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A heavy, theatrical exhalation of air and vocal strain required to lower an aging human body onto a sofa.
Read full entry →A densely packed, infinitely expanding mother-bag that houses sixty other crumpled supermarket carriers from 2014.
Read full entry →The stubborn choice to wrap yourself in a duvet on the sofa and complain about the temperature rather than admit defeat to the energy company.
Read full entry →A transparently terrible management technique used by cowards who want to tell you your work is garbage without causing a scene.
Read full entry →The minimum viable effort of gratitude shown to a driver, performed while staring steadfastly ahead.
Read full entry →The ruthless, dawn-patrol territorial marking of prime holiday real estate by paranoid British tourists.
Read full entry →The exhausting, constant adjustment of sound levels during modern films to avoid waking the neighbors.
Read full entry →The agonizingly slow physical retreat from a household, hindered by a host who refuses to stop introducing new topics.
Read full entry →Rejecting hospitality purely out of manners, while desperately hoping the host asks a fourth time so you can say yes.
Read full entry →A pathetic individual who adopts a highly aggressive, macho persona online to compensate for their crippling timidity in the real world.
Read full entry →A sickeningly transparent attempt to disguise a boast as a complaint, instantly marking the speaker as an insufferable narcissist.
Read full entry →A crippling physical and mental fatigue resulting not from alcohol, but from prolonged exposure to a deeply toxic or draining human being.
Read full entry →A spiritual strike action involving long toilet breaks, zero proactive emails, and a total refusal to engage with the capitalist machine.
Read full entry →The pathetic, soul-destroying pursuit of algorithmic validation, usually involving a tripod, public dancing, or harassing minimum-wage workers.
Read full entry →The deeply unfair and unprompted act of using a coworker, barista, or Tinder date as an unpaid, non-consensual therapist.
Read full entry →The cowardly parental tactic of pushing an inevitable tantrum further down the timeline.
Read full entry →The transparent disguise of intense relationship anger beneath a single, tightly clenched syllable.
Read full entry →The tactical rerouting of a shopping trip through unhealthy territory to evade small talk.
Read full entry →The bare minimum physical effort required to prevent a screensaver from betraying your lack of productivity.
Read full entry →An embarrassing, squeaky vocal register humans adopt involuntarily when addressing anything fluffy.
Read full entry →The horrifying moment during a formal introduction when you realize you have no idea who you are pointing at.
Read full entry →The conversational purgatory of thinking a call has ended, only for a new topic to be introduced.
Read full entry →The agonizing trap of sitting in a passenger seat while the driver chats to a neighbor.
Read full entry →The useless, loud offering of tactical advice to athletes who cannot hear you.
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