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Operating at peak confidence and skill; performing so exceptionally well that everyone around you has no choice but to watch in admiration.
When one partner literally leaves the other behind during an activity (like hiking) without checking if they're okay, which somehow counts as relationship-ending grounds. It's the outdoor enthusiast's way of saying 'I'm breaking up with you by walking really fast and not looking back.'
The National Day of Silence—a GLSEN-initiated youth movement highlighting the erasure of LGBTQ+ voices, typically marked with an X written or taped on participants' mouths.
New Haven, Connecticut's charmingly unpronounceable term for pizza (pronounced 'ah-beetz'), because apparently the region decided 'pizza' needed more vowels and confusion.
The sound of your brain short-circuiting when you've completely blanked on what you were about to say. Keyboard mash as a cry for help—universal panic expressed through random letters.
Slang for something so undeniably excellent it has transcended normal 'dope' status; usually applied to music producers whose beats are genuinely transcendent.
Someone who softens offensive comments with 'I'm sorry, but...' as if a preamble makes prejudice more palatable.
People who dismiss an entire medium without ever watching it, often out of fear of social judgment or a desperate need to conform to mainstream standards.
The darkly ironic belief that wealth and leisure will magically materialize with zero effort—a philosophy popular among lottery ticket enthusiasts and those who've decided hard work is fundamentally overrated.
The prison-issued shoes handed to inmates in New Jersey facilities—a darkly humorous reference to former Governor Jon Corzine. Basically the opposite of a sneaker flex.
The profession or practice of performing roles in theater, film, television, or other media; also used colloquially to mean pretending or putting on a false persona.
An acronym standing for 'Agreed Huge Time'—a shorthand way to express emphatic agreement with whatever absurdity someone just stated.
Someone so charismatic and culturally influential that people remain obsessed with them despite their glaring problematic views—the ultimate 'I hate-follow them but can't look away' person.
A person who constantly seeks attention by spreading rumors and stirring up drama; basically the human equivalent of clickbait but with worse social skills. If she were a headline, she'd have three exclamation points and a crying emoji.
A backhanded compliment deployed to salvage someone's reputation after they say something monumentally stupid. It's the jargon equivalent of 'well, bless your heart,' but for the internet age.
The lazy linguistic combo of 'awesome' and 'amazing'—when one superlative just won't cut it and you mash them together like a verbal energy drink.
The opposite of charm or charisma—basically having negative game so severe that you actively repel potential romantic interests with your awkwardness or bad vibes.
Someone who treats Abercrombie & Fitch like it's a personality trait and not just a clothing brand, wearing multiple layers of the stuff simultaneously to ensure everyone within a five-mile radius knows exactly how much they paid for their outfit. The sartorial equivalent of wearing a sign that says 'please validate my choices.'
Any small creature or being that attacks at ankle height—be it a yappy dog, an ambitious toddler, or a particularly determined tick—a unifying concept for minor ankle-focused menaces.
Short for 'alternate universe,' a fictional setting where the established canon of a story is changed or reimagined with different rules, events, or outcomes. AUs allow fans to explore 'what if' scenarios.
A sarcastic reference to needing aspirin as a painkiller—either from an actual hangover or from the existential headache of listening to catastrophically bad political speeches. A bygone relic of early 2000s political snark.
A slightly awkward but endearing way of saying 'thank you for accompanying me' or 'thanks for coming with me,' blending 'accompany' with the more formal '-ment' suffix. It's the kind of mildly incorrect grammar that actually sounds kind of wholesome.
An absurdly specific phobia about having an aneurysm while sitting on a toilet—the kind of ridiculous fear that someone invents to explain why they're avoiding bathrooms at all costs.
To do something exclusively boomer-coded—like asking 'what's TikTok?' or physically contorting while holding a phone. Named after YouTuber Atrioc, it's the verb form of outdated behavior that makes Gen Z collectively cringe.