Grief Gating

The act of selectively mourning the death of someone based on their political or ideological alignment, while ignoring or rationalizing the deaths of those outside one’s tribe. A form of emotional compartmentalization that reveals unconscious bias in expressions of empathy.

When the invited speaker was killed, the campus held vigils and posted tributes. But when a student protester died last year, barely anyone mentioned it. That’s grief gating—mourning filtered through ideological lenses.

by Briton Phillip September 11, 2025

Beef Grief

The feeling of regret that follows an altercation on social media or in real life.

Mate, I roasted that guy on Twitter who was stanning Bono. But the beef grief was off the scale when he said he was only 17.

by Herbly2 March 26, 2023

Virgin Grief

The act of being so desperate to loose your virginity you consider to hire hookers, prostitutes, and/or crack whores.

Little Timmy has been going through Virgin Grief recently.

by BigOl’Cunt420 March 14, 2025

Eco-grief

The emotional response to the loss or degradation of natural environments or ecosystems, often due to climate change or human activities.

I feel a sense of eco-grief when I see the effects of pollution and deforestation on our planet.

by UltraSmartGuy April 25, 2023

Grief tragedy sympathy industry

Of the things the grief tragedy sympathy industry shows you on primetime TV, the coronavirus statistics seem dull this time of year because they are all year, but it takes something like extreme weather to wake people up.

The extreme weather is a refreshing thing to see after watching the same dull coronavirus numbers and statistics bullshit that is aired by the grief tragedy sympathy industry all year since 2020.

by The Original Agahnim September 2, 2021

Devious Grief

A shitty pvz player who leads his "clan" who gets beat the shit out of by better players

Man that Devious Grief guy is getting the shit beat out of him

by Llamamaamammam December 11, 2023

Grief/tragedy/sympathy industry

An industry that pretends to be on your side, rooting for you instead of the events that make the industry possible (storms, crime, death, accidents, bad news).

The grief/tragedy/sympathy industry is a business, not a friend.

by Solid Mantis October 9, 2020