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mournography 

The over-sensationalizing and dramatizing of tragic events (such as the deaths of former statsmen or cowboy actors), often to a titillating degree, especially when employed in journalistic practice.
1) While the destruction of the World Trade Center was tragic, the media’s spin on it has descended into sheer mournography.

2) After Reagan died, the ensuing mournography was so obscene that I almost wished he were still alive.
mournography by Robert Stacy August 23, 2004
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Mournography 

When sad situations inside of the United States or outside of the United States are exploited by news media so they have material to cover for the a couple of weeks.
Coined by Russel Brand.
"Hey did you hear about the Ebola Epidemic? 700 people died man. Plus Israel and Gaza are bombing the shit out of each other. The worlds going to hell."

"Ah I see you've been watching mournography again."
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Mornography 

Mornography abrv. Morno or Morn. Muscle Porn. A magazine or publication featuring body-builders which is admired by other body-builders for sexual gratification.
John Ward had just popped to the shops to purchase this month's edition of Flex Magazine to add to his wankbank of mornography and was hurrying home for a nice long slow wank.
Mornography by Chris Nissen March 14, 2008

bournography 

The art of ejaculating during the presentation of Jason Bourne, either in video or book form.
Man: Why is Jason Bourne in a fighting ring. Welp, time for some sweet bournography
bournography by Dick Clicker September 20, 2018
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
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To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
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