The delightful and often ironic sensation experienced when witnessing an individual's confidence in their own (incorrect) knowledge or abilities reach such stratospheric heights, it momentarily leaves you stunned. It's the Dunning-Kruger effect, but cranked up to 11, where the sheer audacity of their ignorance becomes a spectacle in itself. Often accompanied by an internal monologue of "Are they serious right now?" and a stunned, silent admiration for their unwavering self-belief.
"Did you hear Fritz explain German politics at the party? He had absolutely no idea what he was talking about, but the way he delivered it with such conviction... it was pure stunning Kruger."
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Get the outrageously stunning mug.When you BEGIN stan someone, mainly a musical group that has already split or disbanded.
The term is inspired by the word "retroactive," which means "taking effect from a date in the past."
It's not really nostalgia, because you were never really there.
So it feels like you are stanning a period in the past, and you are mentally there.
The term is inspired by the word "retroactive," which means "taking effect from a date in the past."
It's not really nostalgia, because you were never really there.
So it feels like you are stanning a period in the past, and you are mentally there.
1. Since JPop was gatekept for a million years, now I'm retro-stanning King & Prince as 5/6 members in 2025.
2. Retro-stanning *insert former famous girl group or boy band* because the hype is gone now.
2. Retro-stanning *insert former famous girl group or boy band* because the hype is gone now.
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