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The euphoric, biologically necessary unhooking of an undergarment after nine hours of corporate servitude.
Read full entry →A financial extortion incurred when caught in a city center with a full bladder and zero public amenities.
Read full entry →The malicious, highly effective deployment of a frozen facial expression followed by closing the laptop lid to escape a corporate meeting.
Read full entry →A calculated, strategic vomit executed by British binge-drinkers to reset their stomach capacity and return to the dancefloor.
Read full entry →The narcissistic, deeply annoying habit of immediately invalidating a colleague's cold by boasting about a severe flu you had in 2019.
Read full entry →A visceral, physical flinch performed while unlocking a financial app after a night of reckless, alcohol-fueled contactless payments.
Read full entry →A profoundly miserable individual who systematically destroys any joyful atmosphere by forcibly injecting depressing personal admin into the conversation.
Read full entry →A rare, smooth collaborative planning session between partners that reaches full agreement without any disagreement at all.
Read full entry →A dating profile description offering almost no meaningful personal detail beyond height and generic hobbies.
Read full entry →A sudden, effective dissolution of tension in an argument caused entirely by an unplanned, well-timed joke.
Read full entry →Falsely claiming indifference to a birthday celebration while secretly, and visibly, hoping for a proper fuss.
Read full entry →Someone whose reliable recall of key dates quietly rescues the other partner from an entirely avoidable disaster.
Read full entry →The unironic act of treating a routine supermarket trip with a partner as a satisfying, enjoyable shared outing.
Read full entry →An uncertain, anxiety-inducing waiting period between a message being marked read and any actual response arriving.
Read full entry →A bold, unapologetic approach to a first date meal that skips any pretence of eating lightly to seem polite.
Read full entry →Achieving a rare, comfortable equilibrium in messaging frequency that satisfies both partners' communication needs.
Read full entry →Someone who communicates deep affection almost exclusively through practical acts of maintenance and repair.
Read full entry →An uncomfortable, well-meaning nudge from extended family regarding the formal progression of a relationship.
Read full entry →Instinctively saying sorry after a dispute, regardless of whether they were actually in the right the whole time.
Read full entry →A shared, unspoken agreement between two people that a poor film should be abandoned before the credits.
Read full entry →Habitually smoothing over a chaotic breakup with an overly neat, deliberately vague explanatory phrase.
Read full entry →A rare, refreshingly straightforward relationship dynamic in which stated feelings can simply be taken at face value.
Read full entry →Deliberately extending a journey for no practical reason, purely to prolong quality time or an unfinished conversation.
Read full entry →The mortifying realisation that a private disagreement has just been broadcast in full to an entirely unrelated household.
Read full entry →The dictionary is still being written
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