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Instrovinomical 

Being so bad at something that no word can describe it
You're so bad, Hayden, that we need a new word for you that means like really really bad, worse than bad, something like instrovinomical.
short version of the word "instrumental", commonly used on forums
ay kid u never got back to me about that instro i sent you.
instro by KvnTheTruth August 1, 2008

ingstroyfimiky 

ive got proper ingstroyfimiky
ingstroyfimiky by vodevil March 11, 2004

Instropulae

A song(s) that are instrumentals or instrumental covers of popular songs
"Dawg I'm diggin this instropulae playlist, is that Benny and the Jets?"
"Yes but no, it's called Kenni and the Jets"
Instropulae by Earth Pearl September 20, 2023
A short, catchy word for a long-overdue genre: story-first games with little to no actual gameplay. Think Disco Elysium, Firewatch, SOMA, The Invincible, or Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York. They’re instories — interactive stories with just enough game to click “next.”

Books are dying. People still love stories, but now they want to walk through them, talk to them, be them. That’s where instories come in.

Subgenres include:
— noir instory: Chain-smokes regret.
— horror instory: You are the flashlight.
— instory drama: Your only weapon is a sigh.
“The devs behind Disco Elysium just dropped a new instory. You play as a trenchcoat looking for meaning. But first — a cigarette.”

“In the new instory from the SOMA team, you’re a microwave with uploaded consciousness trying to remember what humans taste like.”

“The creators of The Invincible made an instory where literally nothing happens. You don't even walk. It’s beautiful. It’s nothing. It’s beautifully nothing.”
instory by IgorVarn April 16, 2025
A short, catchy word for a long-overdue genre: story-first games with little to no actual gameplay. Think Disco Elysium, Firewatch, SOMA, The Invincible, or Vampire: The Masquerade — Coteries of New York. These aren’t quite visual novels, nor are they walking sims, or interactive fiction. They’re instories — interactive stories with just enough game to click “next.”

Subgenres include:
— noir instory: Chain-smokes regret.
— horror instory: You are the flashlight.
— instory drama: Your only weapon is a sigh.
“The devs behind Disco Elysium just dropped a new instory. You play as a trenchcoat looking for meaning. But first — a cigarette.”

“In the new instory from the SOMA team, you’re a microwave with uploaded consciousness trying to remember what humans taste like.”

“The creators of The Invincible made an instory where literally nothing happens. You don't even walk. It’s beautiful. It’s nothing. It’s beautifully nothing.”
instory by IgorVarn April 28, 2025