tankhughes has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 133 lists, listed 5648 words, written 1591 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 414 words.
Comments for tankhughes
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vendingmachine commented on the user tankhughes
I'm referring to your message to word_geek.
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vendingmachine commented on the user tankhughes
So interesting, Tank. Tell me more. Seriously.
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vendingmachine commented on the user TankHughes
Bilby has been known to talk to himself, but this time he was talking to me. My comment page is experiencing a 404 bad ketchup gateway moment.
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ruzuzu commented on the user TankHughes
Your tags are amazing. I adore the periodic symbol words.
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mollusque commented on the user TankHughes
We're up to a thousand different consonant-vowel patterns now, tagged convowel.
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mollusque commented on the user TankHughes
Have you figured out how many different consonant-vowel patterns are possible? I've found representatives for a couple of dozen more patterns. Your tag for descriptive missed the last vowel (assuming it's yours).
I've tagged vowel patterns in lots of words over the last couple of years. See the list descriptions for Panvocalics, Panvocalic euryvocalic, Monovocalics, and Double diphthongs etc. Let me know if you find any errors with my tags.
OneLook might help your search for other patterns, such as words with bh.
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TankHughes commented on the user TankHughes
Wow, thanks! Right now I have the time to contribute here and it amuses me. Thanks for the heads up on the error, I'm definitely human. I have a blog that, among other things, tracks the silly tags I've been adding on wordnik: http://tankhughes.blogspot.com/search/label/wordnik
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mollusque commented on the user TankHughes
Hi Bri,
Love the consonant-vowel tagging! You've covered a lot of ground. I've been adding a few of the odder patterns. There's an extra c in your tag for down.
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Comments by tankhughes
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
F'Elon: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckelonmusk/comments/1ijfltm/this_bumper_sticker/
February 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word the Nerd Reich
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1iis3nt/austin_protest/
February 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
call a vape pen a pentagon, so they can say "i just hit the pentagon"
https://cl.usembassy.gov/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-october-7th-terrorist-attacks/
Biden said Hamas attacks were like 15 9/11s. Could influence math on those numbers like 18/22.
February 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Thanos-snapped
Thanos-snapped = completely disappear in a flash (from the movie Avengers Infinity War)
https://youtu.be/Rk7jjcOw1mc?si=V5OW2oTMWWxnSnch&t=254
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word ELON MUSK Act
https://bsky.app/profile/mikepope.com/post/3lhiifdce6c2l
backronym in the style of the PATRIOT Act.
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word -pilled
"arcana-pilled nopecel"
https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/comments/1iimuy8/arcana_pilled_nopecel/
(Explanation: In the video game Balatro, arcana packs can be bought that contain tarot-themed cards can improve the standard playing card deck. Wheel of Fortune has a 1/4 chance of making a Joker card more powerful, but if it doesn't hit, the phrase "NOPE!" appears on screen instead. Many players spend money hoping for a hit, but continuously seeing NOPE! and running out of money.)
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word MAGATs
MAGATs = MAGA people but it sounds like maggots
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word face card
"now that's a face card right there" https://youtu.be/XGzaYAEtXLo?si=6PvE8gzQ4lPCxtLq&t=467
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
"Here's the thing about 9/11 jokes... you never forget em." https://youtu.be/9wYDwtsZ9jI?si=lgReUsEW_g_e1N_S&t=1306
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word -ussy
outlussy for outlet pussy: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amtrak/comments/1ihraml/amtrak_moment/
February 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word DEI
"Them DEIs been DEI-ing to start our month. I love it."
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1ihp0xf/all_music_genres_are_returning_to_their_roots/
February 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd
"There's not going to be affordable groceries you stupid slut" meme from American Horror Story: Coven. https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1ihgurf/theres_no_winning/
February 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word sleep-marched
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1ihdfbm/i_never_thought_that_the_leopards_would_eat_my/
February 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
https://bsky.app/profile/maiamindel.bsky.social/post/3lhecljpy3c2l
"Honestly the real nightmare scenario from the Elonjugend seemingly having full access to all Treasury payment system is that they simply fuck up the "paying off the US debt" pipeline, because a default on Treasuries is simply the "obliterate the entire global financial system" button
February 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word goon
verb goon: https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1if2xg4/i_dont_want_to_have_to_defend_prescriptivism/
February 1, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Jumanji'd
"Worst Game to be Jumanji'd By" debate: June 28, 2024 (filmed in March?) https://youtu.be/lKQ0lleMXtk?si=eQ-2a3yBC0oHDOkl&t=360
At 12:10 Jumanjold and Newmanji
February 1, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
in response to the blue/white black/gold dress light perception meme where hypothetically other people saw other colors: "a 4th color has just hit the dress"
https://youtu.be/WG17ff2NImk?si=6qFbGa70FFy1Q2xy&t=709
February 1, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word hollow cost
algospeak version of Holocaust, presumably to avoid anti-semitic trolls.
February 1, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word many such cases
This is from a 2014 Trump tweet about the absolutely not true connection between vaccinations and autism. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/many-such-cases Now that Trump is president again, people have another round of using it.
January 31, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word FireAid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrEKrBs1LVQ A charity concert to raise money for Southern California fire damage.
January 31, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word many such cases
https://www.reddit.com/r/characterarcs/comments/1ie223h/why_did_he_write_this/
content warning: a sub/dom sex pun
one of the comments just says "many such cases"
January 31, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word DEI
https://www.reddit.com/r/simpsonsshitposting/comments/1idymn6/prinskimple_trump_said/
January 31, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word anti-DEI
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1idyo8c/what_they_really_mean/
January 31, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word soup
Trump speech about "anarchists" throwing soup: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFEOnNDyGRI/
January 31, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word gargle my balls
https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1idskj6/gargle_my_balls_is_the_new_dont_tread_on_me/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFfv_hwPwyP/
January 31, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
"Somebody finally forgot about 9/11"
in response to Governor Mike Lee calling for the abolishing of the TSA.
https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1id82vx/somebody_finally_forgot_about_911/
January 30, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word domestic and care labor
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFF9Jm6xkZ-/
January 30, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFbXaspPyuG/
the captions use the censorship"
vcktm for victim
over eggsulalized for oversexualized
party b for party bottom
January 30, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word necronym
https://www.reddit.com/r/osp/comments/1ibojw9/necronym/
now being used to refer to a trans person's deadname.
January 29, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Roman salute
https://www.reddit.com/r/StandUpComedy/comments/1ic27z5/americans_dont_know_history_smdh/
January 29, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word many such cases
https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1ic8oyn/many_such_cases/
January 29, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
"a dingaling for my straponicus" = a dildo for my strap-on https://www.instagram.com/reel/DENMqJGxfiM/
January 28, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word #blacksky
On Twitter, there was Black Twitter. On BlueSky, there's #blacksky https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1ibbidk/donald_trump_finishing_what_the_cw_started/
January 28, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word DEI
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1iayulm/dei_deez_nuts/
January 28, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word egg
egg in the sense of "trans person who doesn't yet realize they're trans" https://www.reddit.com/r/characterarcs/comments/1iarnrd/silly_egg/
January 27, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word fuckyouphoria
https://bsky.app/profile/iamhandaxe.bsky.social/post/3lgqw65cxic24
a stronger version of schadenfreude
January 27, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
Luigi not in headlines anymore https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1ibjv7e/total_radio_silence/
January 27, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word who up Xing their Y?
A snowclone "Who up x-ing their y?" or "who up x'in their y?" in AAVE.
Who up wonkin' they willy?
Who up crossin' they millers?
January 27, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word DeepSeek
China AI something something: https://bsky.app/profile/unusualwhales.bsky.social/post/3lgqn3gijqc2i
January 27, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Swasticar
Nickname for the Tesla Cybertruck: https://bsky.app/profile/cooperstreaming.bsky.social/post/3lgpgcun4bc26
January 27, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word moral injury
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFOUWW5PF0a/
January 27, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word looksmaxxing
bauble-maxxing https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEV-RmjPy62/
January 27, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word outsidey
similar but different to outdoorsy: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEu0ahkMtz8/
January 27, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Roman X
Roman X or Italian X is use facetiously to describe violent acts away, like the way republicans are trying to say that Elon Musk didn't do a Nazi salute twice at at the inauguration, it was just a Roman salute.
Roman papercut: https://www.instagram.com/p/DFOYZqyCPRk/
Italian salute: https://www.instagram.com/p/DFOPZmnCqFR/
January 25, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word bone music
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFLv-cYAjYZ/
Underground black market Russian vinyl records made from discarded x-rays.
January 24, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word out-danger
"out-danger the danger" by running at night dressed as a man: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE961wXR3Ok/
January 23, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word standing on business
Costco standing on business: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEP9bsAR6pY/
January 23, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
army of Luigis: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/1i7s3l4/my_prediction_for_2028/
January 23, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word ass
Poster: "My favorite sex position is any of them. I'm just happy to be involved"
Commenter: "job interview ass answer"
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1i7n39z/open_position/
January 23, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word everyone in America is now female
https://bsky.app/profile/marlowelune.bsky.social/post/3lge6tzu3dc2w
at conception, everyone is female. so if they count gender from conception, everyone is the same gender.
January 23, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word mediocrities
"What are the mediocrities going to do when they find out that “DEI” isn’t their problem? I’m curious."
https://bsky.app/profile/roxanegay.bsky.social/post/3lgeq4wr2ic24
January 23, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word skibidi
"Gen z amish kid named skibidiah"
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1i75x79/gen_z_amish_kid_named_skibidiah/
January 22, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
A double-wide plane with the caption "nah dawg bro is flyin 18/22" https://youtu.be/E-nfOxyQizc?si=0y6YjatfF0bTn-D5&t=519
And later in the video: a fake ad for a cat scratcher tree that looks like the World Trade Center buildings: https://youtu.be/E-nfOxyQizc?si=DYzDDD3OUezOGnQK&t=704
January 22, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word klining
What's your hear me out?
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1i4z39s/whats_your_hear_me_out/
January 22, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word fash
Short for fascist, re: Elon Musk doing a Nazi salute at the presidential inauguration.
January 22, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word bourgeoicracy
https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/1i73749/is_it_time_to_give_the_bourgeoicracy_a_new/
Bourgeoicracy = pronounced buzh-WAH-cruh-see? It's hard to decide how many vowels to keep in.
Bourgeoiscracy? Bouzhwacracy?
January 22, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word saltburned
"He has an adult son, but I don't think it'd be too difficult to do a Saltburn" https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE5VPYUihM1/
January 22, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word aftercare
"what we call self-care is often just aftercare."
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDw9SlbRBUK/
January 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word goon
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1i68ykr/goonlooking_genes/
related: goonicide
January 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
Use in Minecraft to make violent threats appear fictitious by adding the context of "in a video game."
"I instantly want to redacted everyone in Minecraft as soon as some fucker start to speak like that."
https://www.reddit.com/r/evilautism/comments/1i5xtpg/i_thought_i_hated_small_children_turns_out_i_hate/
January 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word POV
Many meme templates start with "POV: " like "POV: You just Xed" or "POV: You finally Y."
When people say it out loud, they pronounce the phrase as letters.
In this one, they shouldn't have used POV, because instead of implying that he's with the girl. his POV is of someone who is standing near an intimate couple: https://www.reddit.com/r/rareinsults/comments/1i6ifof/cant_recover_from_that_burn/
January 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word oiter
oiter = water
https://www.reddit.com/r/wunkus/comments/1i5zp83/hydrated_wunk/
January 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word wunkus
https://www.reddit.com/r/wunkus/
silly animal videos. from wonky?
January 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word -maxxing
Some discussion at looksmaxxing
January 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word looksmaxxing
screen-maxxing: https://youtu.be/3TK9rgTOpIA?si=jfX1yT9ZQE3WYN9T&t=6286
January 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
"a second X has just hit the Y."
"A second Meme has hit the office":
https://www.reddit.com/r/smosh/comments/1i689qo/a_second_meme_has_hit_the_office/
January 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word hadouken
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1i5pwtl/welcome_to_the_uk/
The Argus headline: "Drunk man farts in own hand, hadoukens it at passer-by"
January 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word fw
a redditor learning the fuck with (positive) meaning of fw: https://www.reddit.com/r/characterarcs/comments/1i5akxm/redditor_learns_a_new_word/
January 20, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word shmovement
https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/ndz5fl/where_did_the_term_schmovementschmovin_come_from/
the flowing (smooth) movement created by a sequence of video game maneuvers back to back.
January 19, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
President Muskrat https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1i4pjxt/president_muskrat_and_his_orange_vice_abandoned/
January 19, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word PiCoSteveMo
As a parody of NaNoWriMo
"PiCoSteveMo is a noncompetitive month-long jam where participants create a PICO-8 game inspired by a Stephen King work."
https://itch.io/jam/picostevemo
January 19, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word JOMO
JOMO = Joy of missing out. Opposite of FOMO (fear of missing out)
January 19, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
Noticing a lot of 9/11 jokes by what I think is Gen Z, mostly involving hitting the 2nd tower.
In this post, TikTok was just banned, but so was CapCut, and so someone posted on BlueSky: "THEY JUST HIT THE SECOND TOWER"
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1i4phmx/both_are_down_i_repeat_both_are_down/
"Hey, 2001 called..."
*mimicking picking up the phone*
"Oh my god...they just hit the 2nd tower"
Before this, the main memes were to say "never forget" when those numbers came up, or joke about forgetting, or to facetiously talk about "these colors don't run" or repeating the phrase: "jet fuel can't melt steel beams" from the 9/11 conspiracies like the Loose Change documentary, or mocking Mark Wahlberg for saying he would have stopped 9/11 if he had been on the flight: https://www.kazu.org/2012-01-18/mark-wahlberg-with-me-aboard-9-11-hijackers-would-have-been-stopped.
January 19, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word jouch
jouch = jeans couch
https://www.reddit.com/r/ATBGE/comments/1i1paem/this_jouch_i_found_at_a_flee_market/
jorts jeggings
I feel like there's a general higher frequency of humorous portmanteaus in the last 10 years of internet language.
snurse = snail purse
snilk = snake milk
-ussy donussy = donut pussy
January 19, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word brat
Naomi Smalls talking about fellow drag artist Lexi Love: "she seems like a party girl kid, she seems very brat, and that was not very brat"
https://youtu.be/facYFjFTinc?si=02zB3UKDh3LbASnG&t=2114
January 18, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word howmstever
"Whomst’d’ve summoned me? 🔮" https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/1i48t5i/whomstdve_summoned_me/
January 18, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word goonicide
from gooning and goon: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1i2vhtf/goonicide/
January 18, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word found divorce
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1i2vsp3/found_divorce/
January 18, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word slut virus
https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/1i3lbzx/to_find_new_tiktok/
January 17, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word RedNote
Since TikTok has been banned, RedNote is a similar? app people are trying.
https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/1i3lbzx/to_find_new_tiktok/
January 17, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word girl math
https://youtube.com/shorts/NYCcMvmSr2g?si=9XP79paEE9QSgcVA
January 15, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list black-queer-femme-slang-KKX6mc6dFPQpKGaWE_ddr
Parody of corporations trying to use drag queen slang in pride month commercials: https://youtu.be/wKNizU1oeCs?si=5xFvKQqLFWpwV4DB&t=88
January 15, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
Official list of ADS WOTY nominees, thanks scarequotes https://www.wordnik.com/lists/american-dialect-society-2024-words-of-the-year-nominees-kZHpYgcY8gI4E904tlTPY#
January 15, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word skibidi
https://www.reddit.com/r/characterarcs/comments/1i0f3wc/i_cant_think_of_a_good_title/
January 13, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word gatekeep
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEs6a5oR8Lu/
January 13, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word hurkle-durkle
https://www.tumblr.com/abd-illustrates/772490246995771392
hurkle-durkle is a Scottish word meaning "to lounge in bed all day long after it's time to get up." The link above has a GTA meme version "HURKLE-DURKLE'D" meaning that someone stayed in bed comfy so long that they died.
January 13, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word dome
Lizzo - "Boys" (2019) "is you home boy? come give me dome boy."
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hyhrws/road_dome_so_sloppy_i_almost_crashed_the/
road dome = road head = fellatio/cunnilingus in a (moving) car
January 12, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word power bottom
Power Bottom Aladdin
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hyxmes/power_bottom_aladdin/
January 12, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word sir, this is a Wendy's
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1hysblz/map_store/
January 12, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word walking the children in nature
From Drag Race contestant Tammie Brown who said a lot of weird things, but this seems to be literal that she used to take kids on hikes. But now it can be a metaphor like "my skin is clear, my crops are flourishing" or "teach the children"
https://www.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/g535fj/what_does_walking_children_in_nature_even_mean/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sccHU8q3Sr0
January 11, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word skibidi
"Skibidi toilet or whatever you kids say"
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hy036t/skibidi_toilet_or_whatever_you_kids_say/
January 10, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word light water
Light water is normal water H20. heavy water is heavier because it has more deuterium molecules. Both have been used in nuclear power plants in the past.
January 10, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Spiders Georg
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1hxm0r6/on_this_day_12_years_ago_tumblr_user_max_lavergne/
January 9, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word atp
atp = at this point
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1hxb1hn/were_cooked/
January 9, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word tea
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1hxgy9h/tea/
"Y'all I told my boyfriend I had tea & he immediately asked "herbal or verbal?" and I just died dead skull emoji"
January 9, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Lolicon
https://www.reddit.com/r/GetNoted/comments/1hx8fmz/this_is_wild/
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/items/583788d8-bbc8-4475-b1ed-031b695f3373
"Hypersexualization of minors is a continuous problem prevalent in Japan. This particular brand of hypersexualization is known as Lolicon which is the attraction to prepubescent girls, particularly in anime and manga. Historically, it is derived from the 1955 novel titled “Lolita”, which depicts a middle-aged man’s dark obsession with a young girl, but Lolicon didn’t become a recognized genre until the 1970’s when fan artists depicted their favorite female characters of the time as underage girls. There is still ongoing debate within Japanese society about its harmful effects, some dubbing it as a “sickness”, while other individuals find no problem with continuing the practice. Regardless, it is still incredibly easy to find openly in Japan, with convenience stores selling magazines containing lolicon imagery. Utilizing academic research, we will showcase how this problem is influencing and normalizing the attraction to underage girls. We will discuss the impact, local and globally, on the acceptance and societal effect of Lolicon, as well as the steps taken to combat its influence in Japan."
Child sex abuse materials in Japan
January 9, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word girl
The black/queer/femme gender neutral use of "Girl" was just used by Elon Musk? https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1hwn7u6/the_audacity_of_this_unelected_loser/
January 9, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word chud
https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/comments/1hw6zcf/nothing_ever_happens/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chud
a variant from Chad?
January 8, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word successorizing
trixie mattel: successorizing is succeeding with accessories
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEMBjKUNqV1/
January 8, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word mansplaining
It's sometimes used to describe a man in a video essay, even if he's not interrupting another speaker or directly referencing another content creator. https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1hvy9ti/thats_not_mansplaining/
January 8, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
narcotiç: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEihuAsPWSp/
January 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word (derogatory)
https://www.tumblr.com/iwannakillbobby/732834669786267648/shes-an-evil-motherfucker-with-admiration
Variants (loving) (with admiration)
January 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word sidegrade
Not a downgrade, a lateral move: https://www.reddit.com/r/aspiememes/comments/1hvjd6o/i_solved_the_debate/
January 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word raw milk
along with raw water, these are bad ideas that some people think are good because they are "natural". https://www.tumblr.com/shorthistorian/771974031468625920/pasteurization-and-vaccines-have-almost-been-too
January 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word spicy dé jà vu
PTSD: https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSDmemes/comments/1hv1yxk/extra_spicy/
January 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word face card
"constantly slaying, face card never declined"
https://youtu.be/T-IDbDJXE1U?si=Ql2rSKlviQ_V4-OM&t=162
January 5, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word looksmaxxing
"He's like Scottish-maxxing right now" https://youtu.be/68Y7r2-PSMI?si=NX-By2Q4ceg2uRub&t=1207
January 5, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word get the ick
https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1htdu8l/my_first_gf_got_the_ick_when_i_cried_after/
"My first GF got the ick when I cried after learning my best friend had terminal cancer"
also gives me the ick
January 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
in a reddit "character arc" someone thinks someone is hot, learns that they are a child sex abuser (p3d0), and then says they want to die (kms): https://www.reddit.com/r/characterarcs/comments/1hrtthp/the_realisation/
January 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word SpongeBob case
SpongeBob Case "uPpErCaSe AnD lOwErCaSe AlTeRnAtInG" that shows a sarcastic response to a dumb question or statement. Still useful:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1hsyzvd/stay_woke_entertainment/
January 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
No thanks, I like my suffering RAW. https://www.reddit.com/r/artmemes/comments/1hsixw0/real/
"It's crazy how if you get good grades they just let you raw dog adhd your whole life" https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hkyk72/raw_dog_adhd/
January 3, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
Pop culture moments since 2020: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aytRS129_vU
January 2, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word raw water
Like raw milk. It's coming up again: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/raw-water-dangerous-natural-food-fad-promises-health-gives-diarrhea-ncna837381
January 2, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word n't
https://www.reddit.com/r/asexuality/comments/1hr859c/sexualnt/
Sexualn't
January 2, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word we're so back
we're so back on the yin yang as the opposite of "it's so over" https://www.reddit.com/r/Wiseposting/comments/1hql1eb/ah_the_yin_yang_yes_very_wise/
January 2, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word downline
pyramid scheme term: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDSFLSXJu87/
December 30, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word gangstalking
"What was the neolithic equivalent of CIA gangstalking" https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hnhxrt/what_was_the_neolithic_equivalent_of_cia/
December 29, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word cuck
A non-conservative poster referring to MAGA people as cucks instead of vice versa https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkReform/comments/1hojxd1/condolences_to_the_cucks_who_voted_trump_truly/
December 29, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word S tier
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEC-K6qpk3y/
December 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word In this essay I will
A good meme https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1hn8ujy/lord_aringing/
A similar way to end a post as "Thank you for coming to my TED talk' but this is implying that the explaining has just begun.
December 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word tm
Short for tomorrow: "if i don't get a switch for christmas tm..." https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hm89dl/thats_one_way_to_inject_some_excitement_into_the/
December 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
Etymology Nerd on censorship and media framing of UHC CEO shooting, TikTok bans, and control of mass communication: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD9sbr0JnCx/
December 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word penice
Misspelling (algorithm avoidant?) of penis: https://www.reddit.com/r/characterarcs/comments/1hkfkeg/good_lord/
December 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word thug
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1hkb3wd/just_another_thug/
December 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word madeupical
Talking about the origin and lack of definition of madeupical on Wordnik itself: https://bsky.app/profile/wordnik.bsky.social/post/3ldwfyyo5ak2y
December 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word pacemogged
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hitont/someone_150_years_ago_literally_has_no_frame_of/
"Just pacemogged a slowbie on the sidewalk"
(Just walked faster than a slow walking person on the sidewalk)
December 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word scrumpt
Facetious past tense form of screamed: "I scream I scrumpt at just linking the Wikipedia article lmfao" https://www.reddit.com/r/asklinguistics/comments/1hioxst/comment/m30qrss/
December 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word skinchies
Newcastle slang for crossing your fingers? https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDzsp2UCrhq/
December 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word daylighting
https://abc7news.com/post/california-daylighting-law-san-francisco-start-issuing-warnings-cars-parked-crosswalks-40-fines-january/15536088/
"It's because of a change to the state's "daylighting" law, which prohibits parking within 20 feet of any crosswalk."
December 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
graffiti art of Nintendo's Luigi character next to 3 Bullet Bills that say "deny delay depose" https://www.reddit.com/r/SocialistGaming/comments/1hfgc1s/a_masterwork/
December 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
Doesn't mention Luigi but relevant: https://www.tumblr.com/mostly-funnytwittertweets/770390373525749760
December 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word in da clurb, we all fam
In the stall, we all fam! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDwzVCURQJe/
December 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word bore worms
https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/where-does-the-not-the-bore-worms-line-come-from-the-wormy-earworm-explained
December 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word countermapping
The practice of putting things like indigenous and oral tradition information on a map to acknowledge that it exists: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCXdPIZpayb/
December 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word barg
A nickname for Grocery Outlet Bargain Market. Also called "groce out" pronounced like "gross out" since there are often unexpected flavored products.
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word groce out
A nickname for Grocery Outlet Bargain Market. Also called "barg". Pronounced like "gross out" since there are often unexpected flavored products.
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Wednesday waffle
A weekly tradition where friends send each other 3-minute long audio files to explain how their week is going. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCo0EDSPvEm/
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDWQAjkyP1R/ "you see how I'm drinking my coffee this morning? It's very go away, very not yet, very leave me the fuck (caption: floof) alone"
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
It's a verb too: "needs to be Luigi'd" https://bsky.app/profile/bamfaerie.bsky.social/post/3ldkv4zl6bk2d
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word cancelthreaten
"Going to spend tomorrow cancelthreatening every service in my life."
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hgmmsk/on_a_way_to_cancelthreaten/
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
Re: losing the video game Balatro because of one boss called The Plant which makes all the face cards worthless: "My brother in Christ you built the deck" https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/comments/1hgj6bd/shut_up_about_the_plant_shut_up_about_the_plant/
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word queen out
to queen out - to chat with, catch up with, gossip with, hang out with. Feels like a black/gay/femme slang that is now making its way out to broader circles.
Talking about an actor with dwarfism they wished they could have hung out with: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDsn8NVS9r5/
Talking about new coworkers they don't know well yet "a lot of people I haven't gotten to queen out with": https://youtu.be/XMbAu2Yk6xM?si=atCKdTuVJCa6hJKB&t=300
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Jeff the Land Shark
A recent Marvel comic creation from 2018 whose popularity is spiking because of the 2024 video game Marvel Rivals.
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1hf2fm1/even_the_staff_agrees/
"ending HIV is no longer a question of medical technology but a question of sufficient Luigi."
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
ElMo: https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/1hfieam/elmo_gonna_skin_someone_alive_today/
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word astroturfing
"The astroturfing and emotional abuse Reddit inflicts on its users when they rise up is fucking unreal."
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassConscienceMemes/comments/1hfrbhn/the_astroturfing_and_emotional_abuse_reddit/
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Kaizo mode
"Speedrunning Mario Odyssey's TRUE Kaizo Mode" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzc5CP8xjdI In video games, Kaizo mode refers to general game play or speedrun subgcategories that are highly restricted and require deliberate movement.
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word core memory
Feels like this term also corresponds with therapyspeak becoming more widespread and common - trauma bonding, trauma dumping, projection, emotional dysregulation, undermedicated, overstimulated, take accountability, hold space, I statements, in my healing era, out of spoons, emotional labor, etc.
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word quangle
Was in Edward Lear's poem "The Quangle Wangle's Hat" from his book Laughable Lyrics (1877). https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44604/the-quangle-wangles-hat
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word core memory
This was a term used in the original Inside Out movie, but with Inside Out 2 coming out this year, it's reinforced it as a concept, so I think it's going to stick around.
https://bsky.app/profile/johngreensbluesky.bsky.social/post/3ldhiasmq722q
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word WomenInMaleFields
This is a hashtag, but you can't put a # at the start of a term on Wordnik.
see citation at hawk tuah girl.
#QueersInStraightFields https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCt821UNsl6/
Same sex competition dancing couple: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC7no2wSGHx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
December 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chalked
chalked as a slang word means bad, game over, done with? Urban Dictionary entries go back to 2006 at least. Maybe in reference to chalking up the results already on a scoreboard?
During this Pokemon battle video, one Pokétuber keeps using the phrase:
"oh my goodness I'm chalked brother I'm chalked" https://youtu.be/bgV6eM3ZRyQ?si=fKUp-bDMrysLgWBJ&t=1373
"but IF I can get the plus 3.. I mean, it's just chalked brother, this thing is gonna destroy"
https://youtu.be/bgV6eM3ZRyQ?si=Eez7RtMiq-btetfN&t=1713
"I think I'm chalked, I just gave you...I need a..."
https://youtu.be/bgV6eM3ZRyQ?si=PNNCnT1CkvClaoK8&t=1908
December 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word time quangle
see quangle for no definition either, but context
December 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word quangle
Dropout's Dimension 20 show had a series of live shows this year where they played a mix of their characters and settings in what they called a "Time Quangle". They specifically refuse to define what a quangle is, and only explain that it's a quangle but with time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi9jQrvdAuY
December 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word blorbo
teaching an older ESL person about blorbo and me when: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1hc778x/referenced_in_passing/
December 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word gazoonkas
https://www.reddit.com/r/nerdfighters/comments/1hc4140/how_i_feel_after_this_weeks_bluesky_revelations/
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12REBmHV25y8lN6Xl_bbfgvlCBuURW9VjoRMg6yZEQpc/edit#slide=id.g31e197dd797_495_243
December 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
Luigi-pilled: https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSDmemes/comments/1hcc0ub/anyone_else_with_chronic_pain_who_hates_the/
December 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word deny defend depose
There's a 2010 book about the healthcare industry called Delay Deny Defend: https://delaydenydefend.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay,_Deny,_Defend
December 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word deny defend depose
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassConscienceMemes/comments/1hathgm/from_the_mariokart_school_of_economics/
December 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word let him cook
"let him conjure" https://www.reddit.com/r/wizardposting/comments/1havj2e/what_moment_with_your_apprentices_made_you_go/
December 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word down bad
a heightening of down bad: "every woman I know is down catastrophic for the United Healthcare CEO assassin": https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1hazoqp/at_this_point/#lightbox
December 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word match my freak
"Is anybody gonna match my freak?"
Nasty by Tinashe made this phrase pop up a lot this year. Often of heartwarming couples being the same type of weird together
Linguistically, it's an innovation to use "freak" like an abstract noun, the concept of someone's sexual fetishes, instead of describing a person as a freak, or as an adjective like in freak accident.
https://genius.com/Tinashe-nasty-lyrics
December 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
end of 2024 internet culture: https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1h9kmfe/which_call_was_better_this_call_or_the_call_last/
December 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
Leon Muskrat: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1h9ooaz/no_more_welfare_queen_leon_muskrat/
December 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word n't
Nightmaren't (from same Slay the Spire subreddit): https://www.reddit.com/r/slaythespire/comments/1h8ohnt/making_balanced_curses_by_making_good_cards_bad/
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word blicked
"Imagine getting blicked by a cutie patootie."
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1h9a62l/imagine_getting_blicked_by_a_cutie_patootie/
Killed in from full health in one shot (in a video game): https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blicked
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word spag
British English speaker calls a spaghetti meal a spag bowl: https://youtube.com/shorts/IxyFqwv8qbM?si=WlZ_SHSwPJBv_q6H
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mod
moderator evoked like castle guards: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1h8rlaq/mods_impregnate_that_man/
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word deny defend depose
Words found on the bullet casings used to kill UHC CEO
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/deny-defend-depose-unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-shell-casing-thompson.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassConscienceMemes/comments/1h962qq/spotted_in_texas/
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word dewlap
https://bsky.app/profile/neolithicsheep.bsky.social/post/3lcqrybuavc2j
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Queen never cry
A series of anime panels where a new mother frowns at her new baby who is crying and says "[Queen never cry} and in the next panel, the baby has the same stern face as the mother.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/what-is-the-viral-queen-never-cry-meme-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-trend-that-has-taken-over-social-media/articleshow/115812850.cms
https://youtu.be/v-aH6K9Fs9Q?si=pkq7ifBDr4UWqQpv&t=87
December 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word hawk tuah
an example of hawk tuah girl as being a #WomanInMaleDominatedFields because she's grifting through a crypto scam.
December 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Lord willing and the creek don't rise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_creek_don%27t_rise
December 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
another elongated muskrat citation: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1h5ly61/direct_action_by_inaction/
December 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word lay-arounder
A 5 year old on the ski slopes explains that she is not like her mom. This sound has been lip synced a lot on social media since it was posted on October 1 2024: https://www.instagram.com/katyrobinbird/reel/DAluYaHSt31/?hl=en
"I'm not a zoomer arounder like you, I'm kinda like a... calm-er... kinda like, like lay-arounder"
December 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
A wizard variant: "my brother in the arcane arts" https://www.reddit.com/r/wizardposting/comments/1h5otj8/wholesome_wizard_memes/
December 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word woolly indris
A variation: #DaughtersinMomFields: https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSDmemes/comments/1h5mgv4/going_to_take_all_of_my_willpower_not_to_pull/
December 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word n't
Silen't - the character The Silent from Slay the Spire has a basic card called Piercing Wail, undermining its silent concept: https://www.reddit.com/r/slaythespire/comments/1h5hjkr/that_feeling_when_the_silent/
December 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word hawk tuah
https://www.reddit.com/r/mythologymemes/comments/1h578xg/hawk_taur/
a play on hawk tuah -- the hawktaur, a centaur-like chimera.
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
another citation for muskrat: https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/1h56i2g/no_muskrat_only_free_speech_has_been_canceled/
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word #WomenInMaleFields
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
Mark Hamill referred to him as Leon, an anagram. https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1h4adms/do_you_follow_mark_hamill/
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/1h4dqrs/the_beauty_of_twitter_folks/
"My brother in Christ you're arguing like a 5th century monk when it comes to Bible stories."
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word wifejak
wifejak, a stereotypical wife drawing based on the style used for wojak:
https://www.dailydot.com/memes/wifejak/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GetNoted/comments/1h35fnp/the_age_of_consent_is_18/
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word aftercare
hierarchy of evil needs NSFW: https://www.reddit.com/r/evilautism/comments/1h4hy8j/evil_needs/
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word dark forest theory
https://www.wrecka.ge/against-the-dark-forest/
"The complex of ideas I’m going to call the Dark Internet Forest emerges from mostly insidery tech thinking, but from multiple directions—initially in Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler’s freeform noticings that apply science fiction writer Liu Cixin's dark forest theory of the universe to social media, then in humanist all-arounder Maggie Appleton’s illustrated tech notes."
November 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word forkbomb
https://www.reddit.com/r/GetNoted/comments/1h0u0k0/i_had_never_heard_of_a_forkbomb_before/
November 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word wrt
with respect to: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1h0r1ov/noble_blood/
November 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word (derogatory)
soulmates (derogatory)
https://www.tumblr.com/necroticboop/767969009149853696
November 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
"I'm sorry but rawdogging your little piggies on a plane should be a criminal offense." https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC2oH6QI3Y6/
November 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word banger
This is not new, but it does feel particularly widespread to me, people using it who are online but not from its Australian slang/music industry/Black youth origins; https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-21/where-does-the-term-banger-come-from-music-parks-and-rec/9275652
https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaraclaw.com/post/3lbv43pn43k2f
"Just learned the Yiddish word for anxiety literally translates as heart-knocking-ness (hartsklapenish, דאָס האַרצקלאַפּעניש) and it's very fitting that the Jews would have a banger of a word for their daily companion"
Also used in the meme phrase used to respond to anything that Smosh member Shayne Topp posts, originally from coworker Trevor: "Another banger from Shane from iCarly" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XztCmilzg8U https://x.com/smosh/status/1466221378294583300?lang=en https://www.reddit.com/r/smosh/comments/15kz1ug/another_banger_by_shayne_topp_from_icarly/
November 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
rawdogging and right to disconnect were honorable mentions to Macquarie's WOTY 2024: enshittification, which was a popular American WOTY winner last year, but has now been popularised in Australia as well.
(EDITED to adjust for Australian spelling)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/26/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained
November 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSDmemes/comments/1gzbfit/comment/lyvrrpk/
In reference to a meme about how after receiving a diagnosis, all the medication and therapy are too expensive to access: "😅😅 um, I'm just raw dogging it and taking risperidone"
November 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word popular
This is kind of wild to add to my WOTY 2024 list but... the popular vote has been a part of the post-election conversation and "Popular" is a catchy song from the new Wicked movie that's now being used in memes:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCzPrqDPsYf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
November 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Spines
An AI book publisher https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-publisher-spines-aims-to-disrupt-industry-by-using-ai-to-publish-8000-books-in-2025-alone
November 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Elon Musk
see Elonyms: https://www.wordnik.com/lists/elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
November 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
https://bsky.app/profile/chucktingle.bsky.social/post/3lbpvqmjnyk2r
'since everyone is talkin on BLUESKY vs TWITTER on here i will add my own personal trot, which i actually think is pretty interesting. since ELNO MORK took over it has been blatantly obvious that he was directly limiting politically left posts (not just evening free speech playing field as claimed)'
November 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word GNC
GNC = gender non-conforming
GNC = General Nutrition Center, a vitamin supplement store chain.
November 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word leguminati
https://bsky.app/profile/mikepope.bsky.social/post/3lbpm6ido3s2j
Guardian news article: "‘It’s like a secret’: why do the leguminati want to change the way we eat?"
November 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
https://www.reddit.com/r/dropout/comments/1gyenqf/comment/lyogwe4/
"You just out here raw dogging triscuits? No hummus or spread of any kind? The roof of your mouth must be impenetrable. I’m impressed!"
November 24, 2024
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