mshaler's definitions

Exoneural misophonia

When your partner’s pain is so acute that it feels like it’s shrieking at you radiating through your partner’s exhausted sleepless body

Another sleepless night for both of us kept up by Exoneural Misophonia.

by mshaler May 30, 2025

Schadenfreuday

Schadenfreuday is the creeping sense of doom and delight that accompanies awaiting various news drops that have now come to be expected on Friday afternoons in the era of Trump.

Let's go get some shots for Schadenfreuday. Wait, I need to refresh my Twitter feed...

by mshaler July 20, 2018

ambiurnal

Someone who is both nocturnal and diurnal, with flexible sleep patterns.

Suzie is a bad ass, going all day and sometimes all night: she recovers from sleep deprivation better than anybody I know. She must be ambiurnal....

by mshaler July 8, 2019

minnesquito

The official state predatory insect of the Land of Lakes.

Last night at Ted's party I got ravaged relentlessly by Minnesquitos.

by mshaler July 1, 2019

Chalkulosis

Coughing in the midst of billowing clouds of magnesium carbonate filling rock climbing gyms, especially after New Years.

Thought I was going to expel a lung.
Nah bro, that's just resolution-obsessive chalkulosis.

by mshaler January 9, 2019

Assangeaphobia

Fear of getting fired for leaking information to the media. Conversely, fear that one's own employees might be unafraid to blow the whistle. espionage media mafia leaks information warfare omerta

Assangeaphobia is keeping my homies in Cupertino and Langley awfully quiet these days.

by mshaler September 15, 2012

qualified impunity

When the police take qualified immunity MANY steps to far in the oppression and murder of black citizens.

Derek Chavin is the embodiment of actions made under the racist oppressive ethos of qualified impunity.

by mshaler June 23, 2020