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property

the right to the possession, use, or disposal of something; ownership.
"rights of property"
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Propeensity

propeensity
noun
The phenomenon in which the urge to urinate intensifies as one approaches a toilet or other perceived place of relief.
“I was fine until I put the key in the door—then the propeensity hit.”
by Ranger KT January 16, 2026
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proper noun

Nouns that should always be capitalised
"Wait, shouldn't the words I write definitions for on Urban Dictionary only be capitalised if they're a proper noun?"
by Robiginal January 30, 2026
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Property Lim-ed

/'prapərti/ - prop-er-ty , /‘leem’d/ - lim-d .

Having extramarital affairs with your boss, in direct or indirect exchange for personal gains in a workplace.
“She property lim-ed her way up to a $240k annual salary.”
by kopitiamUncle February 1, 2026
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ProPepper

A pretty good trolling channel on YouTube that used to make. Grand theft, auto trolling Minecraft trolling, and even Fortnite trolling.
Bro, I watch ProPepper
same.
who?
by IanTehGansta69 February 4, 2026
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Prophetosis

Prophetosis (n.): an online and/or social-media-amplified condition where everyone is incentivised to speak like an original source—certain, absolute, “in the know”—and where credibility is performed more than proven.

The algorithm doesn’t reward careful.
It rewards fast.
It rewards attention.
It rewards clicks.

Prophetosis becomes almost as Terrence McKenna defined it in the 80s and early 1990s to be 'hyper-novelty'. Applications of hypernovelty within prophetosis is to be determined on: the newest claim, the hottest take, the stylish persuasion, the sharpest certainty—whether it’s accurate or not.

Whole populations quietly shift from:
citizens → audiences;
From thinkers → followers.

Not because people are foolish, but because the environment they enter is designed to make certainty contagious.

The result looks like information disorder:

- misinformation (wrong, but believed)
- disinformation (wrong, and pushed deliberately)
- malinformation (true, but weaponised)

And prophetosis is the symptom cluster:

- Overconfidence dressed up as authority
- Hot takes replacing evidence
- Identity signalling replacing curiosity
- “Trust me” replacing “Here’s how I know”
“After reading three viral threads that contradicted each other—each delivered with total certainty—I realised I wasn’t seeing expertise at work, but a bad case of prophetosis.”

“Scrolling for five minutes was enough to see prophetosis in action: certainty everywhere, sources nowhere.”

“The comments weren’t a debate so much as a group outbreak of prophetosis.”

“When every podcaster speaks like the final authority, you’re not hearing truth—you’re hearing prophetosis.”

“Prophetosis thrives where attention is rewarded and evidence is optional.”

“I deleted the app for a week to recover from prophetosis.”
by cretrain February 15, 2026
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Prophetosis

Prophetosis (n.): an online and/or social-media-amplified condition where everyone is incentivised to speak like an original source—certain, absolute, “in the know”—and where credibility is performed more than proven.

The algorithm doesn’t reward careful.
It rewards fast.
It rewards attention.
It rewards clicks.

Prophetosis becomes almost as Terrence McKenna defined it in the 80s and early 1990s to be 'hyper-novelty'. Applications of hypernovelty within prophetosis is to be determined on: the newest claim, the hottest take, the stylish persuasion, the sharpest certainty—whether it’s accurate or not.

Whole populations quietly shift from:
citizens → audiences;
From thinkers → followers.

Not because people are foolish, but because the environment they enter is designed to make certainty contagious.

The result looks like information disorder:

- misinformation (wrong, but believed)
- disinformation (wrong, and pushed deliberately)
- malinformation (true, but weaponised)

And prophetosis is the symptom cluster:

- Overconfidence dressed up as authority
- Hot takes replacing evidence
- Identity signalling replacing curiosity
- “Trust me” replacing “Here’s how I know”
“After reading three viral threads that contradicted each other—each delivered with total certainty—I realised I wasn’t seeing expertise at work, but a bad case of prophetosis.”

“Scrolling for five minutes was enough to see prophetosis in action: certainty everywhere, sources nowhere.”

“The comments weren’t a debate so much as a group outbreak of prophetosis.”

“When every podcaster speaks like the final authority, you’re not hearing truth—you’re hearing prophetosis.”

“Prophetosis thrives where attention is rewarded and evidence is optional.”

“I deleted the app for a week to recover from prophetosis.”
by cretrain February 15, 2026
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