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folklorist 

An individual who studies folklore and/or folklife for a living.

Often identifiable by their peculiar clothing, meager incomes, and the ability to talk about how "everyday stuff" is actually pretty cool and meaningful in larger scheme of things. As a profession, you could say that they are the ultimate collectors and bearers of tradition.
Tom: Hey, Dick! That guy with the longish hair, tweed jacket, and neatly groomed facial hair told me that the Paul Bunyan tall tale was actually a fake!

Dick: You just now figured that out? That dude is a folklorist. He knows these things and is awesome because of it. Now go make me a sandwich.
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folklorist 

An individual who studies folklore and/or folklife for a living.

Often identifiable by their peculiar clothing, meager incomes, and ability to talk about how "everyday stuff" is actually pretty cool and meaningful in the larger scheme of things. As a profession, you could say that they are the ultimate collectors and bearers of tradition.
Tom: Hey, Dick! That guy with the longish hair, tweed jacket, and neatly groomed facial hair told me that the Paul Bunyan tall tale was actually a fake!

Dick: You just now figured that out? That dude is a folklorist. He knows these things and is awesome because of it. Now go make me a sandwich.

folkloreisaoty 

a 14 year old flop on stan twitter that got canceled by taylucifernation.
@folkloreisaoty deactivate xoxo by @repurobyn
folkloreisaoty by flop1501 October 11, 2020

folkloreinthealps 

very pretty and one of my fav mutuals 😣 theyre on tiktok @folklore.inthealps
folkloreinthealps is on tiktok, and they’re very cool

folklorification 

Used inside the swiftie community as a way to describe Taylor making things fit into the folklore aesthetic, specifically the re-record album covers
“Did you see the cover for this love Taylor’s version?”

“I know. The folklorification of 1989

folklorico 

A Mexican cultural dance. Used with large skirts in most states of Mexico. Some notable folklorico dances are: La bruja, Son de la negra, La bamba, Tilingo Lingo, and Jarabe Tapatío.
I teach folklorico on mondays.
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026