Padawan
A Padawan is a learner or apprentice. The term can refer specifically to a Jedi apprentice within the Star Wars universe. It can also be used more generally to refer to a trainee, a beginner,…
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Slender Man
Slender Man is a fictional creepypasta character depicted as an unnaturally tall, thin, spectral man with a featureless white face and a black suit and tie, sometimes shown with long black tentacles and sometimes without.… -
Trumpism
Trumpism refers to the nontraditional political philosophy and approach espoused by US President Donald Trump and his supporters. The term Trumpism can also be used to directly refer to an outrageous or idiosyncratic statement made… -
alternative facts
Alternative facts have been called many things: falsehoods, untruths, delusions. A fact is something that actually exists—what we would call “reality” or “truth.” An alternative is one of the choices in a set of given… -
Blue Waffle
Blue Waffle is a fictional sexually transmitted infection (STI) that’s believed to both turn the vagina blue and disfigure it. It’s also said to originate from women who “get around” and/or their lack of hygiene. People… -
creepypasta
Well, it's not disturbing Italian food. Creepypasta is a genre of user-generated paranormal and scary stories distributed largely via internet forums. It is a subgenre of copypasta. -
face swap
Face swap refers to an activity in which a person’s face is swapped with the face of another person or animal or with an inanimate object, most often using an app or app filter developed… -
fwb
A fwb or friend with benefits is a friend someone occasionally has casual sex with. -
hosehead
A hosehead or hoser is a derogatory slang term for an “idiot” or “loser,” especially stereotyped as Canadian beer-drinking bumpkins. -
me gusta
Me gusta refers to a much-memed image of a grotesquely grimacing face used to show a perverse pleasure at an awkward, uncomfortable, or otherwise normally unpleasurable situation. -
nonbinary gender
Nonbinary gender is an umbrella term to describe any gender identity that does not fit into the gender binary of male and female. Nonbinary gender (also sometimes referred to as genderqueer) people may, for example,… -
plead the fifth
To plead the fifth means to refuse to answer a question, especially in a criminal trial, on the grounds that you might incriminate yourself.