tankhughes has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 131 lists, listed 5559 words, written 1469 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 413 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 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 popularized in Australia as well.
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
tankhughes commented on the word echo chamber
https://bsky.app/profile/maxkennerly.bsky.social/post/3lbmf2zqj222v
"Reminder: the term "echo chamber" was popularised by leaked 2003 memos on how PhRMA spent $1 million to create an "intellectual echo chamber of economists -- a standing network of economists and thought leaders to speak against federal price control regulations through articles and testimony.'" (with accompanying Google Ngram chart)
November 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
https://bsky.app/profile/roseveleth.com/post/3lbn76v36l22q
"It is so funny to me that all the chuds on Twitter literally have to self censor the world Bluesky in order to complain about it because they know that Twitter will suppress any mention of a competitor. A+ shit."
Bluesk*y, Blue*ky, Blues*y, etc.
quoted example: https://bsky.app/profile/bcdreyer.social/post/3lblhfdjabc22
November 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word echo chamber
https://bsky.app/profile/theglobeandmail.com/post/3lbjtqmah4u2c Bluesky being called an echo chamber
November 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Walmart X
In an SNL sketch, a member of the comedy group Do Not Destroy calls Charli XCX "Walmart Lady Gaga" in Italian: https://youtu.be/OyID_6Pd8u0
November 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word tea
https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplainTheJoke/comments/1gvvhs3/what/
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word transvestigating
a pseudoscientific shithead act. maliciously suspicion about the gender of a person.
trans+investigate
https://www.reddit.com/r/GetNoted/comments/1gwja3y/tranvestigating_hip_bones/
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brittanyanas/2024/08/26/the-rawdogging-flights-trend-explained/
The trend is referred to as “rawdogging” a flight and it basically means foregoing any of the in-flight perks—no in-flight entertainment, no snacks or beverages from the carts rolling through the aisles, and, in the most extreme cases, no drinking water or napping.
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
Already chosen:
Cambridge: manifest
Australian National University: Colesworth
Collins: brat
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word predocracy
https://bsky.app/profile/mrjoncryer.bsky.social/post/3lbg72363mk27
"Do we need to coin a new term “Predatocracy”?"
There was recently an article calling Trump's administration a kakistocracy"
-ocracy could be a WOTY candidate.
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word the bad place
Internet-savvy George Takei also calling Twiiter the bad place: https://bsky.app/profile/georgetakei.bsky.social/post/3lbfbcuhb2h2s
"I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day.
Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks."
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chorkless
A teacher-made fake English-sounding word for students to practice their knowledge of sounds, but chorkless feels like it might escape containment: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1gtm2qu/sometimes_we_have_kids_read_nonsense_words_to/
November 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word NPC
Comedians on the TV show The Last Leg calling Kamala Harris a bad candidate, "a Democratic NPC" 1:40 into the video: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastLeg/comments/1gtaakv/frankie_boyles_thoughts_on_the_us_election/
November 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word the bad place
This is being used a lot on Bluesky this month as migration from Twitter has increased since Elon Musk's support of Trump/the 2024 US Presidential Election: https://bsky.app/profile/zprospero.bsky.social/post/3lb4bwuvt242g
November 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word the bad place
a euphemism for Twitter / X, coming from the TV show The Good Place (meaning heaven) and The Bad Place (meaning hell). Not (affectionate) like the Tumblr self-described nickname of hellsite, which then broke containment and has also been used to describe Twitter (derogatory).
https://bsky.app/profile/georgetakei.bsky.social/post/3lb63rlpo7c2d
November 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word the weave
the Trump weave - political cartoon https://bsky.app/profile/joncooper-us.bsky.social/post/3lb4jxyivl72r
November 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCX9d6ct7WM/
re: rating if he would date certain cookies, he ends by choosing oatmeal raisin as his husband and then showing a picture of cookie dough: "and shout out to my chaotic bestie who is raw-dogging life, you keep doing you babe"
November 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word aptonym
every time I try to think of nominative determinism, I get stuck on binomial nomenclature and rarely make it to the goal. Maybe if I come at it from -nym that is apt, an aptonym, I'll get there faster. This comment now contains my Hansel and Gretel breadcrumbs for the next time this happens.
November 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list clothing-missing-parts
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1gqxbhd/titless_jacket_slay/
"titless jacket slay"
November 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word occuplaytional
https://www.facebook.com/occuplaytional "Occuplaytional Therapist"
interesting blend, reminds me of infotainment.
eduplaytion is also a thing: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/eduplaytion
November 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word femininomenon
8 Elphabas on stage = an elphabanomenon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrdOQD5jSo&lc=UgxxXOoWICITM4bs5VN4AaABAg
November 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word ❤️
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCUIRgLurpe/
red heart emoji is used more by republicans and less by democrats in the US.
November 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word femininomenon
https://www.instagram.com/p/DCJSN3VibkO/
"wanted a femininomenon got a felininomenon instead"
November 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word casual
"fuckin casuals" "a filthy casual"
Often refers to casual gamer - not someone who plays often or who only plays party games. Not someone who plays hardcore/war games like an FPS.
But in this sketch, just a general sort of "basic bitch" designation: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCFWcNfKE12/
November 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word brainrot
https://www.reddit.com/r/decadeology/comments/1glh0l1/updated_version_of_meme_evolution/
November 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
"Raw dogging the pouring rain in a suit is crazy" https://youtube.com/shorts/Wk21xqWF81I
November 6, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word subtle foreshadowing
a TikTok video editing trend where a video of a minor accident is played out of order - the beginning, then the moment of a fall, then back to the beginning, then a little more then the end again, until it gets to that moment of the fall in the video: https://www.forbes.com/sites/callumbooth/2024/10/10/the-subtle-foreshadowing-tiktok-trend-analyzed/
November 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Trump weave
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/opinion/trump-talk-weave-english.html
Also called the weave.
October 31, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Protactile
A tactile sign language for the deafblind. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBRkZnXyMGp/
October 31, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word in da clurb, we all fam
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/10/15/in-da-clurb-we-all-fam/75686488007/
"The trend, which originated on TikTok, uses audio pulled from a 2016 episode of the TV sitcom "Broad City," starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. The audio clip was uploaded to TikTok for use in content creation and has since been featured in over 135,000 videos since early October."
October 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word howcatchem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_detective_story howcatchem vs whodunnit
October 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word aesthetic
"in your very aesthetic water bottle" https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBMDFJiP-pC/
October 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mewing
List of fan-suggested "fixes" to Pokemon designs ends with giving a jawline to Chewtle: "he's mewing" https://youtube.com/shorts/CPU81fgGx3o
October 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word truck driver gear shift
A very unsubtle and sudden key change in pop music, often in the last 3rd of a song to give it energy to the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJf8MhLQz-8
October 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word hauk tuah
see also hawk tuah for the more common spelling. The Hawk Tuah girl now has a podcast called Talk Tuah https://www.youtube.com/@TalkTuahPod
October 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word hawk tuah
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hawk-tuah-girl
October 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word sweaty
An intentional mispronunciation of sweetie, maybe from online conversational typos. Often appears at the end of a phrase, like sweetie does.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAeSi4my-kR/ "to those of you who were saying i was straight: boring. come up with a better line sweaty.
Karina from the Drawfee YouTube channel says it a lot. https://www.youtube.com/@Drawfee
October 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Flanderization
Flanderization - that on the show a character was nuanced or well-rounded, but are only remembered culturally as an exaggerated form of themselves (ex: Ned Flanders from The Simpsons, Spongbob Squarepants, Stewie Griffin from Family Guy): https://www.reddit.com/r/cartoons/comments/1g1w7oi/which_cartoon_character_in_your_eyes_has_suffered/ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flanderization
October 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word retired in place
https://stateimpact.npr.org/oklahoma/2015/09/03/as-oklahoma-officials-resist-utilities-on-path-to-comply-with-pollution-cuts/
October 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mother is mothering
Maya Rudolph hosting the Mother's Day episode of SNL, referencing literal and figurative motherhood (very inspired by Call Me Mother by RuPaul and Vogue by Madonna) https://youtu.be/xMI66kpo9Tw
October 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word NPC
bbno$ calls KSI ballad "NPC music" https://youtu.be/OclZdHcZHkw?si=uLHJtzCxiRYhSzzd&t=459
October 6, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list portmonthteaus
Not a month, but the season: skautumn https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAZWe1-CzNs/
October 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word ray sism
modern fantasy setting, ray sism in the captions: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_yzELHvrkz/
October 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
raw-bar your soap https://instagram.com/p/C9apY4DttkB/
October 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word girlie
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1fwp9rc/recipes_and_time/
October 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word spare play
A common experience in PDA profile autistic people to appear to be engaged in a group activity (like play) but not actually connecting with others (due to lack of interest or inability to connect) http://www.sallycatpda.co.uk/2024/10/a-quick-guide-to-internalised-pda.html
October 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word deep
deep (transitive verb) "When you really deep the lyrics" (dive deep?) (BrE?)
https://youtu.be/lmN3ua4XFBc?si=_FRA-9rx4dntLLnV&t=996
October 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word ijboling
ijboling = I just busted out laughing (acronym + gerund ing)
https://youtu.be/lmN3ua4XFBc?si=A0ElEC6cLoXgbV_u&t=794
October 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word radiation swipe survey
https://seintl.com/articles/taking-a-radiation-swipe-survey-radiation-alert-ranger-wipe-test-plate-quick-start-guide
October 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word noncon
Nonconsensual: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1fu64ud/compact/
noncon friendship = coworkers
October 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
Another demure snowclone: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAdTcEHvHQ8/
You see how I X? Very Y, very Z, very A.
September 30, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Viossa
A modern conlang created in a Discord channel where the rules were "don't speak English" and "if you're understood, you're doing it right." https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAdt7GiuDPw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
September 30, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word digital nomad
This term has been popping up for me recently, so it goes on the WOTY list.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAUNsfeSr4n/
September 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word churn
The opposite of customer loyalty. Customer churn is about people stopping subscriptions, not coming back. https://www.akkio.com/post/customer-churn-prediction-software
September 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word poopdickery
https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1fnpi3c/i_just_know_the_leopards_are_absolutely_stuffed/
poopdickery was used in an X comment thread as an insulting term for anal sex.
September 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word snag
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAM98ldsgvw/
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snag
TIL: in indigenous slang, a snag is a one-night stand hookup type person.
September 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word standing on business
Hanumankind – Big Dawgs Ft. Kalmi
Lyrics: wait a minute, get it how you live it, 10 toes in when we standing on business
September 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mewing
named after orthodontist Dr John Mew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mewing_(orthotropics)
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word jelqing
from Persian language, from a longer phrase meaning to masturbate https://www.webmd.com/men/jelqing. part of looksmaxxing
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word main character energy
old zookeepers using gen z slang ironically. they stand near an owl and say "main character energy" https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_qkaXbIZIB/
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word send it
speed climbing coach says send it at the Paris Olympics https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_v0gaov87A/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word rizz
rizz variations : https://instagram.com/p/C-vCyBkgMNF/
NOTE: The originator says it's not short for charisma, but in my experience, people in the moment of creation often do not know where they are pulling from, and I don't think the originator is actually the authority. And even if it wasn't, people say it's short for charisma now, so now it is socially true.
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word it's giving
it’s giving: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_Fo-Kos97K/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word on god
8 minutes in “on god” https://youtube.com/watch?v=vtDqduef5LE&si=xOYGqV7TCuyMzJd2
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word cute autism
Stereotypical autistic behaviors that make for quirky punchlines as portrayed in media (Like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_4CVCHy3yq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
September 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
this doesn't use the actual word demure, but it uses its snowclone phrase: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_1XozSsQb6/
"See how i rewatched that show 8 times? Very neurodivergent, very hyper-fixated."
"Very irritating, very spiteful." https://youtube.com/shorts/KGXbB2MLjA0
September 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chizzel
If your chisel too cool for school, call it a chizzel.
September 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word sidequest
Tony Hawk about his life now, getting to skate the Paris Olympic skatepark before the competition: "And so, I'm enjoying the ride way more. I mean, a lot of people would say 'you're just doing sidequests now.'"
https://youtu.be/CIEpU0EF0XI?si=rGcZi02xV-cooOlG&t=350
September 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
https://www.reddit.com/r/DBZDokkanBattle/comments/104hlwc/comment/j351lvr/
Responding to post called: "WHY DID YALL LET HIM COOK 😭"
"My brother in Christ you put him on the team and gave him control of the kitchen."
September 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word walkie-talkie
walkie talkie - 1939 military slang
the Aaron Sorkin walk and talk (popularized by ER (1994-2009), West Wing, Law and Order)
walk the walk, talk the talk - 1921 Ohio newspaper
September 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word never events
foreign material left in bodies during surgery are called never events. https://news.sky.com/story/record-number-of-foreign-objects-left-inside-patients-after-surgical-blunders-12779454
September 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Phil. Is.
Phil. Is. Doing. His. Best.
September 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word never event
foreign material left in bodies during surgery are called never events. https://news.sky.com/story/record-number-of-foreign-objects-left-inside-patients-after-surgical-blunders-12779454
September 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word w
w = win, l = loss
getting the w
w's on the board
w spot
w rizz https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_s_soKOfUg/
September 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word vagooter
I'm concerned that this opens a new gif-shaped can of worms. Is the g in vagooter loyal to its vaginal origins, or does it switch sides to the hard g of goo?
September 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word skibidi
A thoughtful discussion on why surrealist nonsense is so popular: https://www.tumblr.com/thefrogman/759442757716705280/kids-are-exploring-the-limits-of-their-imagination
September 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word browse
browse as used by zookeepers to describe young plants good for animals to eat. Captured in the definitions above, but I'd never heard of it: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_dj27rxNLd/
Also okapis are VERY CUTE.
September 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word crans-form
"crans-form your workday"
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_d4aQIR45W/
I love that the titular cranberry morpheme is used so often in blends and as a prefix (cranapple crangrape) and in this nonsensical ad copy.
September 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chote
chote as past tense of cheat like write wrote? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1f7lk33/chote/
Person A: What happened?
Person B: Cheating
Person A: Who chote?
September 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chungus
Gen Z longing for chungus days now that skibidi sigma slang is everywhere https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplainTheJoke/comments/1f79dhe/no_idea_what_skibidi_sigma_or_fat_bugs_has_to_do/
September 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mango
Saw someone use the mango emoji as a rebus to mean man go https://www.instagram.com/p/C_VcUScC619/:
"My best advice to women is learn what you like, and teach your partner. If they're not willing to learn then let that 🥭"
September 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word DTMFA
DTMFA = dump the motherfucker already. https://www.thestranger.com/savage-love/2018/02/20/25837088/savage-love-letter-of-the-day-dtmfa-dtmfa-dtmfa?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
September 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word second monitor
It's more common for home computer setups to have 2 or more monitors. One to do work on, and one to have media going on.
"Has BDG ever published his individual book reports for each halo books in full? I'd love to hear his deep dive, this would make for premium second monitor content."
https://www.reddit.com/r/briandavidgilbert/comments/1f4fave/halo_novels_full_book_reports/
August 30, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word we're so back
a chart vacillating between we're so back and it's so over. https://x.com/TushPushLover/status/1828890373806063904/photo/1
August 29, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
A collection of recent/Gen Alpha slang: https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1f34s9y/this_post_caused_me_physical_pain_now_you_have_to/
August 29, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chungus
https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1f33vwk/why_is_the_suffix_ngus_considered_inherently/
August 28, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
Re: the DNC: "Everybody else is far away, enjoying brat colored cocktails and picking out demure tradwife clothing to disappear into for the fall."
https://www.tumblr.com/drdemonprince/759723721760079872/i-need-people-to-understand-that-kamala-also?source=share
August 28, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word VNing
VNing - using voice notes https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_Ln1dCCbMS/
August 28, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
I still love this phrase, it's going on my favorite phrases list
https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1ezomh5/he_doesnt_deserve_it/
August 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word howmstever
"Howmstever, I think there's a way to actually perfect this."
https://youtu.be/68LptU3fk6c?si=b2sIs_jBuRkc93nH&t=108
Facetious fanciness like however and whomst and whomever and whomsoever altogether at once.
August 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
Leo Herrera quote on demure from a queer perspective, as reposted by the drag artist Raja: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-_Afm_SLVu/
August 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
"I don't know her, I don't know her weave." https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-7jHRpunxX/
August 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
Comedian Josh Johnson take on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EPnT3Txrxs
I think it's the way she says it. It's the cadence more than the words. And the structure.
It's becoming an snowclone: "Do you see the way I X? Very Y, very Z."
August 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Project 2025
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-19LQki6u-/
August 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word apetamin
an illegal weight gain syrup
Used in the lyrics of the rap "Babysitter" by Baby Tate: https://youtu.be/Q1Vky-oQET8?si=r0vjDCJ8ft0GvPLh "Nobody's buying but they keep on sellin' em, so fuck with me you finna need more apetamin."
August 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word HABs
HABs = husbands and boyfriends. based on WAGs = wives and girlfriends.
Heard from a commentator during the US v Italy gold medal womens indoor volleyball match (during the first game) from Paris 2024.
August 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word full send
https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/comments/1etnjf7/will_this_put_me_at_12/
"a pretty good rule of thumb is to use PEMDAS (Please Excuse My Dope Ass Swag) meaning if you’re ever unsure just full send and regret later"
send it started trending last year, and full send is continuing that arc.
August 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
Don't know what's happening, but demure is having a moment.
"very demure, very mindful" https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-p9aHMREr0/
"very progressive, very demure" https://www.instagram.com/p/C-sePjPPrDr/
"it's not very demure to smell like manure" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kXZJS62v5hM
the most demure glambots: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4hHhCFts-NY
"very demure, very considerate" https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-ve3BDSxK7/
Original creator of original viral https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-f7Sx-uB1k/ Aug 10 2024
That etymology guy talking about demure, nonchalant, aura: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-26pGeOgow/
August 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word emotional damage
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/emotional-damage
August 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word decuntification
https://www.reddit.com/r/popheadscirclejerk/comments/1es8bj3/new_verb_just_dropped/
August 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
Wiktionary editors are making their own WOTY: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:WOTY/2024
August 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word weird
discourse on the word weird in 2024: https://www.reddit.com/r/AuDHDWomen/comments/1eqc4js/weird/
August 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the user pinchpaint
Hello, I wish you were a cutthroat compound - someone who pinches paint. But you're a pinch who paints. Welcome!
August 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word munt
https://www.tiktok.com/@coopnoop21/video/7345918045736422699
https://www.tiktok.com/@coopnoop21/video/7351855823800356138
Gen Alpha slang? munt has many other meanings, but this one seems to be a verb.
August 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Stripper Index
The economic predictor of a recession that if business is slow at a strip club, the economy is slowing down too. https://youtube.com/shorts/lnrIdiGTB0g
August 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word potato day
When you feel like a potato, have a potato day https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9C_LYtulBG/
August 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chitter
A new term in MLB pitching. A change up + splitter pitch = chitter https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7m3nCcOzUH/
August 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Walmart X
Like discount x, Walmart X is a way to explain that someone looks like a bargain bin version of a celebrity they know.
3 examples here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-GCREjJzSE/
slightly related: unpaid Will Ferrell internship
August 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word grapist
child grapist https://www.instagram.com/p/C-LP1r3P_7U/
August 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word brat
brat having a big 2024 moment.
brat summer
Kamala Harris being called a brat.
brat as an adjective in a facetious fancam for a character in The Room: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-DmH7ehmCF/
August 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word car rot
car rot. Staying in the car after you arrive at your destination.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-G3Le5N1tD/
August 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mewing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3zehSJgE8Y This is from looksmaxxing, an unhealthy set of trends to try to change the jaw and face shape that began in incel forums.
Mewing is also now used as a student excuse for not listening in class "sorry teacher I was too busy mewing." Is now used by kids without knowledge of incel origins.
Related terms: mogging, jelqing (nsfw), bonesmashing, hunter eyes.
July 29, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word bias
In k-pop, your favorite idol who can do no wrong.
https://www.reddit.com/r/kpoprants/comments/j0yp2u/the_mischievous_yoon_jeonghan/
"So Yoon Jeonghan is the second eldest from seventeen and he’s actually my bias . I tend to see ppl criticising his mischievous behaviour and calling him an evil while i feel like that is his way of expressing his love for the members."
July 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word overconsumptioncore
opposite of underconsumptioncore https://www.tumblr.com/tiktoks-for-tired-tots/756925367091150848
July 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word EDC
edc = everyday carry? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6W1wuwP8Kz/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
July 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word astroturfed
https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/comments/1eathye/be_wary_of_reddit_during_election_season/
"Reddit has a history of being astroturfed during election years. I have seen past campaigns spend a lot of money hiring people to comment, post, and make bots favoring their candidate. I imagine you have all seen the huge uptake in political related content lately. Don’t believe everything you read!"
July 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word stolen valor
Been hearing this a lot. Not sure if from military-themed video games or real life that it's popping up more outside military cnotexts.
July 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word posthaste
https://www.tumblr.com/b0nkcreat/752058813776052224
"unfortunately i do believe posthaste is one of the funniest words out there. how quick am i doing something? fast as fuck my good sir"
July 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word crode
past tense of cry: https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1e4mavg/do_you_think_the_distinct_form_crode_is_marked/
ride - cry
rode - crode
July 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Yappanese
https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearningjerk/comments/1afb2eb/anyone_fluent_in_yappanese/
July 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word overtourism
https://youtu.be/zERKIiFQUww?si=jQfMeqlFGw_qvLhQ&t=373
Overtourism in Barcelona leads locals to squirt tourists with water guns to make them leave.
July 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word rawdog
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9Pf9PvPc1P/
rawdogging has expanded in meaning. Now if you go through the day without drugs, caffeine, or alcohol, you're out there rawdogging life stone cold sober.
July 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word (derogatory)
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8qpW4RtdBZ/
(derogatory) is a modifier and tag for posts, like a stage direction. The opposite is (affectionate) or (endearing). t was started from a Tumblr shitpost and grew to prominence in fandom posts, but is widely spread by internet people now.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fruit-derogatory
June 30, 2024
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