Action Faking

The practice of confusing being 'busy' with making actual progress towards an intended goal and often involves a lot of over-analysing and planning, but very little meaningful action. It is making oneself busy without being productive amounting to a self-deceiving form of procrastination

I have to stop action faking. I just bought a gym membership and all kinds of new workout clothes and all I do is post pictures of me in the gym on Instagram and barely do any exercise.

by Florida Populist April 13, 2024

Antivalentines

15th of April
The day your relationship is tested - you either break up or it proves you have a good relationship!

Oh jeez, Antivalentines is coming up. I hope me and Jennifer have a stable relationship and don't break up!

by PurplePug98 April 15, 2024

actionous

actionous is a sort of feeling when you wanna do something different than usual
Wearing different styles of clothes than usual, wearing different makeup, etc. could be defined as actionous

Friend 1- Hi!
(Friend 2 wears a beautiful red dress, completely different than her usual baggy tshirts)
Friend 2- Heyy!
Friend 1- Someone's being actionous today lol

by imhungrymom June 7, 2024

Actions

No.

Hym "It ain't my actions you piece of shit. I don't need to do something else, you just need to do what I'm telling you. You're being obstinate and you fucked up trying to be clever. You will not get anything other than this and if it doesn't lead to what I want, EXACTLY HOW I WANT IT... You will got EXACTLY and ONLY ONE FUCKING RESPONSE!"

by Hym Iam June 18, 2024

Actions

When I act, my actions are final.

Hym "And this is 1 of the last 2 actions I'm ever going to preform."

by Hym Iam June 25, 2024

Actionbait

A form of bait designed to provoke a user into doing something negative, controversial, or illegal—actions that can have consequences both online and in real life. Actionbaiting involves manipulating someone into behavior they wouldn't otherwise consider: breaking a rule, harassing another user, engaging in illegal activity. The baiter provides temptation, removes obstacles, offers encouragement, and documents every step. When the target acts, the evidence is used against them—reported to authorities, shared publicly, used to destroy reputation. Actionbait is the art of turning people into perpetrators for entertainment.

Example: "He goaded her into sending a angry message to a troll, assuring her it would feel good, that no one would care. She did. He screenshotted it and reported her for harassment. Actionbait had worked: he'd provoked the action, then used it against her. She was banned; he was still there, baiting the next target."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 18, 2026

Actionpost

A form of goalpost manipulation where the ultimate objective is to get a user to do something that can be used against them. The actionpost is the moving standard of acceptable behavior, the shifting boundary that the target is provoked to cross. First, they're encouraged to break a small rule. Nothing happens. Then a bigger rule. Still nothing. Then a major rule. The boundaries keep expanding, the consequences keep not coming, until the target finally does something catastrophic. That action is captured, screenshotted, reported. The actionpost has done its work: lured the target step by step into self-destruction.

Example: "They wanted him banned, so they set up an actionpost. First, they encouraged him to post off-topic. He did; no warning. Then to be slightly rude. He did; still no warning. Then to attack another user. He did; still nothing. Emboldened, he went further—harassing, threatening, crossing every line. Finally, he doxxed someone. Immediate ban, permanent record, potential legal trouble."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 18, 2026