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Online Disinhibition Effect 

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When people behave differently online than they would in real life.
A group of students might bully a classmate online and then feel emboldened to bully him or her in person. This is a sign of Online Disinhibition Effect
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online disinhibition effect • The Online Disinhibition Effect

online disinhibition effect 

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A psychological phenomenon where people act less restrained online than they would in person, leading to a range of behaviors from increased honesty and passion to negative actions like cyberbullying
The online disinhibition effect made him feel bold enough to share his deepest thoughts, but it also led to some regrettable comments that hurt others.
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The Online Disinhibition Effect

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The psychological phenomenon where people behave more openly, aggressively, or cruelly online than they would in person, due to factors like anonymity, invisibility, lack of immediate feedback, and the perception that online actions have no real‑world consequences. The effect explains why gangharassment, cliqueposting, and banlighting thrive: people feel freed from accountability, and the emotional weight of harming another person is muted by the screen. Understanding this effect is crucial to recognizing that online cruelty is not just “how people are” but a product of the environment.
Example: “He would never have screamed at someone in a coffee shop, but online he’d spent years coordinating harassment. The online disinhibition effect: the screen as permission slip.”
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Nutshot 

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It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026
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Nerd neck 

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A "human" that spends so much time playing video games that their posture is level nerd neck. Everytime anyone goes tryhard they hunch down and their neck gets longer there fore a nerd neck is always hunched down cause they're always going try hard. In other words a nerd neck is a try hard, since their neck is 100% longer than the average human being due to playing too many video games and taking them serious, nerd necks are not even considered human anymore but something more sad. Nerd necks are often found on fortnite, their natural habitat usually being tilted towers.
What a fucking nerd neck!

He is building so fast, nerd neck!

Looser more like a nerd neck ha!
Nerd neck by D Sandwich Maker February 5, 2019
Word of the Day on June 25, 2026
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love peace and chicken grease 

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"another of sayin peace out or good bye"
Talk to ya later......Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease
love peace and chicken grease by Adronna July 19, 2003
Word of the Day on June 24, 2026
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