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Definitions by Erik.Mam

"I will buck a French lad, Erin. I will buck a French lad, so help me God"
Derry Girls, Series 1: Episode 2
Buck by Erik.Mam February 9, 2024
My dog just died. Can I come with you? I think ... I need a gruck, mate.
gruck by Erik.Mam July 8, 2023

Suctorialist 

Pretentious little prat who suck at critical thinking. A stupid person
Do you know how stupid an average person is? These so-called communists suctorialists will believe anything the government says
Suctorialist by Erik.Mam November 14, 2022

autofiction

a self-described account of a person's life, altered by the addition of made-up elements
Alla Gorbunova turns to autofiction to slice and dice her past, using imaginary subplots and mythical scenarios with real life characters in the service of a search for self she can live with.
autofiction by Erik.Mam November 20, 2021

overoxygenate 

to kill with excessive supply of something that sustains
Example #1: Clickbaity titles overoxygenated these magazines and they lost their audience in a week
Example #2: "Weston's assertion that "photography has opened the blinds to a new world vision" seems typical of the overoxygenated hopes of modernism in all the arts during the first third of the century - hopes since abandoned". (Susan Sontag "On Photography", 1971)
overoxygenate by Erik.Mam October 2, 2021

#balancetonporc

French equivalent of #MeToo movement, literally translated as "out your pig", "make your pig squeal", "rat out your pork"
Sexual harassment and gender inequality activists in France used their own version of #metoo hashtag - #balancetonporc
#balancetonporc by Erik.Mam May 11, 2020

Chekhostrophe 

An event that causes many people incurable emotional pain and suffering that lasts for a very, very long time and almost always caused by unrequited or impossible love in the spiritually and morally dead society
It seemed that fate itself had destined them for each other, but he had a wife, and she had a husband. They were like two birds, who had been caught and forced to live in separate cages on the brink of chekhostrophe.
Chekhostrophe by Erik.Mam May 7, 2020