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The deep, irrational sting of rejection felt when a passing golden retriever refuses to acknowledge your high-pitched 'hello'.
Read full entry →A highly choreographed theatrical performance involving holding a dead smartphone to your ear to repel street fundraisers.
Read full entry →The risky, bachelor-pad olfactory test performed on discarded laundry to delay putting the washing machine on.
Read full entry →A sudden spike in blood pressure caused by a notification that inevitably precedes a rent increase or a complaint about a bin bag.
Read full entry →The British stoicism required to tap your card on a reader for an extortionate London beverage without openly weeping.
Read full entry →A sickeningly cliché, entirely fabricated response delivered to an HR panel to simulate being a flawless corporate drone.
Read full entry →An act of pure, unadulterated urban malice, denying a fellow human access to a vertical transport box out of sheer impatience.
Read full entry →A catatonic, existential state of mind experienced while dripping wet on the edge of the bed, lacking the will to put on underwear.
Read full entry →The aggressive, deeply anti-social broadcasting of a private WhatsApp conversation to an entire carriage of innocent train passengers.
Read full entry →A deliberate, highly calculated maneuver by a pet designed to break your ankles and scald your torso.
Read full entry →The cowardly, relationship-preserving delay tactic of offering vague optimism to kill an argument about visiting their parents.
Read full entry →The digital equivalent of throwing a grenade into a crowded room, performed by an idiot who doesn't understand mailing lists.
Read full entry →The corporate practice of coating terrible news, a rejected pitch, or a lack of bonus in saccharine, fake positivity.
Read full entry →The infuriating modern reality of downloading a calculator app only to discover it costs £9.99 a week to use the 'equals' button.
Read full entry →The British art of attaching a single lowercase kiss to a message to signify that you are currently vibrating with unadulterated rage.
Read full entry →A post-2020 sociological terror where clearing a tickle in your throat on public transport makes you feel like a biological terrorist.
Read full entry →The venomous, entitled deployment of a keyboard to destroy a minimum-wage worker's livelihood over a minor, perceived slight.
Read full entry →The soul-crushing silence that follows a risky joke or a genuine request for weekend plans in a WhatsApp group of eight people.
Read full entry →A highly selective domestic visual impairment where flatmates pretend not to see a mountain of bean tins balancing on the lid.
Read full entry →A deeply infuriating four-minute audio file consisting mostly of indicator clicks, swearing at traffic, and heavy breathing.
Read full entry →A toxic, insecure dating strategy involving artificially delaying a WhatsApp response to project an aura of high value.
Read full entry →The paralyzing shame of making eye contact with a freezing cyclist who just cycled four miles to deliver you a single portion of chips.
Read full entry →The malicious canine instinct to bypass 400 square feet of easily washable laminate flooring to deposit stomach acid onto a Persian rug.
Read full entry →A devastating cycle of executive dysfunction where transitioning between wet and dry environments feels like moving mountains.
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