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The hollow, vocalized equivalent of a 'seen' receipt, utilized to gracefully terminate a horrifically unfunny conversation.
Read full entry →A tragically flawed mating ritual where you attempt 'banter' but accidentally attack their deepest insecurity.
Read full entry →The psychopathic, 3 AM digital excavation of a loved one's tagged photos to find an ex you can negatively compare yourself to.
Read full entry →A sophisticated pantomime performed in restaurants to trick the waiter into thinking you possess an ounce of culinary knowledge.
Read full entry →The agonizing internal debate over whether to aggressively highlight that you only ate a side salad, or just eat the £80 loss to avoid looking cheap.
Read full entry →An uncomfortably prolonged physical restraint masquerading as family warmth, usually deployed at Christmas.
Read full entry →The instant, biological rejection of a romantic prospect triggered by them performing a completely mundane but deeply uncool action.
Read full entry →A traumatic auditory hallucination induced by corporate burnout, causing you to flinch when no computer is even in the room.
Read full entry →The defensive regurgitation of phrases like 'leveraging synergies' and 'pivoting offline' to survive a direct question from the boss.
Read full entry →A desperate, scorched-earth digital cleansing where you accept failure and permanently ignore years of correspondence.
Read full entry →The strategic, defensive occupation of your own Outlook diary with a bogus 'Focus Time' block to prevent useless syncs.
Read full entry →An apocalyptic email chain reaction that crashes the company server, driven entirely by idiots trying to be helpful.
Read full entry →The desperate, primate-like stretching of an arm towards the ceiling in a futile attempt to summon a data signal.
Read full entry →A vicious corporate phrase utilized to publicly shame a coworker who was clearly not paying attention during the meeting.
Read full entry →The chaotic, overlapping chorus of colleagues aggressively informing a boomer that their microphone is turned off.
Read full entry →A sudden, paralyzing dread induced by an incoming corporate message just as you are putting your coat on to leave.
Read full entry →The frantic, preemptive destruction of browser evidence (ASOS, Reddit, flights to Spain) right before a Zoom presentation.
Read full entry →A panicked, disorganized clawing of personal items from the counter to avoid holding up the queue of glaring shoppers behind you.
Read full entry →The painful, chest-bursting restraint of panting designed to trick a passing dog walker into thinking you are in peak athletic shape.
Read full entry →A purely theoretical commitment to eating only kale and running 5k, instantly destroyed the moment a coworker brings in doughnuts.
Read full entry →The deeply satisfying, instinctual delivery of a flat-palmed strike to a 50L sack of potting mix.
Read full entry →The agonizing inability of two British people to cleanly terminate a telephone conversation without saying farewell six times.
Read full entry →A heavy, theatrical exhalation of air and vocal strain required to lower an aging human body onto a sofa.
Read full entry →An enthusiastic, completely fake confirmation that your hair looks great, despite the fact they have ruined your life.
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