symbolitics

Portmanteau: Symbolic + Politics
From Edelman: Subconscious creation of a make-believe political world by politicians, based on their own roles, for the electorate using political symbols and rituals for and by the mass media.

McCain's own brand of symbolitics creates for himself a media image of a great hero saving his party and country from demise.

symbolitics by Grundog June 21, 2008

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symbolicist

Someone who studies symbolism and what it means in popular culture.
-Maxx Danziger

Wow that person MUST be a Symbolicist

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Symbolotic

Raymon's version of symbolic...

The picture of a dove being released is symbolotic of graduation.

Symbolotic by Ramen23 December 14, 2019

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Symbolics

A race of humanoid-like beings that represent the alphabet. Most of them are taller than the average human, with the tallest ones being over 14 fucking feet tall. Oh yeah, and those “converse sneakers” they wear? That’s skin. What a fucking nightmare!

bro 1: yo dude have you ever heard of symbolics
bro 2: i want you.
bro 1: what the fuck

Symbolics by violetblooded December 10, 2023

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Stealthie

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.

FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"

Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016

Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

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Summer Teeth

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.

Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...

Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012

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Grindset

The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.

“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”

Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026

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