Intimacy and Desire Through the Lens of an Aro-Ace Woman of Color, Bates College, page 69:

These participants identified on the asexual spectrum, including identities such as asexual (Miranda), demisexual (Desi), and quoiromantic (Jackie).

2018 May 5 – June 30, Ryan A. Miller, “Toward Intersectional Identity Perspectives on Disability and LGBTQ Identities in Higher Education”, in Journal of College Student Development, volume 59, number 3:

(rare, neologism) Unable to distinguish romantic attraction from platonic attraction in oneself.


WTFromantic

en-adj

WTFromantic (comparative more WTFromantic, superlative most WTFromantic)

more WTFromantic (comparative)
most WTFromantic (superlative)

Lee, who is white, asexual, wtfromantic, agender, and has disabilities said that “resilience [is]...showing love for yourself.”

2018, Elijah G. Stucki, "Compulsory Sexuality and Amatonormativity in Higher Education: A Photovoice Study with Asexual and Aromantic Students", thesis submitted to Oregon State University, page 128

Others yet find it core to their identities to provide thick description around what it means to experience platonic attraction (or, in some cases, queerplatonic or wtf'''romantic attractions).

2018, M. Remi Yergeau, Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness, unnumbered page:

For example, Ayelet (18, gray-a, biromantic and WTFromantic) says she sees no difference between the two, aside from the expectation for exclusivity in romance.

2020, Gaia Steinberg, "The Relational Matrix: Sexuality, Romance and Coupledom in the Lives of Asexual Individuals", thesis submitted to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, page 47

(vulgar, humorous, neologism) Unable to distinguish romantic attraction from platonic attraction in oneself.


meme magic

The site confirms that in 2016, ‘moderator TehDonald [sic] of the /r/the_donald subreddit submitted a post promoting … Nimble America, remarking that the community had “proven that shitposting is powerful and meme magic is real.” Meanwhile, Redditor NimbleRichMan [i.e., Luckey] submitted a /r/the_donald post asking for help defeating Hillary Clinton by donating to Nimble America’.

2017 June 19, T. J. Coles, President Trump, Inc.: How Big Business and Neoliberalism Empower Populism and the Far-right, Clairview Books, →ISBN, page 88:

As activists interested in generating a wedge between American Muslims and the LGBT community argued, “meme magic is real boys, so spread this meme. Drive this wedge” (Lyons 2017). The implication of this was that support for Trump did not mean liking the guy; it meant supporting his candidacy through extreme online versions of his campaign rhetoric and performance.

2018 December 11, Julie A. Webber, The Joke Is on Us: Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 307:

Meme magic—the half-joking idea that Donald Trump could be “memed” into victory through judicious 4chan shitposting—became part of the site's rhetorical landscape. Due to the valiant efforts of brave shitposters, the “God-Emperor,” as Trump was frequently known on the site, would be propelled to the White House, where he would quench his thirst with an endless supply of liberal tears.

2020 June 16, Tara Isabella Burton, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

Weirdness also refers to the way in which the group members' self-perception as a coherent entity is connected to a quasi-religious experience of their individual identities being subsumed by something greater than themselves – a particularly common sentiment among 4chan anons, for instance, expressed by mythologizing their collective efforts as 'meme magic'.

2021 July 29, Melody Devries, Judith Bessant, Rob Watts, Rise of the Far Right: Technologies of Recruitment and Mobilization, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 176:

One of the first comments, which quickly became the top voted comment on the thread, simply said “meme magic”, linking to a post on 4chan that, three weeks earlier, combined a series of memes to tell a story about how Trump arrested Hillary Clinton.

2022 July 18, Paul Dawson, Maria Mäkelä, The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:

(Internet slang, humorous) The (supposedly supernatural) power of Internet memes to have a meaningful impact on the real-world when used en masse in a targeted way.


Callimacheanism

The aesthetic philosophy of the Ancient Greek poet Callimachus, favoring refined works dealing with small-scale topics over large and prominent ones.


technophilosophy

en-noun

technophilosophy (countable and uncountable, plural technophilosophies)

Technophilosophy, as I shall call the philosophy of technology, was probably founded by Aristotle.

1979, Mario Bunge, “The five buds of technophilosophy”, in Technology in Society, volume 1, number 1, →DOI, page 67:

The question "What kinds of relationships is it appropriate to have with machines?" has been explored in science fiction and in technophilosophy.

2004, Sherry Turkle, “Whither Psychoanalysis in Computer Culture”, in David M. Kaplan, editor, Readings in the Philosophy of Technology, Rowman & Littlefield, page 426:

Following this strand of technophilosophy, Jane Bennett has argued that we should think about the ways in which humans and technologies are participants in heterogeneous networks.

2019, Tom Idema, Stages of Transmutation: Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism, Routledge, page 14:


underivedly

(theology) Without having been derived from something else; originally.


Shakarian

There's not enough Shakarian on my dashboard right now. This is my Shepard and her Garrus. Don't judge me.

2012 August 23, Jamie Summers (@darksakura), Twitter:

UGH my whole Tumblr dash now is just Royai and Shakarian and [modified .gif of No Face from the animated film Spirited Away being knocked over by a wave labelled "feels"]

2015 July 31, Sam Maggs (@SamMaggs), Twitter:

Found some new Shakarian fic, you won’t hear from me tonight 😂

2021 April 29, Kat Vakarian-Rutherford (@ShepardsKat), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian from the video game series Mass Effect.


Plethon

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Πλήθων (Plḗthōn), adopted by Plethon as a nickname or cognomen from Attic Greek πλῆθος (plêthos, “multitude, great number”) as a classicizing substitute for his surname Γεμιστός (Gemistós), from γεμιστός (gemistós, “filled, stuffed”). The particular form may have been chosen to mirror Πλάτων (Plátōn, “Plato”).

der

Georgios Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355–1453), a Byzantine Greek philosopher.


metaepistemology

(philosophy) The study of the nature, methods, goals and underlying assumptions of epistemology


commit sudoku

en-verb

commit sudoku (third-person singular simple present commits sudoku, present participle committing sudoku, simple past and past participle committed sudoku)

commits sudoku (present singular third-person)
committing sudoku (participle present)
committed sudoku (participle past)
committed sudoku (past)

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(by extension) To commit suicide by any means.


conceptual engineering

(philosophy) A subbranch of analytic philosophy concerned with normative inquiry into conceptual repertoires.


apex fallacy

The informal fallacy of evaluating a population based only on its apex, its best members.


goblincore

A cousin to the ever-popular Cottagecore, Goblincore celebrates parts of nature that many would perceive as dirty or unsettling, like frogs, snails, and mushrooms.

2020, Piper Daffron, "At The Core", Season Magazine (Indiana University), Volume 3, Issue 1, Fall/Winter 2020, page 4

[Amanda] Brennan thinks goblincore’s “spooky and cozy nature” will only make it more popular in autumn.

2021 July 30, Ellie Violet Bramley, “Goblincore: the fashion trend that embraces ‘chaos, dirt and mud’”, in The Guardian:

But that's not all, mushroom motifs have been popping up all over the fashion space (likely thanks to the nature-inspired goblincore trend).

2022, "Fashion Trends For The Year Ahead", Billions Luxury Magazine, Spring 2022, page 28

(aesthetic) An aesthetic and fashion movement that celebrates unidyllic aspects of nature, such as dirt, moss, mushrooms, and insects.


Poképhile

3)Which Pokemon would you have sexual intercourse with if you were a Pokephile.

1999 April 5, C. Hanson, “Giving in to the Survey virus.”, in alt.games.final-fantasy.hentai (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-19:

Even if Silly Putty *is* a girl Ditto, what he did is *still* disgusting. I'm not some sort of Poképhile!

2000 February 10, RobfromVoid, “[PW!] A Silly Birthday Party”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-19:

Besides doing it with pokemon is much more fun than doing it with that pokephile. . . wait, I'm doing the same thing. . .

2000 June 20, ChocoZell, “Jenny vs. Team Rocket MSTd”, in alt.games.final-fantasy.hentai (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-19:

he's a pokephile

2000 July 1, pst0kely, “Professor Oak molests pokemon”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-19:

(fandom slang) A person who is sexually attracted to Pokémon.


maidenless

en-adj

maidenless (comparative more maidenless, superlative most maidenless)

more maidenless (comparative)
most maidenless (superlative)

Elden Ring
GamesRadar+
Know Your Meme
Kotaku

From maiden + -less. Popularized by its use in a quotation in the video game Elden Ring, released on February 25, 2022, referring to the "Maiden" guide who allows the player to progress.

big divorce energy ()

psychological state characteristic of a recently-divorced person

You might be maidenless, but this Banished Knight's Greatsword replica from Elden Ring will give you the confidence you need to absolutely slay in all arenas of your life.

2023 February 6, Adam Rothbarth, “The Best Unique Video Game Merch 2023”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-03-04:

(Internet slang) Single; lacking a girlfriend.


epistemic circularity

en-noun

epistemic circularity (countable and uncountable, plural epistemic circularities)

Coined by William Alston in 1986 in his article "Epistemic Circularity".

(epistemology, countable) A circle of (foundational) epistemic arguments where the reliability of a device used within this circle is also proven within the circle.

(epistemology, uncountable) The quality of being such a circle.


hold come what may

Popularized by the logician W.V.O. Quine.

(logic) Any belief that one is unwilling to relinquish, regardless of the evidence with which one might be presented.


clussy

clussy (countable and uncountable, plural clussies)

Blend of clown + pussy. This gained attention with the character Geiru Toneido from the Ace Attorney video game series.

Going to a circus for some clownjobs and wet clussy.

2018 March 9, Otto Fuchs (@ValeFuchs), Twitter:

come collect this clussy🎈[two selfies of the tweeter cosplaying a gender-swapped Pennywise]

2019 May 25, shannon (@babyybatt), Twitter:

Been seeing a lot of people thirsting for some clussy from the clown girl in ace attorney 🤡

2022 June 28, XyroNi (@XyroNi09), Twitter:

(slang, humorous) The vagina of a clown; by extension, sex with a clown.


blorbo from my shows

blorbo from my shows (plural blorbos from my shows)

From a December 2021 post by Tumblr user thelustiestargonianmaid complaining about enthusiastic reblogs: "Bitches will be like 'prev tags omg' on my post and I check the preg^([sic – meaning prev]) tags and it's like ‘blorbo from my shows.'"

no one can make me feel bad for talking excessively about blorbo from my shows

2022 January 7, Turner (@shiraseceo), Twitter:

my fatal flaw is that i can’t live my life without depending on blorbos from my shows for serotonin

can’t talk right now, gotta meticulously curate a playlist for blorbo from my shows

2022 March 28, eerie indiana (@indybree), Twitter:

(fandom slang, endearing, neologism) A fictional character or celebrity of whom one is especially fond.


blorbo

i love it when fictional characters have their birthdays established it literally serves no purpose. there is no reason. nothing but joy of "oh today is my little blorbo's birthday" and saying birthday wishes into the void

2022 January 27, lesbians for edelgard (@C0REZI), Twitter:

Waiting for my blorbo to return to my screen like a WWII housewife waiting for her husband

2022 February 27, Sarah Z (@marysuewriter), Twitter:

love it when a hockey twitter blorbo gets traded and I find out that he's not nearly as good as I just assumed he was

2022 March 15, Beata (@CBeataE), Twitter:

Of course, all your blorbos are back for the big magical confrontation between those who crave power and those who defend against its abuses.

2023 October 31, Olivia Waite, “A Handful of Luscious, Soapy, Sexy Romance Novels”, in The New York Times:

blorbo from my shows
blorbo from my shows#English

(fandom slang, endearing, neologism) Ellipsis of blorbo from my shows.


febfem

Contraction of female-exclusive bisexual female.

possibly The spiciest take of today from me: generalising bi women is weird as hell and demanding that the only type of ""good"" bi women are febfems is 😐

2021 April 11, thea (@wingfem), Twitter:

i'm a febfem and i've never had a boyfriend in my life, now what

2021 September 22, sarah (@sarahofzion), Twitter:

i feel very lucky to be a goldstar febfem.

2022 July 4, wait shes selling vegan edibles?! (@commieharley), Twitter:

(LGBT, gender-critical) A cisgender bisexual woman who exclusively dates other cisgender women.


stunning and brave

en-adj

stunning and brave (comparative more stunning and brave, superlative most stunning and brave)

more stunning and brave (comparative)
most stunning and brave (superlative)

From "Stunning and Brave", an episode of South Park that satirizes social justice activists and political correctness.

Take the case of [...] a fifty-two-year-old transgender woman who raped two women before being sent to jail […] Stunning and brave!

2020 July 21, Rob Smith, Always a Soldier: Service, Sacrifice, and Coming Out as America’s Favorite Black, Gay Republican, Post Hill Press, →ISBN:

Live your truth. Be like one of these stunning and brave heroes of oppression: HEROES. OF. OPPRESSION. Your heart will bleed for each of these brave lads and lasses—not to mention lxsses—who suffer at the hands of the patriarchy.

2021 November 2, Babylon Bee, The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 13:

The exact same rule applies to US President Joe Biden, who is forever exempt from such allegations. It doesn't matter that black people aren't the property of the left, nor does it matter that they can vote for whoever they choose in a free country, he was absolutely justified when he said, 'If you are African American and you vote for Donald Trump you ain't black.' Stunning and brave.

2022, Konstantin Kisin, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

(Internet slang, derogatory, sarcastic) Used to express disrespect, in particular to suggest someone (especially a transgender person) or something has been promoted as good but is actually bad.


surprised Pikachu

en-noun

surprised Pikachu (plural surprised Pikachus)

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Some of Broncos Country is left fuming over a start so poor that it is the only team in franchise history that has been this inept, but the rest of us are wearing the surprised Pikachu face.

2019 October 2, James Burky, “Fangio not at fault for foul start to season”, in The Metropolitan, MSU Denver, page 8:

Then without saying so much as a goodbye to Laurie or Steve, who has just arrived at the scene with a surprised-Pikachu look on his face, Will marches toward the exit.

2020, Isla Chiu, Ringing in the Lunar New Year, unnumbered page:

"I don't choose my monsters based on how cute they are, you know."
"You don't?! Really?"
Duh. Why the surprised Pikachu face?

2022, Yuu Tanaka, translated by Yuko C. Shimomoto, A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life: Volume 3, unnumbered page:

(Internet slang) Synonym of shocked Pikachu.


Leopards Eating Faces Party

the Leopards Eating Faces Party (canonical)

Always a rush when Members of Parliament for the Leopards Eating Faces Party suddenly discover the horror of faces eaten by leopards.

2019 August 19, Ally Fogg (@AllyFogg), Twitter:

“I never thought Leopards would eat *my* face, sobs broadcaster who mortgaged its integrity for the Leopards Eating Faces Party.”

2019 December 15, Andrew James Carter (@Carter_AndrewJ), Twitter:

"I never thought the leopards would *actually* eat people's faces," sobs centrist politician who didn't really become concerned when the Leopards Eating Faces Party started gaining power.

2022 June 24, Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous), Twitter:

Leopards Eating People's Faces Party#English

(Internet slang, sarcastic) Alternative form of Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.


Leopards Eating People's Faces Party

en-proper noun

Leopards Eating People's Faces Party or the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party

Leopards Eating People's Faces Party (canonical)

From an October 2015 tweet by Adrian Bott (@cavalorn) that went viral: "I never thought leopards would eat MY face," sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

'I didn't want leopards to eat ANYONE'S face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

2018 November 20, James Chalmers (@ProfChalmers), Twitter:

Top officials of Leopards Eating People's Faces party, having presented leopard w/ options including face-eating, are flabbergasted that the leopard would eat their face

2020 January 4, Dana Stevens (@thehighsign), Twitter:

entire front bench of the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party tendering their solemn and sincere resignations because they can no longer support a PM so shockingly in favour, as it turns out, of leopards eating people's faces

2022 July 6, THE...Sodomite Hal Duncan!! (@Hal_Duncan), Twitter:

(Internet slang, sarcastic, politics) A notional political party supported by people who believe its cruel, unjust, or extreme policies and rhetoric will only harm other people, and are then shocked or displeased when these policies and rhetoric have adverse consequences to themselves.


ma'am, this is an Arby's

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sir, this is an Arby's
sir, this is an Arby's#English

(Internet slang) Alternative form of sir, this is an Arby's.


ma'am, this is a Wendy's

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I simply could not imagine going about my day in this heightened-reality femme fever dream of an outfit without at least a few well-meaning people stopping to inform me that, "Ma'am, this is a Wendy's."

2021 July 3, Jess Joho, “That viral Selkie puff dress only works for the Instagram fantasy world”, in Mashable:


and then everyone on the bus clapped

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"....and then everyone on the bus clapped"
 This story reeks of being only very loosely based on a real event and every character in it kind of has the same voice.

2017 November 26, Aurora Borealis (@RebelMechaniker), Twitter:

And then everyone on the bus clapped! That's a very nice anecdote that has zero basis in reality.

2020 January 1, Tom-A062 (@Tom_A062), Twitter:

And then everyone on the bus clapped.
Yeah this didn't happen.

2022 April 2, Bugpope (@PopeBug), Twitter:

(Internet slang) Used to refute or express doubt of the veracity of an anecdote.


Derpina

The name of a character portrayed in rage comics; from Derp + -ina.

It makes that Derpina you dated in 6th grade for two weeks the hottest girl in school.

2012 April 13, Brian Westfall, “Brian’s Trinity: The three bands that aren’t as terrible as you remember”, in Trinitonian, volume 109, number 25, San Antonio, Tex., page 21:

“I’m not even talking to you so how can I be irritating you?” Adriana said. “Because you’re a total derpina,” Chloe said.

2013 May, Bruce Kimmel, Murder at the School Musical, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 142:

One such sketch focuses on Derpina, Bouzebal’s female friend, and her difficulties in succeeding in the Baccalaureate (see Figure 3.2).

2014 March, Linda Herrera, editor, Wired Citizenship: Youth Learning and Activism in the Middle East, Routledge, →ISBN:

Derpina: Guys, can someone send me ₱10 of load? It’s an emergency! / Derp: Here, you can use my phone. What’s wrong?

2014 November, “Slangtionary”, in The Spectrum, volume 59, number 4, page 24:

(slang) A female placeholder name, the female equivalent of Derp, perhaps indicating derpiness.


love-hatred

en-noun

love-hatred (countable and uncountable, plural love-hatreds)

(psychology) A state of mind involving feelings of love-hate.


age is just a number

Age is not an important attribute in a person.


dogmatic theology

dogmatic theology (countable and uncountable, plural dogmatic theologies)

(theology) The part of theology dealing with the theoretical truths of faith concerning God and God's works, especially the official theology recognized by an organized Church body.


gloomcore

(aesthetic) An aesthetic and fashion movement inspired by gloomy imagery.


Corporate Memphis

From corporate + Memphis, referencing the Memphis Group, an Italian architecture group that introduced a design style in the 1980s featuring a similar aesthetic.

Corporate Memphis is inoffensive and easy to pull off, and while its roots remain in tech marketing and user interface design, the trend has started to consume the visual world at large.

2021 January 24, Josh Gabert-Doyon, “Why does every advert look the same? Blame Corporate Memphis”, in Wired:

Corporate Memphis is everywhere, from User Interface design to editorial covers, but the pervasive nature of the style has caused many to as a symbol of the unoriginality and disingenuity of corporations.

2021, Olivia Zheng, “Stop Copying Facebook”, in The Stuyvesant Spectator, New York, NY: Stuyvesant High School, page 14:

Here stands a last bastion of mid-century analog quintessence, a genuine hole-in-the-wall oozing with spirit, seemingly spared by a modern design tsunami of Corporate Memphis and minimalist logos.

2022, Jacob Sponga, "Dear Gen Z, Don't Digitize The Thrift Store", The Bull & Bear (McGill University), Winter 2022, page 18

A visual art style which emerged in the late 2010s, influenced by Big Tech art and mobile app design, and characterized by flat, simplified, geometric shapes in bright solid colours.


Aquinas

Ellipsis of Thomas Aquinas; an Italian philosopher, theologian and jurist during the 13th century.


girlslash

For quotations using this term, see Citations:girlslash.

(fandom slang) Slash fiction that focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships between female characters.


FirstName BunchOfNumbers

Firstname Bunchofnumbers
Firstname Bunchofnumbers#English

(Internet slang, derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Firstname Bunchofnumbers.


Firstname Bunchofnumbers

en-proper noun

Firstname Bunchofnumbers (plural Firstname Bunchofnumberses)

When someone attempts to register a Twitter account name that is already taken, the site suggests the inputted name followed by a long, randomly-generated string of numbers as an alternative (e.g. "@Wiktion74587432" instead of "@Wiktionary"). This has led to many anonymous accounts with handles that consist of a given name and a string of numbers (e.g. "@Jane74587432675").

You can always rely on FirstName BunchOfNumbers to have the worst opinions.

2020 December 11, Chris Hanna (@MegaNerd98), Twitter:

Internet protip: if you can't mention the name of something or someone without getting spam bots and Firstname Bunchofnumberses promoting or defending that thing, it's probably not a good thing.

2022 January 9, Klin T. Catgirl (@KlinTCatgirl), Twitter:

Got into a debate with Firstname Bunchofnumbers.
I won't be doing that again.

2022 July 26, Russell Hillman (@allhellismrsun), Twitter:

(Internet slang, derogatory) A Twitter user suspected to be a troll, sockpuppet, or bot due to having a default-style account name and a history of odd, tendentious, or offensive posts.


cisbi

As a cishet married to a cisbi this doesn’t make her less bi for being in our relationship.

2020 January 1, RPGHour Studios (@RPGHour), Twitter:

The way cisgays gatekeep cisbis from the LGBT lunch table, telling them that they cannot sit with us and are too cishet for team rainbow

if a cisbi comes into queer spaces where we’re taking about our tangible oppression & they start yelling about not feeling *included* bc they’re in a straight passing relationship, sorry, but we aren’t even having the same convos, so there’s no point in trying to talk with them.

2022 June 7, sunglasses cryptid (@railroadlesbian), Twitter:

(LGBT, informal, neologism) A cisgender and bisexual person.


presubstantial

Faith, which has but one definition, the realization of the invisible, begins by realizing the invisible past, the prehistoric, the pre-Adamite, the prematerial presubstantial past, and understands that it was by a fiat of the Self-Existent that it was made to be.

1894, Charles John Vaughan, Last Words in the Temple Church, page 221:

By way of explanation, Narbonne suggests that Plotinus accepts the Aristotelian notions of actuality and potentiality used to explain change in substance, but also elaborates a new, presubstantial notion of potentiality.

2003, Jennifer Yhap, Plotinus on the Soul: A Study in the Metaphysics of Knowledge, page 118:

Hegel is a materialist rather than an idealist insofar as he represents subjectivity as an irreducible “crack” in the cosmos rather than as a presubstantial ground from which substance itself would proceed.

2014, Andrew Cutrofello, All for Nothing: Hamlet's Negativity, page 148:

Damascius's elucidation of the presubstantial matrix of the subtle body served his larger project of fusing the theoretical and theurgical trajectories of the Neoplatonic tradition, which in his view were complementary methods on equal footing: […]

2021, Simon Cox, The Subtle Body: A Genealogy, page 30:

(philosophy) Having no physical substance, but having the potential to become substantial.


unorigination

the unorigination of the Father

(theology) The property of not having originated, but having always existed.


Shenko

Finished my Shenko doodle but tumblr is barfing all over me. *kicks tumblr*

2011 July 8, Kia Purity (@kiapurity), Twitter:

I don't get some Shenko fans. It's like, yeah Kaidan is my space husbando but I ain't gonna flip shit if you don't like him lmao

2012 December 9, hannah (@floraofmoon), Twitter:

I have just read a 500k word Shenko fic that was far better than the game.

2020 February 5, Siân (@alphra_), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Commander Shepard and Kaidan Alenko from the video game series Mass Effect.


Shiara

i'm having so many shiara feelings lately and i don't know why oh my god i love liara so much what a cutie

liara and f!shepard are the best. I love them. I love my Shep and Liara, i love seeing other people's f'sheps and Liara. Shiara is too pure

2016 November 17, Yeehaw Todd (@AfroPrincex), Twitter:

Daily reminder that I stan Shiara and that I live and die for them

2021 February 25, Atrast nal Tunsha, salroka (@Illusive_s0ul), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Commander Shepard and Liara T'Soni from the video game series Mass Effect.


thanks for coming to my TED Talk

Since 2015. The expression draws a parallel between the speaker's speech and the typical format of a TED Talk – an opinionated monologue on a particular topic.

You might be best friends with your designer/developer after this process is over, but you still want to be able to pay the bill and walk away with your property if anything goes wrong. Your designer should want that for you! OK, rant over. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

2021 May 21, Lori Culwell, Funny You Should Ask: How to Make a Website: The 100% Not Boring Guide to Setting Up Your Website With Wordpress^([sic]) (Funny You Should Ask), Get Creative, Inc.:

(slang, humorous) Sarcastically or self-deprecatingly said at the end of a wordy and often preachy monologue.


longtermism

When this thesis [termed earlier the 'long-term value thesis'] is also combined with the idea that some of our actions can have non-negligible effects on how the future goes, it implies that one of our biggest priorities should be ensuring the future goes well. This further idea is usually called ‘longtermism.’ […] The arguments for and against longtermism are a fascinating new area of research. Many of the key advances have been made by philosophers who have spent time in Oxford, like Derek Parfit, Nick Bostrom, Nick Beckstead, Hilary Greaves and Toby Ord.

2017, Benjamin Todd, “Longtermism: the moral significance of future generations”, in 80,000 Hours, retrieved 2022-04-13:

There are a handful of obvious goals we should have for humanity's longterm future, but the most ignored is simply making sure that humanity remains human. It's what the average person on the street would care about, for sure. And yet it is missed by many of those working on longtermism, who are often effective altruists or rationalists or futurists (or some other label nearby to these), and who instead usually focus on ensuring economic progress, avoiding existential risk, and accelerating technologies like biotechnology and artificial intelligence—ironically, the very technologies that may make us unrecognizably inhuman and bring about our reckoning. […] So the future will be upon us faster than we think, and we need to start making decisions about what sort of future we want now. Longtermism gives a moral framework for doing this: it is the view that we should give future lives moral weight, perhaps at a discount, perhaps not; for whether one does or doesn’t discount hypothetical future people (vs. real people) turns out to be rather irrelevant. There are just so many more potential people than actual people, or even historical people who've ever lived.

2022 April 13, Erik Hoel, “How to prevent the coming inhuman future: On stopping the worst excesses of AI, genetic engineering, and brain-tampering”, in The Intrinsic Perspective, retrieved 2022-04-13:

Effective altruists talk about both “neartermism” and “longtermism.” […] MacAskill repeatedly calls longtermism “common sense” and “intuitive.” But each of those terse sentences glosses over a host of additional questions, and it takes MacAskill an entire book to address them.

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, generally associated with effective altruism, which prioritizes improving the conditions of the long-term or distant future, rather than focusing exclusively on the near term (as in neartermism).


causa sui

(philosophy) Something that is generated within itself, or assigns itself a purpose.


willusionist

(philosophy) A proponent of willusionism.


willusionism

Blend of will + illusionism, coined by philosopher Eddy Nahmias.

(philosophy) The neuroscientific view that free will is an illusion.


eliminative materialism

(philosophy) The materialist view that the majority of the mental states assumed by common sense like belief or sensation do not exist.


Larsadie

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Lars Barriga and Sadie Miller from the Steven Universe series.


Amedot

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Amethyst and Peridot from the Steven Universe series.


Periven

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Peridot and Steven Universe from the Steven Universe series.


Perinel

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Peridot and Spinel from the Steven Universe series.


Pearlmethyst

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Pearl and Amethyst from the Steven Universe series.


Pearlrose

Blend of pearl and rose (from rose quartz).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Pearl and Rose Quartz from the Steven Universe series.


Pearlnet

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Pearl and Garnet from the Steven Universe series.


Stevinel

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Steven Universe and Spinel from the Steven Universe series.


Harlivy

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Dr. Harleen Quinzel ("Harley Quinn") and Dr. Pamela Isley ("Poison Ivy") from DC Comics.


Rupphire

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Ruby and Sapphire from the Steven Universe series.


Connverse

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Connie Maheswaran and Steven Universe from the Steven Universe series.


Kitivy

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Charles Brown ("Kite Man") and Dr. Pamela Isley ("Poison Ivy") from the Harley Quinn TV series.


Lapidot

See also: Lapidoth
Romanization of Hebrew לַפִּידוֹת (Lapīḏōṯ, literally “torches”), a pluralization of לפיד (lapíd, “torch”).

der

Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council
w:Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council

A moshav in Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council council area, Northern District, Israel.


Stevonnie

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Steven Universe and Connie Maheswaran from the Steven Universe series, who combine to create the character Stevonnie.


Thalesianism

(very rare) The philosophy of Thales of Miletus.


gamer word

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From a now-deleted 2018 tweet defending YouTuber PewDiePie's use of the word nigger during a livestream of the video game PUBG: Battlegrounds, which asserted that he had merely uttered a "gamer word".

“It’s just a gamer word, Arthur. Chill.”

2019 May 3, JackUTS, Twitter, archived from the original on 2018-12-30:

2019 June 3, AGoodOleGhost, “scuse me, i have the riGHT TO SAY GAMER WORDS”, in Reddit, Gamingcirclejerk, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:

I submitted video evidence of gamer words from a toxic crew about 3 weeks ago. Offenders GTs and in game audio were both very visible/audible. As of last night, both offenders were still sailing the seas. Reported to both Rare and Xbox. Very frustrating, indeed.

2020 July 2, 37yeti, “Gamer words need to stop!”, in Reddit, Seaofthieves, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:

Ohm misunderstands and assumes everything. It's actually incredible.
Moo, 407, and other guys in the group didn't unfollow you bc I accused of some James acct.
They unfollowed you bc you literally went off the rails trying to cancel Marcel for gamer words. Moron.

2021 May 26, I_AM_WILDCAT, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:

2022 May 1, Winters1482, “guy threatens to call someone a gamer word over master cheeks”, in Reddit, ShitHaloSays, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:


soy face

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A weird, soundless, open-mouthed excitement that portends nothing good. People have talked about it for years, and called it by many names: "Cuckface," "Nu-Male Smile," and, most enduringly, "Soy Face" (sometimes even "Soylent Grin").

2020 July 2, Miles Klee, “'Soy Face' Is Real, and It's Annoying”, in MEL Magazine:

(Internet slang, derogatory) A facial expression associated with unmasculine and immature men (soy boys), who are often photographed expressing surprise or excitement with their mouth agape.


Book of Nature

A religious and philosophical concept originating in the Latin Middle Ages which views nature as a book to be read for knowledge and understanding.


Johnkat

Totally shipping johnkat. Just for the record.

2011 December 9, gimnim (@lordbisleepykimalingual), Twitter:

having mysterious inexplicable resurgence of johnkat feelings oops

2012 March 28, Undead Anime Trash Princess (@caporushes), Twitter:

just saw Johnkat referred to as a 'crack pairing' ...... i genuinely think people don't know what that term originally refers to at this point

2019 November 16, zen (@archeradicator), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters John Egbert and Karkat Vantas from the Homestuck series.


Johndave

I SHIP EVERYTHING because I am an equal opportunity sort of gal. I secretly ship JohnDave a lot too.

2011 January 8, M. Elizabeth Em. (@weareallpuppets), Twitter:

johndave shippers are the most devoted/gung ho shippers i have ever seen..........

2012 February 26, emily hu (@emilyyyhu), Twitter:

i’ll forever hold johndave close to my heart fhdhdhdd

2019 September 7, fuglying (@fnyacking), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters John Egbert and Dave Strider from the Homestuck series.


Stridercest

I'm writing Stridercest fic holla if you wanna read it when i am done

2012 June 24, que snacky, snacky (@badsnacks), Twitter:

I think one of the grossest Homestuck ships is Stridercest because of the fucked-up power dynamic.

2013 June 7, godless neutrois (@the_stars_abide), Twitter:

Are we going to ignore the fact that almost everyone in Homestuck shipped Stridercest?

2015 March 26, HealthcareBoywife (@das_uberchicken), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The incestuous ship of brothers Dave Strider and Dirk Strider from the Homestuck series.


moirail

From the multimedia fiction work Homestuck, reportedly coined from the Ancient Greek μοῖρᾰ (moîra, “lot, destiny”), with potential influence from the term guardrail. In the series, moirallegience is one of four "quadrants" within the complex romance system of the alien troll species, described as being similar to the "concept of a soul mate, but in a more platonic sense," for the purpose of pacifying a partner who is dangerous.

uder

Look what my moirail got me for Christmas!

2012 December 24, Adelaide Robinson (@dordwaltz), Twitter:

my moirail is coming over to watch lotr tomorrow she has no idea what shes getting into omg

2012 December 24, m. d. geronimo (@jakestrider), Twitter:

moving into the house with my moirail and friends tomorrow ❤ sleepytime

2013 September 22, Lucien (@tunefulCandour), Twitter:

(Homestuck fandom slang) A platonic soulmate or life partner, especially one who exerts a calming influence.

bromance

an intense platonic relationship between men


Davekat

ship dynamics EXCEPT ITS LITERALLY JUST DAVEKAT (or what i know from fanfics ive read because im not done homestuck yet <3)
also includes:
- constant lighthearted teasing and banter
- cuddling
- helping each other overcome emotional boundaries
- i love them so much

2019 April 17, mspa_reading, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-28:

Davekat is canon, and that's really all there is to say on the matter. <3
#homestuck #davekat

2019 May 9, Blimpcatt, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-28:

in honor of #homestuck day, i'm here to confess something: i used to be a davekat shipper except i mostly liked it as them hate dating instead of normal dating and i guess most of the fandom disagreed with me on that point. anyway, here's some fanart from 2013-2014

2020 April 13, prettypinkpansy, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-28:

davekat and romcom movie posters ? wat an outlandish idea.... o_o

2020 September 12, vomitcore, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-28:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Dave Strider and Karkat Vantas from the Homestuck series.


built different

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The term was popularized by a July 2020 trend on the video-sharing website TikTok, in which users jokingly claimed to be able to accomplish various improbable tasks as a result of being “built different”.

I learnt that true rock climbers are built different. Their bodies will do things mere humans can't.

1999, Peter Inchbald, “Plato’s Garden: Oxford 1937–39”, in Jack of All Trades and His Family, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu Press, published 2013, →ISBN, book II (Speaking from Memory), page 101:

Some people are built different, and kudos to them who are like that, but I'm built different. I always say I'm the most competitive person I know, and look at my wife, she rolling her eyes probably.

2017 July 14, Alysha Tsuji, quoting Chris Paul, “Chris Paul Quoted ‘Talladega Nights’ while Talking about Rockets’ Goal of Winning a Title”, in For the Win, USA Today, archived from the original on 2022-06-25:

Not many coaches in the nation have the ability to turn overlooked recruits into All-Americans, but [Mark] Dantonio is built different.

2018 August 30, Connor Muldowney, “Michigan State Football: 25 Best Players of the Mark Dantonio Era”, in Spartan Avenue, FanSided, archived from the original on 2022-11-08:

We fully know our bodies and what we are risking especially at the professional level. […] He's [Kevin Durant's] built different than the ppl^([sic – meaning people]) saying he shouldn't have played. Maybe that's why they haven’t gotten where he is.

2019 June 12, Des Bieler, quoting Richard Sherman, “Charles Barkley blames the Warriors for Kevin Durant’s injury”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-06-17:

You are built different, sir. Our church is blessed to have such a faithful and committed leader.

2022, Dakota Andekin, “Acknowledgement”, in Prescription for Addiction: An Awakening in America through the Eradication of Addiction, Meadville, Pa.: Christian Faith Publishing, →ISBN:

In the comments section, users recounted their alleged experience with the physical labor of working in an Amazon warehouse. / "My feet was so mfin sore. & the breaks were more like 5mins," claimed a commenter. "I only worked for two days." / "My shoulder still hurts and I haven't worked there since 2020," stated a second. / "I literally had quit on my second day," a further user added. "You built different if you work there."

2022 August 16, Braden Bjella, “‘TF am I Stretching at Work for?’: Amazon Warehouse Worker Says Workers Stretch as Group before Shift, Sparking Debate”, in The Daily Dot, archived from the original on 2022-08-30:

How many shows have truly stuck the landing? Lost's final act cast a long, long shadow over its island shenanigans, Seinfeld's finale felt deliberately frustrating, and even The Sopranos – the gold standard – is talked about for all the wrong reasons because of its cut-to-black ending. Better Call Saul, however, is built different. Not long after the finale aired, fans have rushed to social media to dish out praise for the Breaking Bad spin-off, even going as far as christening it one of the best TV episodes of all time.

2022 August 16, Bradley Russell, “Better Call Saul Viewers React to ‘Perfect’ Finale: ‘An Absolute Masterpiece’”, in GamesRadar+, archived from the original on 2022-08-20:

The 48-year-old [Terrell Owens] not only blew them out of the water, but also clocked an incredible sub-4.40 time in the 40-yard dash. Even among world-class athletes, some people are just built different.

2022 August 25, Zac Al-Khateeb, “Terrell Owens Runs Insane 4.38 40-yard Dash Time – at 48 Years Old”, in Sporting News, archived from the original on 2022-09-01:

(originally African-American Vernacular, idiomatic, slang) Able to do things which others cannot; extremely talented or unusual.

erityinen

able to do things which others cannot; extremely talented or unusual


Hayffie

Effie/Haymitch or 'Hayffie' has been comically acknowledged by the actress Elizabeth Banks, who plays Effie, […]

2014, Nicola Balkind, Fan Phenomena: The Hunger Games, page 142:

Near the end of the movie, it finally happens. As they're saying goodbye, Effie and Haymitch plant a big wet one on each other. Then, all of Panem probably rejoices. Hayffie (Haymitch + Effie) appears to be a thing.

2015 December 21, Bill Bradley, “Elizabeth Banks Drops A 'Hunger Games' Bombshell About Effie And Haymitch”, in HuffPost:

With a romantic relationship between these two characters not explored within the stories, there are many fan fiction writers who choose to create one, thus creating Hayffie fan fiction.

2016, Misty Nichole Horning, "Responding to the Storyworld of The Hunger Games through a Fan Fiction Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of New Mexico, page 105

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Haymitch Abernathy and Effie Trinket from The Hunger Games series.


alloromantic

In Simon's case, the feeling is resolved by owning up to his gay identity, and he is almost immediately rewarded with a hunky new boyfriend – a rather optimistic ending that may appeal more to alloromantic than to aromantic aces.

2018, "Blue Ice-Tea", "Ace Mini-Review: 'Love, Simon'", AVENues Newsletters, October-December 2018, page 22

An alloromantic individual will enjoy activities associated with intimate relationships such as holding hands, kissing, cuddling, emotional intimacy, and commitment.

2019, Katherine Rachlin, “The Intersection of Gender Diversity and Asexuality: Psychotherapy with TGNC Individuals Who Identify as Ace”, in Gary J. Jacobson, Jan C. Niemira, Karalyn J. Violeta, editors, Sex, Sexuality, and Trans Identities: Clinical Guidance for Psychotherapists and Counselors, page 133:

"Do you think it's possible... Do you think two people could fall in love with no physical intimacy?"
I shrugged. “I mean, alloromantic asexual people must do it, right?”

2021, L. C. Mawson, Ethics in Magic, unnumbered page:


alloromantic

“The language and the physicality that are associated with romance and sexuality are not limited to people who are allosexuals or alloromantics,” they said.

2018 February 8, Talia Soglin, “Super Ace”, in Yale Daily News:

Seth: I don’t understand you alloromantics. Love letters, long walks in the park, listening to each other’s heartbeats? No thank you. I am only allosexual.

2021, Chloe O. Davis, “Allosexual”, in The Queens’ English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases, Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 21:

It is unfortunately not uncommon for allosexuals and alloromantics to see those on the asexuality or aromanticism spectrums as not having valid identities, as needing to be fixed.

2022 May 17, Alex Brown, “Alex Brown Reviews Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor”, in Locus:

Someone who experiences romantic attraction.


allocishet

en-adj

allocishet (comparative more allocishet, superlative most allocishet)

more allocishet (comparative)
most allocishet (superlative)

It's frustrating that allocishet folks are often unable to grasp the nuances of queer sex.

2018, K. M. Szpara, quoted in Caroline M. Yoachim, "Interview: K. M. Szpara", Uncanny Magazine, July/August 2018, unnumbered page

I can't think of a single allocishet person taking the time to explain their identity to anyone.

2022, Saundra Mitchell, Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder, unnumbered page:

Black consumers who are beyond the allocishet “norm” must search harder, look deeper, to find their community .

2022, Jessica P. Pryde, “Introduction”, in Jessica P. Pryde, editor, Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters, page xvii-xviii:

(LGBT, neologism) Allosexual, cisgender, and heterosexual.


grayromantic

I might be kind of vaguely aromantic, honestly. Or whatever. Grayromantic?

Grayromantic asexual people are between romantic and aromantic and less likely to experience romantic attraction compared to most people.

2019, Julie Xuemei Hu, Shondrah Tarrezz Nash, “Sexuality and Sexual Relationships throughout Life”, in Marriage and the Family: Mirror of a Diverse Global Society, Routledge, →ISBN:

Asexual people (who do not generally desire romantic connection with others), and people who identify as graysexual, grayromantic, or grayscale (comparatively low sexual or romantic desire for other) are also part of the TGD community.

2022, Reese Minshew, “Introduction”, in Treating Trauma in Trans People: An Intersectional, Phase-Based Approach, Routledge, →ISBN:

Intermediate between romantic and aromantic; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing romantic attraction and desire.


split attraction model

We'll be looking more at the 'split attraction model' of sexuality in the next chapter, and how romantic attraction and sexual attraction can be different for different people.

2021, Erin Ekins, Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide For LGBTQIA+ Teens On The Spectrum, page 34:

The Split Attraction Model distinguishes between romantic and sexual attraction, meaning that someone could be romantically attracted to anybody but only sexually attracted to other genders.

2022, Cate Campbell, Sex Therapy: The Basics, unnumbered page:

Within asexual contexts, people commonly reference this distinction as the “split attraction model” (Przyblo, 2019), and many use this model in describing their personal identities.

2022, Amanda L. Mollet, “Asexuality & Asexuality Studies”, in Kamden K. Strunk, Stephanie Anne Shelton, editors, Encyclopedia of Queer Studies in Education, page 45:

(psychology) A model of human desire which distinguishes sexual and romantic attraction.


arospec

arospec (comparative more arospec, superlative most arospec)

more arospec (comparative)
most arospec (superlative)

From aro (“aromantic”) + spec (“spectrum”).

After some research into various arospec (aromantic spectrum) identities, I found the term “wtfromantic” and a whole bunch of people who identified with that.

2016, Ashley Mardell, The ABC's of LGBT+, unnumbered page:

In fact, I've, uh... well, there's this forum for demisexual and other ace/arospec people, and I've been a member for a while.

2017, Talia Hibbert, That Kind of Guy, unnumbered page:

While there can still be a tendency for allosexual characters in YA science fiction to perform conscious and unconscious microaggressions against ace, acespec, aro and arospec characters, some recent novels manage to challenge the aphobic presumption of compulsory sexuality, and to ultimately create and sustain asexual-inclusive speculative worlds.

2021, Patricia Kennon, "Asexuality and the Potential of Young Adult Literature for Disrupting Allonormativity", International Journal of Young Adult Literature, Volume 2, Issue 1 (link)

(neologism) Belonging or related to the aromantic spectrum.


acespec

acespec (comparative more acespec, superlative most acespec)

more acespec (comparative)
most acespec (superlative)

From ace (“asexual”) + spec (“spectrum”).

For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.

2017 October 26, Melissa Reph, “You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'”, in The Muhlenberg Weekly, Muhlenberg College, page 3:

Be open to ALL acespec folx! No matter what other identities intersect with their acespec identity and no matter how they behave in whatever types of relationships they may have.

2020, Will, quoted in "Questions Of The Month", AVENues Newsletter, July-September 2020, page 23

(neologism) Belonging or related to the asexual spectrum.


aroness

people who believe gintoki's aroness can be 'fixed' really need to reevaluate themselves

2015 September 19, church (@gntmconfessions), Twitter:

While much more work is obviously needed on exploring Martin’s aceness and aroness, I want to suggest that Martin’s assertions suggest that while lesbian, Martin was also aromantic and asexual.

2021, Ela Przybyło, “Ace and aro lesbian art and theory with Agnes Martin and Yayoi Kusama”, in Journal of Lesbian Studies, volume 26, number 1:

Not every aro-spec person is going to experience aroness the exact same way as another.

2021 June 15, Glitter's Garden (@GlittersGarden), Twitter:

(slang, neologism) The state of not experiencing romantic attraction to others.


Patrochilles

Mainly because I want to cry and see Patrochilles in all their glory!

2018, Nkiya Machona, quoted in Curiositales, September 2018, page 82

Perhaps even more problematically for the Patrochilles naysayers, is that this ambiguity throughout Homer's original epic is really not that ambiguous.

2021, Amelia Koen, "An Olive Pit, A Lyre, A Fig", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Week 8, Semester 2 (2021), page 19

The Twitter account Incorrect Patrochilles Quotes has over 20,000 followers and is entirely devoted to The Song of Achilles.

2021, Sarah Leidich, "From Muse To Material: The Defiance Of Homeric Identity Through Creative Adaptation", Meliora, Volume 1, Issue 1 (link)

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Patroclus and Achilles from the novel The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.


aro-allo

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

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

It was always clear that my beliefs — that an aro-allo woman was independent while an aro-allo man was a fuckboy — were gendered stereotypes I should disavow.

2020, Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex, page 130:

It seems like aro-allo people often have distinct experiences and face distinct challenges.

2020 August 12, Transcendragon (@a_the_orange), Twitter:

Aroallo people are not automatically hypersexual, nor are we predators.

2021 October 12, Ian Stobaugh, “Experiences of an aromantic, not asexual”, in The Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois University, page 3:

(informal, neologism) Aromantic and allosexual.


aro-allo

stop treating aroallos like they're just shitty people for being interested in sex and not romance 2k19

2019 September 15, press y to honk (@ghostburritos), Twitter:

Harmful stereotypes about aroallos is that “they want sex all the time” and they’re “hypersexual” when that’s just not true.

2021 October 14, Ace Girl (@acegirleatscake), Twitter:

please start including aroallos more. i see a lot of people assuming all aros are ace, which is frankly untrue and are harmful to both communities. it’s very hard to find aroallos in media too

2022 June 1, keris (@keropiji), Twitter:

(informal, neologism) An aromantic and allosexual person.


WAFFy

WAFFy (comparative WAFFier, superlative WAFFiest)

WAFFier (comparative)
WAFFiest (superlative)

Part 1 was all the wonderfully WAFFy scenes of them getting ready to be married.

1996 February 13, BeBe 4 LC, “Possibilities, Possibilities”, in alt.tv.lois-n-clark (Usenet):

SUMMARY: Not much to say. After an emotional day, Scully and Mulder bond platonically over beer and pizza. Lots of WAFFy moments.

1996 April 22, Eric Johns, “Someone To Lean On 1/2”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Now if you are unfortunate enough to read on, immediately read some WAFFy fiction or something by Helm to wash out the bitter taste.

1999 December 28, Bastion, “[DARK][Songfic] This Is Not Hell (R)”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):

(fandom slang) Evoking, related to, or characteristic of warm and fuzzy feelings (WAFF).


hateship

From hate + ship (“a fictional romantic relationship between two characters”).

compound

also hateships gave us some real great classics like Drarry and Han/Leia so fight me

2016 December 22, Elliott (@elliohill), Twitter:

I remember back in the day when I though Draco/Harry was dumb bc they definitely hate eachother and now all my favorites are hateships lol

2017 August 8, v a p o r w a v e p a i s s a (@MildKat), Twitter:

Call me vanilla but I really don't get hateships or the enemies to lovers trope.

2019 April 8, E'dmund Tia (@catboy_on_main), Twitter:

(fandom slang) A ship involving characters with an adversarial relationship.


fandom bicycle

From town bicycle, the jocular idea being that, like a hypothetical bicycle shared by an entire fandom, "everyone gets a ride" with the character.

LOL Hermione is SO the fandom bicycle more so than Harry I think.

2010 September 14, Menacherie (@Menacherie), Twitter:

I am multiship TRASH. especially in Dragon Age, I'm happy with my faves kissing really any of my other faves. Especially Anders. man is the fandom bicycle and that is delightful, he deserves many smooches.

2021 September 7, Tirs For Fears (@potatowitch666), Twitter:

When I say Will Graham is my fandom bicycle I mean I’d pair him up with anybody. Stanitz….Zeller….Freddie….that policeman that was questioning him when he was sleepwalking…

2022 August 7, Hannigramwich (Darling Idiot) (@hannigramwich), Twitter:

(fandom slang) A character who is shipped with many other characters.


Barbie shipper

Presumably from the likening of shipping characters to playing with Barbie dolls.

Normally, I don't respond to your kind of bullshit or the other mindless Barbie shipper/Duchovbot bullshit I've had to endure, but I couldn't let this pass.

2001 July 10, Lizabeth V. Karaganis, “Re: Where to go in the 9th season?”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

CC's gamble to have 'Mulder the Absent Center' may have appeased a few barbie shipper types but it also drove off a lot of the fanbase as well.

2002 January 22, Medie, “Re: RP & last seacon”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

There was a big deal about SCULLY'S CHASTITY = DEVOTION TO MULDER during the heyday of the Shipper versus Noromo wars. That "Barbie Shippers" faction of XF fandom is currently cloistering itself somewhere in really dreadful, schmoopy fanfic where no other character threatens the purity of their "deep, abiding luv".

2005 June 25, campylobacter, “Re: Never Again question”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang, derogatory, dated) One who ships Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the The X-Files.


Qcumber

I no longer refer to them as 'Qanon people.'
To me, they will forever be known as Qcumbers.
#QcumberCult

2020 April 19, just_mice33, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-09-16:

(slang, derogatory) A follower of the QAnon movement.


homogenitality

From homogenital + -ity, equivalent to homo- + genitality.

The Bible’s concern is about same-sex acts, what had been called homogenitality.

2005, The Bible on homosexuality: Exploring its meaning and authority:

The Chuch now accepts homosexuality as a fact but does not accept homogenitality as a choice.

2000, Cistercian Studies Quarterly, Some problematic aspects of human sexuality: Psychological considerations:

1998, Whole and Holy Sexuality: How to Find Human and Spiritual Integrity as a Sexual Person
It is my view that homosexuality (understood as homogenitality) is not healthy, but that homosexual persons can be healthy .

Sexual activity with a person of the same genitalia, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males.


kindom

From kin (“relatives”) + -dom as a more egalitarian or gender-neutral alternative to kingdom.

Jesus continued, "What does the kindom [KJV kingdome] of God resemble? To what will I liken it? […]

1994, Priests for Equality, The Inclusive New Testament, Altamira Press, →ISBN, Luke 13:18, page 126:

The assumption will of be that the concretization of God's kindom always involves an oikonomia or household.

2002, Michael Crosby, The Prayer that Jesus Taught Us, Orbis Books, →ISBN, page 97:

But this is not the Kindom of God that Jesus proclaimed. Let us consider the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price. The Kindom involves both search and surprise.

2019 July 5, Catherine Maresca, “The Pearl and the Hidden Treasure”, in Violence and Nonviolence in Scripture: Helping Children Understand Challenging Stories, Liturgy Training Publications, →ISBN, page 24:

(theology, neologism) A divinely-instituted egalitarian community.


α-cut

(mathematics, fuzzy logic) An approach to transforming a fuzzy membership function into a basic belief assignment.


women ☕

In reference to the 2017 YouTube video "Infomercial: The Pill" [0:13], in which two animated characters say "hmpf, women", then loudly sip their coffee. The phrase women ☕ became an Internet meme around early 2022 on TikTok and Instagram. The term later came to be used as a noun, leading to the back-formation woman ☕.

At the end of the day, "Women ☕" is just a snarkier, more conspicuous way of saying "Woman Moment," another meme that has been used for the same purposes.

[2022 August 10, Philipp Kachalin, “What Does Women ☕ Mean? Coffee Emoji Meme Explained”, in KnowYourMeme:

men be like 'women ☕' and then forget about their vaginal birth. real clownery.

2022 September 22, @bfulaura, X (Twitter), archived from the original on 2023-03-02:

Thank you DeMC for giving us a true "Women☕" moment.

2022 September 25, @Harshalreacts, X (Twitter), archived from the original on 2023-03-02:

Real men don't say "Women ☕"

2022 September 30, @dreeaamie, X (Twitter):

(Internet slang, derogatory, sometimes offensive) Expressing disapproval of the actions of a woman, especially one associated with stereotypically feminine traits.


Q+

I heard a woman ask a guy in a "Q+" hat — one of Q's signatures, he told me — what Q was about.

2018 August 3, Philip Bump, “There’s a virus in Trumpland”, in Washington Post:

The group regularly disseminates Q's messages on UCP's official YouTube livestream. Members toss off remarks like "thank God for Q and Q+, that’s Trump," actively look for Q messages and claim that real news is based those messages.

2019 April 23, Brendan Joel Kelley, “QAnon Conspiracy Increasingly Popular with Antigovernment Extremists”, in Southern Poverty Law Center:

Some QAnon devotees even believe that Mr. Trump posts himself, under the code name "Q+".

2020 February 9, Mike McIntire, Kevin Roose, “What Happens When QAnon Seeps From the Web to the Offline World”, in New York Times:

Ms. Perkins said she saw Mr. Trump as being involved in the Q effort, saying that she believed he was posting online under the pseudonym Q+.

2020 May 20, Mike Baker, “G.O.P. Voters Back QAnon Conspiracy Promoter for U.S. Senate”, in New York Times:

DAVIES: Let's just talk about some QAnon terms. When you see Q+, what does that mean?
 LAFRANCE: Well, Q+ refers to President Trump himself.

2020 August 20, Dave Davies, Adrienne LaFrance, Fresh Air, NPR:

(QAnon) A hypothetical individual believed to be in charge of QAnon, most commonly thought to be Donald Trump himself.


lapidity

(philosophy) The quality of being a stone.


Ronniecoln

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Ronnie Anne Santiago and Lincoln Loud from the animated television series The Loud House.