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{
"etymology_text": "Perhaps a truncation of cranium, mockingly or tragically implying someone whose head is constantly overloaded with thoughts of other people's problems. Popularized in online mental health and support subcultures.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cranos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"examples": [
{
"text": "She's being a total crano again, staying up all night stressing over how to fix her friend's life while her own room is a mess."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who is hyper-fixated on the welfare of others and desperately wants to fix their problems, but feels completely helpless, physically exhausted, or mentally \"braindead\" due to their own personal limitations."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, Internet, sometimes derogatory) A person who is hyper-fixated on the welfare of others and desperately wants to fix their problems, but feels completely helpless, physically exhausted, or mentally \"braindead\" due to their own personal limitations."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "compassion fatigue"
},
{
"word": "co-dependency"
},
{
"word": "hyper-empathy"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "savior complex"
},
{
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "bleeding heart"
}
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"derogatory",
"slang",
"sometimes"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɹænoʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"word": "crano"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Perhaps a truncation of cranium, mockingly or tragically implying someone whose head is constantly overloaded with thoughts of other people's problems. Popularized in online mental health and support subcultures.",
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},
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},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "She's being a total crano again, staying up all night stressing over how to fix her friend's life while her own room is a mess."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who is hyper-fixated on the welfare of others and desperately wants to fix their problems, but feels completely helpless, physically exhausted, or mentally \"braindead\" due to their own personal limitations."
],
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[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
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]
],
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"(slang, Internet, sometimes derogatory) A person who is hyper-fixated on the welfare of others and desperately wants to fix their problems, but feels completely helpless, physically exhausted, or mentally \"braindead\" due to their own personal limitations."
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"derogatory",
"slang",
"sometimes"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɹænoʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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}
],
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{
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],
"word": "savior complex"
},
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"word": "bleeding heart"
}
],
"word": "crano"
}
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