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Anthony’s a performative male, claims it’s ‘artsy lighting,’ really just low exposure so no one notices he’s holding a matcha latte.
by sofaek September 30, 2025
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Performative Studying

Performative studying is an ineffective, impractical and performative method of studying. Primarily used only for the aesthetics and to be posted on social media, mainly to Pinterest and "studytok" part of TikTok.
Alan never picked up a pen in his life 'till he transferred to UC Irvine, now he got a whole highlight of his performative studying for the ABGs to see.
by Assemble25 October 14, 2025
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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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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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Performative Bisexual

Queer person currently in a straight relationship who constantly reminds people that they are still queer
"I love women."

"Girl you are in a long-term relationship with your boyfriend, no need to be a performative bisexual."
by John_Doe_86 November 27, 2025
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performative man

A performative man is a man who seeks to distance himself from the rest of his gender by acting in ways that are traditionally feminine, e.g drinking matcha, reading, painting their nails and being a #feminist. Common behaviours of these types of men are saying (in reference to another man's behaviour) "that's so bad, i would never do that, " claiming to be emotionally intelligent or 'one of the girls' and being bisexual.
"Is that a labubu keychain on your jorts? Are you going to a performative man competition?"
by penisshakes January 2, 2026
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