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Definitions by BornBlitzed

concerning 

Traditional definition: involving or referencing something or someone.

Current definition: to be a cause for concern.
Traditional: Myra and her mom had a discussion concerning her grades at school.

Current: Myra's low grades are concerning. She'd better talk to her mom about getting a tutor.
concerning by BornBlitzed April 2, 2017

Colonial spring 

A bout of warm, springlike weather toward the end of winter; the opposite of an Indian summer.
I think we ought to dub this period of unseasonably warm weather a 'Colonial spring' because:

1) It wasn't invited and it's not supposed to be here,
2) It seems like a blessing at first, but you suspect a global calamity may be lurking,
3) Its 'gifts' are often laden with nasty surprises like illness and flash flooding, and
4) Things could turn ugly again really quickly, without warning, despite assurances to the contrary.
Colonial spring by BornBlitzed February 24, 2017

this is a thing 

1) This exists.

2) This is a current fad, fashion, or meme.
People really do travel to dangerous places just to take selfies. It's hard to believe that this is a thing.

Newt Scamander cosplay? This is a thing!

A smartwatch with an analog display: is this really a thing?
this is a thing by BornBlitzed December 8, 2016
The shorthand version for expressions like "because of" or "because I am".

Made popular thanks to sites like Twitter, where brevity matters; now often used jokingly or ironically, even in regular conversation.
We're going drinking after class because Friday.

Tommy forgot to charge his iPad before the meeting because stupid.

I don't do drugs anymore because flying monkeys.
because by BornBlitzed March 16, 2013

syllabobble 

Talking so fast that your mouth gets ahead of your brain, and you wind up flipping syllables around or dropping them entirely.
"I can't believe you actually did that; I call sheganigans!"
"You mean shenanigans? Syllabobbling again, are we?"

"Kim Kardashian is such a skank; I would marry her!"
"Please tell me you meant to say, wouldn't."
"Oops, I did! Man, what a syllabobble."
syllabobble by BornBlitzed August 11, 2012

American goulash 

My nephew can't cook to save his life, but even he knows how to make American goulash.
American goulash by BornBlitzed November 21, 2011
An appreciation of a particularly clever example of punning and/or wordplay to the point of rapture. The social sciences equivalent of a nerdgasm.
All it took was a single visit to the Pungeon Master page at TVTropes, and I was drowning in a tidal surge of pungasm glory!
pungasm by BornBlitzed November 1, 2011