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Usually beatless,sometimes relaxed, sometimes eerie electronic music. Term "ambient music" created by legendary musician/producer Brian Eno. Other notable ambient artists/acts include The Orb, Testu Inoue, Peter Namlook, and Zoviet France
Brian Eno's "Ambiet 1:Music for Airports" pretty much defines ambient music
ambient by Dagon January 12, 2005
"Man, I wish I could be Ambient"
Ambient by one of his followers December 17, 2008
I set my ringtone to ambient
ambient by scubastevey July 8, 2006
Basically any dance music that James Morgan and Josh Mills believe to be fucking clown shoes.

In other words it is all the music that James Wilson likes apart from The Prodigy.
Tiesto can fuck off with his ambient hippy shit.
ambient by morgangills November 15, 2004

Ambient Mexican Noise 

The sounds you hear in any online game by a Latino boy with a mic. This includes Vaccuming, dogs barking, Parents yelling, babies crying, Spanish soap Opera, Mexican music.
George: Let’s leave this game, there’s some kid with ambient Mexican noise.
Fred: yeah I can’t even concentrate let’s leave.

Ambient Gaslighting 

ambient gaslighting - Most people now know gaslighting, put simply, is when someone tries to make someone else question their reality. "Ambient gaslighting" refers to the subtle undercurrents of mistreatment or disrespect that we experience in small doses and may not realize are a form of gaslighting.

Physician psychiatrist Dr. Grant Brenner coin the term.

Are you being gaslit ?
Here are signs you're being gaslit, according to USA TODAY columnist Sara Kuburic:

You are often confused.

You are struggling to trust your memories or feelings.

You find yourself constantly apologizing.

You feel like you can’t do anything right.

You are often nervous, worried or anxious.
You don’t feel confident.
You struggle to trust yourself.
You constantly blame yourself when something goes wrong (even if it’s not your fault).
Ambient Gaslighting In the workplace. Executives may espouse transparency, but employees may experience behavior contrary to to that.

In targeted marketing. "People may be confused as to whether the ad they got is something they really wanted, or whether that desire has been planted in that.

In political news. Polarized politics have led to seemingly alternate realities that have only accelerated during the pandemic. Convincing opinion-like news programs or unverified viral social media posts may make you question your beliefs.
Ambient Gaslighting by Blu_leef March 31, 2023
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
Word of the Day on September 29, 2026
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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