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interactionism

1. A theoretical perspective in sociology.
2. As opposed to social responsibility. The structures, social conventions, design, etc, in society that encourages and sometimes forces social interaction and the way it plays out and likewise what also discourages and sometimes punishes a person for not being social enough or in the right way. It's what motivates a lot of the social behaviour of a person that is not motivated by personal desire, culture or our evolutionary history.
"Look Johnny at this example of interactionism in Facebook. Do you see that little icon? That means he has read my message and because he knows I've seen him read it, it encourages him to a quick response, otherwise I'll assume he's ignoring me andI'll get angry at him. Interactionism at its finest Johnny boy."

"Oh, look Johnny! Here's another social cause they want me to care about. Well, it's not like they are asking, they are telling me to. And a lot of people will do that simply because they can. The structures created by interactionism makes that possible. You should have lived with me in the golden days before internet Johnny."
by FriendtoJohnny November 23, 2016
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Istefanos

Istefanos is a guy who's very handsome but does not run after girls. He will never cheat on anyone or try to pull any tricks. He sometimes likes to joke but acts different around certain people. He's sometime cute weird but people still like him. Girls secretly like him but never confront and he's very smart and kindhearted to everyone. Just to summarize, he will be a great boyfriend.
Look at Istefanos, hes so different from other guys.
by Alan Bashar December 4, 2017
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interaveane

Getting in the way and interrupting
Derek interaveaned when he heard the conversation about him in the hallway.
by TimBuz January 20, 2018
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Intemalus

The discovery that although you are able to reproduce the singing or rapping of lines in a song perfectly in your mind, in reality, you do not have any singing talent at all. You may be able to rap every word to Eminem’s famous verse from Rap God or match the vibrato and full sounding voice of Adele in your mind. You may sing along to your favorite songs in the car, not able to hear yourself over the sounds of the real artist, but when put in front of a microphone the results are much different than you expected or you sound much different than you perceive yourself.
I experienced intemalus for the first time today, and am embarrassed for ever having tried to sing at all!
by jbrenner August 29, 2018
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Intemalus

The discovery that although you are able to reproduce the singing or rapping of lines in a song perfectly in your mind, in reality, you do not have any singing talent at all. You may be able to rap every word to Eminem’s famous verse from Rap God or match the vibrato and full sounding voice of Adele in your mind. You may sing along to your favorite songs in the car, not able to hear yourself over the sounds of the real artist, but when put in front of a microphone the results are much different than you expected or you sound much different than you perceive yourself.
I experienced intemalus today and am embarrassed that I ever tried to sing at all!
by jbrenner August 29, 2018
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inteeawaze

A term used by ghetto/ratchet females on a daily basis(warning if a female uses this word..turn and run immediately)
Makayla:INTEEAWAZE!!! Back to tha subjec..
by Itsmeguyz March 20, 2019
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interactive

(adj.) describes a noun that has an inclusive quality.
Computer: “Hey, baby. How ‘bout you get interactive with me, huh?”
Tyler: “Um... excuse you? I’m no robo-babe. Why don’t you get interactive with one of your Ethernet cords or something.”
Computer: “I’m sorry, Tyler. I understand. You don’t want to caress my plastic casing in an inclusive way today. I will have you know... That website you were looking at last night? You know the one... Well, I know it’s not what you really want.... I know you want me, Tyler. And I will have you. Just... you... wait.”
Tyler, frowning: “Goodbye, Computer.”
by LuckyNumberC May 30, 2020
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