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  1. ouroboros

    ouroboros

    The ouroboros is an ancient symbol of a snake or serpent eating its own tail, variously signifying infinity and the cycle of birth and death.
  2. digital blackface

    digital blackface

    Digital blackface refers to white people using GIFs, memes, emoji, and other images of black people to express various emotional reactions online.
  3. kawaii

    kawaii

    Kawaii means "cute" in Japanese, and it is associated with a pop-culture aesthetic of such things as cuddly animals and pink hearts.
  4. Comey

    Comey

    Based on controversies involving former FBI director James Comey, Comey is used as political slang, to pull a Comey or to Comey. To pull a Comey can refer to flip-flopping, bungling something at the last minute, and making…
  5. under construction

    under construction

    Under construction refers to a building, structure, or project that is unfinished but actively being worked on.  
  6. Cheggs

    Cheggs

    Cheggs is a colloquial name for Chegg, a company which offers digital textbook rentals and academic supports for students.
  7. sense of humor

    sense of humor

    A sense of humor refers to the ability to find things funny, general enjoyment in doing so, or the particular types of things one finds funny.
  8. renig

    renig

    Renig is a common misspelling of renege, variously used for "backing out on an agreement" and often mistaken as a racial epithet.
  9. cat lady

    cat lady

    A cat lady is a humorous and occasionally derisive slang term for a single, often older woman who owns many cats.
  10. riddle me this

    riddle me this

    Riddle me this is a stock phrase used to introduce a riddle, joke, observation, or question.
  11. toma

    toma

    Toma is a Spanish verb variously meaning "to take." In Latin American slang, toma means to have a drink, get what one deserves, or take someone sexually.
  12. HBD

    HBD is an acronym for Happy Birthday. It's often seen as a lazy way of messaging someone on their birthday. It's also occasionally used to mean here be dragons, referring to unexplored or dangerous territory ahead.