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Entries relating to messaging.
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Habitually overstating the cultural significance of minor, forgettable moments using increasingly grand language.
Read full entry →Possessing an encyclopaedic, near-instinctive knowledge of British sitcom quotes deployed in almost any social context.
Read full entry →So well-versed in a specific meme's context that a single image communicates an entire complex thought instantly.
Read full entry →Someone who communicates every emotion, positive or negative, using the exact same recycled reaction image.
Read full entry →A small, unobtrusive gesture of support offered without any expectation of a lengthy or immediate reply.
Read full entry →A dedicated, ongoing group chat thread devoted entirely to photographing and mocking terrible parking around town.
Read full entry →Immediately suspicious of a message that departs from the group's usual casual, chaotic tone.
Read full entry →A small, considerate message sent to build anticipation for an evening meal already underway at home.
Read full entry →Visibly present and active across social platforms while conspicuously failing to answer a direct message.
Read full entry →A perfectly warm and genuine friendship confined entirely to office hours, with zero contact outside them.
Read full entry →A small, well-timed check-in message sent instinctively by a close friend who's noticed a change in mood.
Read full entry →Someone whose enthusiasm for a group chat topic vastly outweighs the actual engagement level of everyone else in it.
Read full entry →A dated in-family reference so old it's outlived its context, kept alive purely out of tradition and mild cruelty.
Read full entry →A relationship kept technically alive by a single annual message, with total radio silence for the other 364 days.
Read full entry →Struck by the sudden, irreversible horror of an email sent to three hundred people instead of one.
Read full entry →Sincere-sounding but entirely hollow; loaded with warmth that carries no actual intention behind it.
Read full entry →A brief but total collapse of professional dignity caused entirely by predictive text with a mind of its own.
Read full entry →A collective, unexplained group silence that leaves the original sender wondering what exactly they did wrong.
Read full entry →A catastrophic, tone-deaf text response typed on autopilot before actually reading the full message.
Read full entry →A blessed, temporary ceasefire in a parent group chat that has otherwise generated ninety notifications in an hour.
Read full entry →A brutal, real-time text-based heartbreak delivered in a small scrolling ticker at the bottom of the screen.
Read full entry →A single-word acknowledgement text that neither confirms nor denies understanding of anything that was actually said.
Read full entry →A sudden burst of pure, unearned joy delivered via a single automated text message about school closures.
Read full entry →The collective, low-level neighbourhood panic triggered by a completely ordinary delivery vehicle parked slightly too long.
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