AAPI
AAPI is an abbreviation that stands for Asian American and Pacific Islander. AAPI is most commonly used as an adjective, as in the AAPI community or AAPI discrimination. It is sometimes used as a noun…
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low-key
Low-key can variously mean "quiet," "restrained," "moderate," or "easygoing." It can also behave as an adverb meaning "of low or moderate intensity." Like doing something, but in a "chill" way. For instance: We're having a… -
hold my beer
Hold my beer is an expression joked about being said before an unthinking person does something dangerous or stupid. On the internet, hold my beer is used to make fun of decisions (that are seen… -
Black Futures Month
Black Futures Month is a monthlong observance devoted to celebrating, envisioning, and working toward positive futures for Black people. Most of those who observe Black Futures Month treat it as a forward-looking complement to Black… -
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“Mistress” And Other Words That Only Apply To Women
It takes two people to have an affair. Despite this fact, there is a clear disparity in the way the public generally discusses extramarital relationships. Heterosexual men who have affairs are just heterosexual men who had affairs. But, the women with whom they have those affairs quickly get labeled with another term, one for which there is no effective male equivalent in English: mistress. As …
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meta
Dude, like, what if I had a definition of the word definition here? That would be so meta. Meta is when something refers back to or is about itself, like a book about books or a meme… -
wagwan
Wagwan is a way to say What's going on? in Jamaican English, used throughout the Jamaican diaspora (or where Jamaican people live outside of Jamaica), especially in South London. -
roasties
Nope. We're not talking about potatoes. We're talking about immature dudes and coarse slang for the vulva. Roasties is sexist slang used by incels and others in the male internet culture for sexually active women—or… -
ugly cry
Ugly cry refers to an intense sobbing which contorts the face of the person crying in way that is often perceived as exaggerated or unpleasant. -
algospeak
Algospeak refers to coded language and euphemisms used on social media platforms to avoid having content removed or filtered by an algorithm. Many websites, especially social media sites, use AI algorithms to moderate the large… -
AOC
AOC are the initials commonly used to refer to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic congresswoman for New York City.