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Entries relating to messaging.
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The deliberate postponement of replying to a message you have already read.
Read full entry →Using 'cheers' as a greeting, farewell, acknowledgement, apology or vague conversational glue.
Read full entry →Acknowledging someone else's effort while quietly maintaining your original opinion.
Read full entry →Deliberately understating personal happiness to avoid appearing overly enthusiastic.
Read full entry →Replacing direct criticism with a compliment so ambiguous it becomes an insult.
Read full entry →A socially accepted deception in which your own desire to leave is disguised as concern for someone else's time.
Read full entry →A hyper-focused, agonizingly slow data entry that inevitably results in an 'Incorrect Password' error and a locked account.
Read full entry →The deployment of a single, dismissive consonant designed to completely invalidate someone's feelings and win an argument through sheer apathy.
Read full entry →The dramatic, attention-seeking exit from a digital chat, executed solely to harvest validation from the people you just abandoned.
Read full entry →The petty, mathematical mirroring of a delay in messaging to ensure you do not appear overly eager.
Read full entry →An unsolicited, uneditable audio monologue sent by a friend who wrongly believes their daily commute is fascinating content.
Read full entry →The subtle, venomous use of basic punctuation to indicate that the sender is absolutely furious but refusing to admit it.
Read full entry →An infuriating conversational dead-end where vital gossip is trapped inside a format you cannot physically play without getting fired.
Read full entry →The pathetic, culturally ingrained habit of assuming blame when an oblivious idiot walks squarely into your chest.
Read full entry →The desperate deployment of digital laughter to avoid engaging with an uncle's genuinely concerning conspiracy theory.
Read full entry →A completely useless digital reaction applied to a direct question, ensuring the sender remains entirely unhelpful.
Read full entry →A low-effort emoji reaction deployed specifically to kill a conversation you have absolutely no interest in continuing.
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 →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 aggressive, deeply anti-social broadcasting of a private WhatsApp conversation to an entire carriage of innocent train passengers.
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 British art of attaching a single lowercase kiss to a message to signify that you are currently vibrating with unadulterated rage.
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.
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