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A culinary falsehood propagated by TV chefs who claim a complex dish is 'quick and easy', resulting in a devastating pile of washing up.
Read full entry →Deliberately extending a journey for no practical reason, purely to prolong quality time or an unfinished conversation.
Read full entry →A rare, low-conflict evening in which one partner willingly cedes control of the television without negotiation.
Read full entry →Fully, deliberately satisfied with a day of achieving nothing beyond snacks and low-effort telly.
Read full entry →A thin, unconvincing denial of reality TV fandom immediately undone by encyclopaedic contestant knowledge.
Read full entry →A rare, near-perfect synchronisation of takeaway logistics and television scheduling.
Read full entry →The specific secondhand embarrassment felt watching a guest's decades of hope collapse in real time on national television.
Read full entry →The deeply British pastime of consuming other people's reactions to television as a superior form of television.
Read full entry →A high-stakes domestic wager against the entire British climate, staked on a single symbol of a slightly grey cloud.
Read full entry →The act of falsely promising yourself 'just one more episode' despite knowing the cliffhanger will ruin your sleep schedule.
Read full entry →A devastating audio trick played by a Netflix drama that triggers a ten-minute barking fit and ruins the evening peace.
Read full entry →The disgusting exploration of upholstery depths, usually resulting in the discovery of loose change, a stale crisp, and no television clicker.
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 →The anxiety of having to invent a socially acceptable, fulfilling narrative for two days spent entirely horizontal.
Read full entry →A temporary loss of external audio input caused by the skull-rattling crunch of eating a thick potato snack.
Read full entry →The exhausting, constant adjustment of sound levels during modern films to avoid waking the neighbors.
Read full entry →The masochistic pursuit of terrible media, driven entirely by the desire to write furious, multi-paragraph rants on Reddit.
Read full entry →A deeply depressing, mechanical act of self-love performed on a Sunday afternoon simply because there is nothing good on television.
Read full entry →A paralyzing inability to select entertainment, resulting in an hour of watching trailers before going to sleep.
Read full entry →A horrifying, knotted mass of HDMI cables and power cords that has achieved sentience.
Read full entry →The deep sigh and reluctance experienced before attempting to separate a mess of wires.
Read full entry →The irrational, compulsive need for the television sound level to be a multiple of two or five.
Read full entry →The absent-minded storing of cereal or keys in the refrigerator.
Read full entry →The bizarre human reflex of muting audio to dedicate more brain power to the olfactory glands.
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