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Definitions by Emotional Cruiser

falls from the sky 

Something that occurs easily for you but you paradoxically don't know how to attain this occurrence — you just don't exert the effort that make this occurrence happen.
A friend of mine experience the revocation of screen time limits imposed by parents that simply falls from the sky — she can't teach me how to exert the effort that I akcually require to experience this occurrence.

Flight mode FOMO 

The ability to abstain from watching YouTube during flights as you must put your smartphone (and tablet) on flight mode whilst still being unable to abstain from watching YouTube outside flights.
Every time I board a plane, I experience serious Flight Mode FOMO, knowing I can't watch my favorite YouTube videos while still scrolling through my playlist for hours after landing.
A prestigious movie award that reward movies for adults in an age when adults don’t go to the movies anymore. It's because people don't go to watch Best Picture-winning movies anymore, hence this movie award isn't the cultural force they once were. Though the ratings remain relatively stable from year to year, they are generally down from their height in the 1990s.
The Oscars used to be a huge cultural event, but now it feels like a prestigious award for movies that adults don't really flock to anymore.
Oscar by Emotional Cruiser July 28, 2025

backseat 

The seat in a car that makes you feel either like a small kid or like a boss — unlike sitting in the front seat next to the driver, which makes you feel like a copilot or substitute driver.
When I’m in the backseat, I can just chill and enjoy the ride—it's either a kid's adventure or I'm the boss calling the shots!"
backseat by Emotional Cruiser July 28, 2025

Japanese bread 

A slang term of Indonesian origin used to refer to a sanitary pad.
I ran to the store to grab some 'Japanese bread' because I forgot to stock up before my period started!

Good Boys effect 

A trope on TV Tropes where movie age ratings regulate the age of actors less compared to the age of audiences who watch movies with certain age ratings, resulting in underaged children starring movies that they're too young to watch themselves like "Good Boys" (2019).
The 'Good Boys effect' sparked discussions about whether it's appropriate for underaged actors to star in films they can't legally watch.

cool case 

Being a loan word derived from the Dutch word "koel kast" with this same meaning, this word is what Indonesians thought to be the English of what is akcually called "fridge" (refrigerator) in English.
I store food in the cool case to keep it fresh.
cool case by Emotional Cruiser July 28, 2025