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Also known as "rhino portion," this term is a backronym of Indonesian origin standing for "porsi tukang gali," which means "digger's portion".
by Emotional Cruiser August 10, 2025
Get the Portugalmug. The Japanese tern for "nerd" (not to be confused with "wibu, weaboo"), where "nerd" means someone who shows much interest on one particular topic, hence more knowledge on that particular topic compared to most other topics
My friend is a total otaku; he spends all his free time watching anime and collecting figurines, living and breathing Japanese pop culture.
by Emotional Cruiser October 19, 2025
Get the otakumug. Videonundation (short for "video inundation") is a phenomenon where your YouTube homepage is inundated by endless video recommendations due to subscribing to insanely large numbers of YouTube channels (at least 600 channels), hence there are many channels who upload new videos to YouTube at the same time.
After I hit 700 channel subscriptions, my YouTube homepage turned into a videonundation—there's just no way I can keep up with all these new videos!
by Emotional Cruiser August 22, 2025
Get the videonundationmug. Twin films are films with the same or similar plots produced and released within a close proximity of time by two different film studios. The phenomenon can result from two or more production companies investing in similar scripts at the same time, resulting in a race to distribute the films to audiences. Some attribute twin films to industrial espionage, the movement of staff between studios, or that the same screenplays are sent to several film studios before being accepted. Another possible explanation is if the films deal with topical issues, such as volcanic eruptions, reality television, terrorist attacks, or significant anniversaries, resulting in multiple discovery of the concept.
Screenwriter Terry Rossio notes that there are always film projects with similar subjects being developed in multiple studios, and that usually only one of them makes it into production in a given period of time, and therefore twin films are better regarded as exceptions to this tendency.
by Emotional Cruiser October 21, 2025
Get the twin filmsmug. Cognitive tunneling is a psychological phenomenon where a person's attention narrows to a single point, ignoring all other information. This happens most often under high stress or during a sudden, unexpected event, causing a person's brain to transition from a relaxed state to a panicked, focused state that fixates on a narrow set of stimuli. This can lead to an inability to see the bigger picture, sometimes described as inattentional blindness, and is a common cause of errors in high-pressure situations, such as pilots or drivers missing crucial cues.
During the exam, I hit a tough question and fell into cognitive tunneling, completely missing the easier ones I had already skimmed over. Talk about stress messing with my focus!
by Emotional Cruiser November 4, 2025
Get the cognitive tunnelingmug. Something that once deemed a novelty but is now deemed nostalgic, e.g. the aesthetic Frutiger Aero that was initially around from 2005 through 2014, after which it got to be "dormant" before it had a comeback in 2022
I was scrolling through old design trends and felt such newstalgia for Frutiger Aero; it was everywhere in the late 2000's and early 2010's, and now it's back in style.
by Emotional Cruiser September 28, 2025
Get the newstalgiamug. A website that constantly shows ads for women's underwear as time.is requires users to pay to enjoy its ad-free version while Surabaya happens to be the most frequently looked up city among users who are incidentally unable to afford paying for the ad-free version of time.is.
Every time I check time.is/Surabaya, I'm bombarded with ads for women's underwear—guess I'll never get that ad-free version!
by Emotional Cruiser July 27, 2025
Get the time.is/Surabayamug.