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An insufferable contrarian who derives sexual pleasure from manufacturing arguments about mundane topics just to sound intellectual.
Read full entry →A hollow, greasy regret experienced when a family-sized share bag is violently consumed by a single person on a Tuesday.
Read full entry →The cowardly, non-committal deferral of a social invitation, designed to string the host along until the event has passed.
Read full entry →A completely useless digital reaction applied to a direct question, ensuring the sender remains entirely unhelpful.
Read full entry →The terrifying, silent period following a vehicular crater-strike where the driver waits to hear if a wheel is about to detach.
Read full entry →A deeply pretentious footer attached to corporate emails by an HR manager who thinks they are a spiritual guru.
Read full entry →The profound financial and culinary sorrow of paying extortionate city prices for a bowl of dry spinach and a single cherry tomato.
Read full entry →A devastating ambush where the excitement of an Amazon delivery is violently replaced by a stranger holding a pamphlet about salvation.
Read full entry →The pathetic, attention-seeking auditory performance of a man lifting a mildly heavy dumbbell while pretending he's giving birth.
Read full entry →A low-effort emoji reaction deployed specifically to kill a conversation you have absolutely no interest in continuing.
Read full entry →The profoundly arrogant positioning of a German vehicle over a white dividing line to protect it from the peasantry.
Read full entry →An unparalleled, almost holy physical relief experienced when peeling soggy cotton from pruned feet after stepping in a puddle.
Read full entry →The stubborn, dangerous refusal to restart a laptop out of fear that the new interface will be mildly annoying.
Read full entry →A terrifying, psychopathic breach of unwritten public transport etiquette, causing immediate panic and extreme discomfort.
Read full entry →The toxic relationship habit of claiming you have no preference for food, only to brutally reject every single option presented.
Read full entry →A weaponized expulsion of breath designed to communicate that taking the bins out is akin to climbing Everest.
Read full entry →The humiliating public cleanup required when local wildlife tears open a cheap bin bag, exposing your dietary habits to the street.
Read full entry →A vicious, condescending opener used by managers to highlight your absolute failure to grasp a basic concept.
Read full entry →The channeling of homicidal relationship anger into highly aggressive, spotless domestic sanitation.
Read full entry →A 15-minute purgatory where Windows forces you to stare at a spinning circle, delaying the misery of your inbox.
Read full entry →The aggressive, deafening clattering of ceramics in a sink designed to induce maximum guilt in whoever is sitting on the sofa.
Read full entry →The desperate, pathetic attempt to inject personality into a soulless corporate check-in by brandishing a confused animal at the webcam.
Read full entry →An insufferable pedant who weaponizes Instagram direct messages to point out that the building in your photo is actually neo-gothic.
Read full entry →An agonizing state of hyper-awareness where you are forced to observe the horrifying, loud reality of your drunk friends.
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