A term to describe a person, mostly an extravert, who bonds together a group of people. This person is friends with everyone in the group individually, and without them the group falls apart.
Maybe the group has another thing in common (e.g. a hobby), but if it wasn't for this person they wouldn't be friends. The social glue of a group proposes activities to do, is the king/queen of the group chat, and everything the group does is awkward until the social glue arrives.
Maybe the group has another thing in common (e.g. a hobby), but if it wasn't for this person they wouldn't be friends. The social glue of a group proposes activities to do, is the king/queen of the group chat, and everything the group does is awkward until the social glue arrives.
Cindy is such a social glue, if it weren't for her these friends would have never met up.
I'm shy, but thankfully my social glue friend has introduced me to some new people.
I'm shy, but thankfully my social glue friend has introduced me to some new people.
by milky_way October 30, 2018
Get the social gluemug. 1. An introverts dream.
2. Staying six feet apart so you don't catch airborne diseases such as COVID-19.
2. Staying six feet apart so you don't catch airborne diseases such as COVID-19.
The mayor Pronounced on the town speaker, "We will start social distancing as of tommorow. This means that we need to stay several feet apart to not catch the pandemic, COVID-19
by anonymous October 13, 2020
Get the Social Distancingmug. It's when u meet someone new and they want to rush a close friendship with you before you're ready and try to trap you into a friendship. Like a girl trying to trap a man so they can't leave by getting pregnant.
by Lunch Box September 15, 2016
Get the Socially pregnantmug. A social crisis in which a person fits in to several types of crowds, but feels conflicted as to which one they should stay in. This only applies when the social situations are like oil and water.
by gangstagoldfish March 17, 2011
Get the Social Hermaphroditemug. A vegan who secretly eats meat but is a vegan for the social status and for the ability to shame meat eaters
by LLL420 January 8, 2019
Get the Social veganmug. Any individual who rarely or never initiates social interaction on their own initiative, but instead attaches themselves to more social people when they run into them and hangs out with their friends.
This phenomenon is often most common in schools and small towns, especially in teenagers and young adults; particularly if they've either recently switched schools or moved to a small town.
This can often act as a behavioral crutch, in which the Social Remora in question satisfies their social needs without learning how to fulfill them on their own, stagnating their social development. This resulting social stagnation often manifests itself as difficulties in dating relationships, as the Social Remora lacks the social experience to feel comfortable interacting with another person on their own initiative.
Remedies for Social Remoras:
The best way to stop being a Social Remora is to start hanging out with people by your own initiative. Get your friends' phone numbers and ask them to hang out sometime; see a movie, play board games, hang out at a park, share your favorite tv shows/movies, even study for school. Not only will this give you a social life, but it will provide you with basic interpersonal skills, making you more comfortable hanging out with other people in a one-on-one basis, and less awkward when you try to date people; an activity for which interpersonal skill are usually a mandatory prerequisite by nature.
This phenomenon is often most common in schools and small towns, especially in teenagers and young adults; particularly if they've either recently switched schools or moved to a small town.
This can often act as a behavioral crutch, in which the Social Remora in question satisfies their social needs without learning how to fulfill them on their own, stagnating their social development. This resulting social stagnation often manifests itself as difficulties in dating relationships, as the Social Remora lacks the social experience to feel comfortable interacting with another person on their own initiative.
Remedies for Social Remoras:
The best way to stop being a Social Remora is to start hanging out with people by your own initiative. Get your friends' phone numbers and ask them to hang out sometime; see a movie, play board games, hang out at a park, share your favorite tv shows/movies, even study for school. Not only will this give you a social life, but it will provide you with basic interpersonal skills, making you more comfortable hanging out with other people in a one-on-one basis, and less awkward when you try to date people; an activity for which interpersonal skill are usually a mandatory prerequisite by nature.
Example 1:
Jane: "That Billy kid's pretty funny, but he's really not as social as I thought he was. He's always up for hanging out when someone asks him, and always shows up to parties and such when invited, but he never calls anyone to hang out on his own."
Mary: "I've noticed that too; he is kind of a Social Remora, isn't he?"
Example 2:
Billy: "Arg! I really like Jane, but we only ever hang out between classes at school, and when I run into her at parties, she's usually with her friends whom I don't know. I want to ask her out, but since I don't hang out with people on my own initiative often, I'm worried that even if she said yes, I'd be really awkward and off-putting on a date. Why do I have to be such a Social Remora?"
Jane: "That Billy kid's pretty funny, but he's really not as social as I thought he was. He's always up for hanging out when someone asks him, and always shows up to parties and such when invited, but he never calls anyone to hang out on his own."
Mary: "I've noticed that too; he is kind of a Social Remora, isn't he?"
Example 2:
Billy: "Arg! I really like Jane, but we only ever hang out between classes at school, and when I run into her at parties, she's usually with her friends whom I don't know. I want to ask her out, but since I don't hang out with people on my own initiative often, I'm worried that even if she said yes, I'd be really awkward and off-putting on a date. Why do I have to be such a Social Remora?"
by Logan_Felipe June 21, 2012
Get the Social Remoramug. by duivvv May 10, 2021
Get the social honeypotmug.