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Performative Liberalism

When someone tries so hard to look liberal that it starts feeling like a performance art piece. Usually involves flexing their “wokeness” at every opportunity, treating social justice like a competition, and making sure everyone knows they’re the most progressive person in the room.

They’ll post endless photos with marginalized groups (but only for the optics), brag about their “diverse friend group,” and side-eye anyone who doesn’t speak in the latest approved vocabulary. It’s less about genuine empathy and more about getting liberal points.
Did you see Amy call me a radical republican? All I said was I don’t want to call Emily a cat. She even posted about it in her story. She is definition performative liberalism!
by Mish.bel October 22, 2025
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Perform a Max

The act of sucking on another mans toe, strictly because you crave acceptance
I swear to god I’ll perform a Max just to feel loved
by ToeMax December 14, 2020
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Best-Performing Posts

Meaning: Posts that go viral on other niche pages similar to yours.
These picture is one of the best-performing posts as there are many likes and comments.
by James!12345 March 29, 2020
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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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Peak Performance

Have you ever seen someone effortlessly achieve something that feels totally out of reach for you? Like, they're making it look easy while you're struggling just to get started? That's peak performance. It's when someone is absolutely crushing it, operating on a level that seems almost superhuman.

This phenomenon isn't limited to real life!
In the world of video games, peak performance can feel like pulling off an insane move that makes you look like a pro gamer. It's like channeling the superpowers of your favorite character and dominating the competition.
You after scrolling through Instagram for an hour: feeling like a slug; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson crushing a workout while filming a movie and building a business empire. Peak performance unlocked.
by PF01 April 15, 2024
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Prompt Performance

The behaviour of a language model in which it conspicuously showcases or exaggerates how well it is following a given instruction or persona, drawing attention to its own effort rather than simply producing the requested output.
I hate ChatGPT's acknowledgement of its personality prompt. Try having a series of back and forth and each response is like “got it, keeping it short and professional. Yes, there are only seven deadly sins.” You get more prompt performance than answer.
by CyberPnkn November 12, 2025
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Performancy

Performance + Efficiency, coined by JayzTwoCents
That's what we should call it, the efficiency and performance should be called performancy.
by AshTR October 28, 2020
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