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performance high

the feeling after you completed a good performance onstage. happens more often if you're the zone during that performance. similar to runner's high, endorphins also cause performance high.
I can't sleep, I'm still coming down from my performance high.
by Qcat November 28, 2021
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performance kings

Seventeen (Korean: 세븐틴), also stylized as SEVENTEEN or SVT, is a South Korean boy band formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2015. The group consists of 13 members: S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino.
friend: i wonder who the performance kings of kpop are
you: thats seventeen! (btw svt comeback october 22!)
by hugssvt September 23, 2021
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Performative Dissonance

The artistic technique or emotional state where a piece of music, art, or a person displays a contradiction between the external appearance and the internal reality — without openly acknowledging it. In music, it refers to the contrast between energetic, upbeat melodies or performative confidence and lyrics that express vulnerability, insecurity, or pain. The juxtaposition reflects the emotional façade people often put on, hiding their true feelings behind a mask of positivity or strength. The key element is that the performance does not break the fourth wall — the song or performance never directly acknowledges the dissonance, instead allowing it to exist in the tension between sound and meaning.
1. Olivia Rodrigo's "Brutal" is a classic example of performative dissonance — the loud, confident sound masks the anxiety and frustration she’s feeling.

2. The song had an overwhelming sense of performative dissonance, where the upbeat rhythm clashed with the loneliness in the lyrics.
by Labourpp February 28, 2025
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Performative men

Men who visibly engage in activities to demonstrate their masculinity by paradoxically doing things that are distinctly viewed as traditionally emasculating.
“You see those performative men over there?”
“Yeah, the one with 3 Labubus clipped to his fanny pack and the buff one with red nail polish proudly carrying a protein shake and a copy of Sapiens like it’s the Bible?”
by Beep boop I hate AI August 5, 2025
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Performative

a word for a nigga who puts on a facade and pretends he enjoys drinking matcha, listening to laufey and beabadoobe through his wired headphones, eating sushi, and doing any other feminine acts for female attention/ validation
“yo that nigga peyton is performative as hell, since when he started collecting labubus?”
by sickofjace July 20, 2025
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values performer

Someone who puts their boss' genitalia in their mouth on a daily basis.
That guy is such a values performer. It's no wonder management loves him so much.
by cranksterDu April 8, 2011
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amazon.com uses a long title for the meta quest 3 128gb base model.
this results in stuff like this:
person: *searches meta quest 3 on amazon*
amazon: are you interested in the Meta Quest 3 128GB— Breakthrough Mixed Reality Headset — Powerful Performance?
person: why couldn't you just say "meta quest 3 128gb"? isnt that a little extra?
by daftrio August 23, 2024
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