digital blackface
Digital blackface refers to white people using GIFs, memes, emoji, and other images of black people to express various emotional reactions online.
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kawaii
Kawaii means "cute" in Japanese, and it is associated with a pop-culture aesthetic of such things as cuddly animals and pink hearts. -
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… -
under construction
Under construction refers to a building, structure, or project that is unfinished but actively being worked on. -
Cheggs
Cheggs is a colloquial name for Chegg, a company which offers digital textbook rentals and academic supports for students. -
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. -
renig
Renig is a common misspelling of renege, variously used for "backing out on an agreement" and often mistaken as a racial epithet. -
cat lady
A cat lady is a humorous and occasionally derisive slang term for a single, often older woman who owns many cats. -
riddle me this
Riddle me this is a stock phrase used to introduce a riddle, joke, observation, or question. -
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. -
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. -
DTR
DTR is an acronym that means define the relationship. Used in chat and texting, it implies a critical point in a relationship in which one person wants clear answers from the other.