siren song
Siren song describes something that is very appealing and alluring on the surface but ultimately deceptive, dangerous, or destructive.
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skinny love
The phrase skinny love has two separate meanings, both of which are linked to relationships. Skinny love can refer to two people who have very strong feelings for each other, but are too shy to… -
sleeper cell
A sleeper cell is a group of operatives, spies or terrorists, living in secret among a targeted community waiting for instructions or an opportunity to act. -
slide into the DMs
To slide into the DMs is online slang for sending someone a direct message on social media slickly and coolly, often for romantic purposes. -
sneak peek
A sneak peek is an opportunity to see or experience something before it is officially presented or released to the public. -
snowclone
A snowclone is a customizable formulaic phrase that consists of a framework that can be adapted for different situations by changing some of the words. It’s typically expressed in terms of the invariable part of… -
soul patch
A soul patch is small, carefully shaped bit of facial hair just below the lip, usually with the rest of the chin or face shaven. -
spirit animal
In certain spiritual traditions or cultures, spirit animal refers to a spirit which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies. It is also metaphor, often… -
stanky leg
“Stanky Legg” was a song released by the hip-hop group GS Boyz in 2009. The music video popularized the stanky leg dance, which involves extending one leg and circling that knee, and then doing the… -
steampunk
Steampunk is a literary and aesthetic movement that takes inspiration from 19th-century science fiction and fantasy as well as the technology of that era, especially the steam engine. -
swole
To be swole is to be very muscular, to have a nice physique, or to have really well-defined muscles. Swole, as an adjective, can refer to a specific body part or the entire body, and… -
tbh, rate, and date
Tbh, rate, and date is a social-media prompt in which someone requests friends’ opinions of them. The friends then post an honest statement, a rating, and whether they’d date them or not.