Shiny Object Syndrome 

Shiny object syndrome occurs when a person keeps jumping from one side hustle to another, hoping that one will work. The reason this phenomenon is detrimental to the individual is that constantly switching to new side hustles won’t be effective unless they maintain consistency. In the end, it can create a false sense of productivity while actually wasting valuable time.

This kid has shiny object syndrome

Shiny Object Syndrome by Someone31jif April 11, 2024

postvolitional object permanence

Coined by Kimmina. A term describing the moment one grasps that a manufactured object outlives the will that brought it into existence. Adapted from Piaget's developmental concept of object permanence (the understanding that things persist when out of sight), but inverted: here, the object persists not beyond perception, but beyond purpose. Frequently observed in workshops, labs, and homes where 3D prints, prototypes, and other artifacts of past enthusiasm accumulate as silent witnesses to abandoned intentions. Touches on themes from material culture studies, consumption theory, and the sociology of technology: why humans produce more than they need, and what happens to the things left behind.

After a year of printing, his shelves had become a quiet museum of postvolitional object permanence: objects that once felt essential, now just there.

postvolitional object permanence by Pitrade May 15, 2026

The object thingy 

a phrase commonly seen on youtube channels with profile pictures from bfdi or sometimes without just to show their love of the idea of the show or the base show itself. (bfdi is a show about objects.)

Person 1: Hey! im (insert name) - The object thingy!

Person2: Thats cool! do you like bfdi?

The object thingy by AutisticFloppa January 21, 2025

Inanimate Object Empathy Disorder (IOED) 

Inanimate Object Empathy Disorder (IOED) is an armchair-psychological designation for people who experience extreme amounts of empathy for inanimate objects -- specifically objects that depict living things that appear damaged or distressed.

IOED describes someone who experiences legitimate feelings towards objects that appear as if they deserve sympathy, support, and even help as if they were animate beings. However, because these objects are not actually living beings, these impulses to care for, help, and support are misplaced. Hence the disorder designation.

If someone if your life continually says things like "awwwww.... that poor x" where x is more often than not a stuffed animal with a missing ear or a tear in its fabric, then that person in your life suffers from IOED.

Using the term Inanimate Object Empathy Disorder (IOED) in context: Because my wife has IOED, when she found 2 stuffed animals on the road, disheveled, she felt a burning desire to "save" them and "nurse them back to health" in our home. Now, thanks to her IOED, we have a new shelf in our family room with "recovering" stuffed animals on it that fill her heart with joy every day.

Inanimate Object Empathy Disorder (IOED) by NewPOV January 22, 2025

Random Object Narcissist

A person of moral disrepute who terrorize others by stealing things oblivious to the consequences.

“Why did he steal the grill off the car? What a hick!?”
“No he’s a Dick. He’s just a random object narcissist.”

Random Object Narcissist by karmaneckwe October 13, 2025

Gun like object (GLO) 

According to Wikipedia a gun is “a device or ranged weapon designed to throw a projectile using pressure or explosive force. The projectiles are typically solid, but can also be pressurized liquid, or gas. Solid projectiles may be free-flying or tethered”. A gun like object or GLO is any fictional device in a video game, video, graphic novel or story that fits this definition. It can also be an actual object that is not a gun but has some resemblance to a gun.

A player pushes one button to aim the gun like object (GLO) at an opponent and another to fire it.
The “noisy cricket” of the movie “Men in Black” is a noted “fictional firearm”, or GLO.

Police have mistakenly shot people who pull phones from a pocket, mistaking the phone for a gun like object.

Gun like object (GLO) by eagle8eye July 9, 2023

Razor sharp object 

Another name for karis Musson

Razor sharp object was at bassie today

Razor sharp object by Kar.WJ July 31, 2023