pretty sus
Pretty sus is short for pretty suspicious, colloquially used to accuse someone of some very shady or sketchy behavior. The specific phrase pretty sus spread as a meme in 2020 thanks to the popularity of…
Archives
-
-
October surprise
An October surprise is an unexpected event or breaking news story that generally happens in October and potentially upends the outcome of an election, especially a U.S. presidential election. (October is a crucial month leading… -
馃挙 Sleeping Symbol emoji
The Sleeping Symbol emoji 馃挙 depicts three, generally blue Z's increasing in size as they rise to the right. It is variously used to represent sleeping, dreaming, snoring, tiredness, exhaustion, or boredom. -
馃挋 Blue Heart emoji
The Blue Heart emoji 馃挋 depicts a classic representation of a heart, colored blue. It can be used to express love, support, admiration, happiness, and excitement鈥攑articularly toward various things that have some relation to the… -
long-hauler
A long-hauler is a person who suffers from symptoms of COVID-19 for longer than two weeks, and generally for several months. The experience of such persistent symptoms of COVID-19 are sometimes referred to as long… -
sickening
Originating in and popularized by drag culture, sickening means 鈥渁mazing,鈥� 鈥渨onderful,鈥� or 鈥渆xcellent.鈥� It is especially used to compliment a drag queen as looking 鈥渆xtremely attractive" or "flawless." -
lavender ceiling
Lavender ceiling is the belief that there is a glass ceiling specifically imposed on LGBTQ+ people: an unofficial upper limit to their professional advancement. A lavender ceiling is聽believed to be the result of systemic bias… -
HTC emoji
Big tech companies like Apple, Google, and Twitter make their own emoji designs鈥攁nd for a short period in the mid-2010s, so did the smartphone-maker HTC used its own distinct HTC emoji. -
rim job
Content warning: The following article contains graphic and explicit references to sexual language, which are included because they document the real-world use of this slang term. A rim job is sexual slang for performing oral… -
hot girl or hot guy
A hot girl聽or guy聽is a woman or man who is considered very sexually attractive. Of course, nonbinary people can be hot, too鈥攖hey may just not identify as聽girl or guy. -
Patriot Prayer
Patriot Prayer is a small, right-wing political group most active in the Pacific Northwest. Frequently showing up to demonstrations armed, Patriot Prayer has been involved in inciting violence with left-wing activists, notably in Portland, Oregon.… -
moots
In internet slang, moots is short for mutual followers, referring to people who follow and generally actively engage with each other on social media. Moots is also commonly found in its singular form, moot. People…