Native Bluebirds's definitions

Demetarage

(Dee-meh-tuh-raj) The process of intimately knowing someone virtually for quite some time and then meeting them in real life and adjusting to the fact that they are a real human.

I had a moment of demetarage when I met Nina and she was so much shorter than she appeared on Zoom.

by Native Bluebirds September 5, 2025