Bonus Stage

A shitty show about 2 roommates named Phil and Joel with their neighbor elly

Phil and Joel had sex with each other in the latest episode of Bonus Stage and Elly was just contemplating life after hearing them smash

by Weatherstripping May 21, 2024

Speech stage

Speech stage (aka talking stage) it's a literal translation of the period before marriage (الخطبة) .This act is very known in north African countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, Libia...etc

They were in the speech stage before they broke things off.

by Sam Eddine June 2, 2024

Alpha Stage

Figuring it out as you go! It's that early phase where things are new, messy, and constantly changing. Like learning a new skill, building something with Lego, or planning a big trip, you're experimenting, making adjustments, and seeing what sticks.

Examples:

"My new cooking project is definitely in the alpha stage right now. It's a bit of a disaster, but I'm learning a lot!"

"We're launching a new marketing campaign next month, but it's still in the alpha stage. We're testing different elements and tweaking things as we go."

"My morning routine is in the alpha stage. I'm trying out different apps and habits to see what works best for me."

by Cinemaman2 February 17, 2024

late stage democracy

a liberal democracy in which the politicians and bureaucrats behave like chimpanzees on LSD. they throw shit at their peers, and eat food that they know they have stolen but will receive no consequences due to them being "StAtE OfFiCiAlS".

the congress of this democracy seemingly cannot function without pork barrel politics. the congress doubles as a retirement home and mental asylum, or sometimes a massive sex offender registry.

this democracy will last only until a war breaks out, and will go back to a normal democratic system but fade slowly into late stage democracy once more.

common late stage democracies include but aren't limited to; the united states, the united kingdom, canada, and hungary.

"OMG DRUMP IS GONNA DESTROY OUR DEMOCRACY"

"we will always be a democracy, a late stage democracy."

by ¡AFUERA! enjoyer December 31, 2024

A Saige Mercer (Abscess)...

What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to abscesses.

Person 1: Are you addicted to abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: A Saige Mercer (Abscess)...

by Abreathofaversaillian January 24, 2025

Alien Stage

A youtube series consisting of pain, trauma, and more pain. A heartbreaking masterpiece

person: Hey bro, Alien Stage is all over my fyp. Should I watch it?
me: FUCK TO THE NO
person: *watches it anyways, becomes depressed for the next 6 months

by lmSoFuckingTired March 25, 2025

Late-Stage Capitalist Orthodoxy

The established, institutionalized set of beliefs that define mainstream understanding of contemporary capitalism—the often-unexamined assumptions about how the current economic system works and what's possible within it. Late-stage capitalist orthodoxy includes commitments that go beyond classical capitalism: that financialization is natural, that gig work is the future, that austerity is necessary, that debt is inevitable, that privatization is always efficient, that global supply chains are optimal, that technological disruption is progress, and that there is no alternative to the current configuration of capital. It naturalizes features of contemporary capitalism that are actually historically specific—making precarious work, financial dominance, and corporate power seem like simply "how things are." Late-stage capitalist orthodoxy functions to foreclose imagination of alternatives, treating the current moment as the end of history and any deviation as naive or dangerous.

Example: "He accepted gig work, stagnant wages, and crumbling public services as just 'the way things are'—not because he'd thought about alternatives, but because late-stage capitalist orthodoxy had made precarity seem like common sense. The orthodoxy's power is making contingency feel like necessity."

by Dumu The Void March 17, 2026