Define the new internet.
Look up the words people use online, add the ones we missed, and help make the internet easier to understand.
Look up the words people use online, add the ones we missed, and help make the internet easier to understand.
1,337 definitions
Someone so stuck getting things "right" they forget learning is supposed to be fun
“A pedant corrects what needn't be corrected, if no meaning is lost let it slide”
A persistent negative personality trait or behavior pattern that stunts growth, often clung to as a point of pride. Exceedingly unpleasant
“He drempt up worst case scenarios that would or could never happen, pissing himself off, shouting demanding to be comforted. For the thing HE made up. Smart ass insults to the simplest questions, not funny just mean. These character defects made her nervous as a silly party clown with puppets this behavior would be a real nightmare around children. An actual kid would get kicked out of kindergarten”
To treat someone with kid gloves is to approach them as you would a child due to hyper sensitivity or a lack of comprehension Literal kid gloves are gloves made from kid leather, the skin from a young goat or lambskin.
“Fancied himself a delicate prince, spoiled and half daft, couldn't catch a drift if a riptide hit him. She treated him with kid gloves while he had tantrums like a real ass kid. Never even flinched while he explained the simplest things he had no concept of, assuming she was somehow the dumber of the two”
The less a person knows about a thing, the more they believe they know. While in that state they estimate that difficult tasks are much easier than they actually are. The more they learn the more they know they don't know and the more accurate their gauge of difficulty
“Watching an expert, the layman thought it looked so easy, he picked it up himself and failed spectacularly. The Duning Kruger Effect in full swing, he learned more and became less insulting to those with skills he could not yet glean.”
A person who teaches themself
“With the depth of knowledge accessible to everyone she was astounded that so many people weren't interested, an autodidact she never stopped learning”
A: handcrafted object of spiritual significance that is believed to have the power to protect or aid its owner B: Sexual fixation
“The original Barbie doll was a German fetish toy sold to men Anything activity an attractive woman does is someone's fetish, a nuisance for the most skilled women to be boiled down to an object of desire”
Leader / Chief of a group of workers Dad on That 70s show
“As foreman for a construction company she was used to directing difficult men with the flick of her wrist A man that knew what he was doing and could identify a dumbass with the greatest of ease”
1 Lack of grace, skill, or ease 2: odd proportion, proportion, size, UNGAINLY 3: a lack of social grace or assurance 4: hard to handle or deal with
“A weird loser, it was awkward when he called his car baby and freaked out about having another human in the car with him. Used to being alone it didn't occur to him how frightening and unhinged this behavior was”
A: branch of physics that studies electromagnetic radiation and its interactions with matter. Optics generally describes the behaviour of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light. (BLACKLIGHT) The study of optics extends to other forms of electromagnetic radiation, radio waves, microwaves and X-rays. B: Public Perception l In celebtity and politics, optics refers to how someone or something is perceived by the public. Managing appearances and analyzing how a choice will "look" to others. Can be used to sell a view point a product or in hopes of humane treatment.
“Beautiful, charming and talented, like a movie star, stalked and pursued constantly. Even dressed down when going out to avoid unwanted persistent attention. The clueless man thought it was her first encounter with optics as if it wasn't something mastered and weielded constantly in performance. Enamored of the UV light spectrum literal optics was a part of her art practice, everything specifically designed to react most strikingly under ultra violet light”