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The aggressive, deeply uncomfortable breaching of a stranger's personal bubble at an ATM or supermarket till.
Read full entry →A broad categorization for any action involving terrible parking, loud chewing, or playing music without headphones on a train.
Read full entry →A profoundly British state of being where the physical and mental capacity to care about or engage in an activity has been entirely depleted.
Read full entry →The soul-crushing realization that a damp, one-bedroom shed costs twelve times your annual salary.
Read full entry →The careless detonation of 5,000 notifications across an entire corporation by someone who does not understand how email works.
Read full entry →A cruel form of psychological torture where the promise of a lengthy, meaningful reply is abruptly dashed by a single letter.
Read full entry →The deliberate isolation of oneself inside a digital bubble where you never have to hear a disagreeing thought, leading to radicalization.
Read full entry →A deeply embarrassing relative who uses social media exclusively to broadcast unhinged, easily disprovable garbage to everyone you know.
Read full entry →The hollow, performative posting of black squares or infographics to protect your personal brand rather than enacting actual change.
Read full entry →The sudden, chest-tightening terror experienced by millennials and Gen Z when forced to deal with an unexpected live voice call.
Read full entry →The relentless, parasocial hovering of an uninvited internet male trying to force a connection through sheer volume of notifications.
Read full entry →A pathetic, attention-seeking farewell post designed entirely to harvest validation from internet strangers.
Read full entry →The toxic manipulation of someone's loyalty to force them into spending £100 on a night out they will actively hate.
Read full entry →The agonizing position of nodding blankly while an un-self-aware bore explains crypto to you in the corner of a kitchen.
Read full entry →The masochistic pursuit of terrible media, driven entirely by the desire to write furious, multi-paragraph rants on Reddit.
Read full entry →A catatonic, drooling condition where your attention span is reduced to three seconds and you have consumed zero meaningful information.
Read full entry →The digital art of flooding a forum or timeline with absurd, meaningless content simply to annoy people taking the internet too seriously.
Read full entry →The deployment of a single, dismissive consonant to completely invalidate another person's emotional vulnerability and end the argument.
Read full entry →The pathetic, insecure need to dominate a conversation by proving your suffering, success, or weekend was bigger than someone else's.
Read full entry →The crushing weight of despair that drops onto your chest when you realize you have zero time to do any actual work today.
Read full entry →The cowardly, chemical warfare act of crop-dusting an enclosed space and leaving strangers to suffer the consequences.
Read full entry →A deeply unfulfilled individual who compensates for their lack of real-world control by banning people for minor infractions on a niche forum.
Read full entry →The toxic, insecure behavior of a nerd trying to protect a massive pop-culture franchise from casual fans to feel superior.
Read full entry →A rare, mystical, and deeply satisfying gastrointestinal event resulting in a completely pristine first wipe.
Read full entry →The dictionary is still being written
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