A gift that is given, not in order to bless the recipient but to serve the giver's own benefit.
For example a train signal gifted that a child gifts to his mother which is of no use to her but works perfectly with his own train set. Therefore, he uses the train signal for himself while still appearing to be generous.
For example a train signal gifted that a child gifts to his mother which is of no use to her but works perfectly with his own train set. Therefore, he uses the train signal for himself while still appearing to be generous.
by It's illegal don't do it November 13, 2023
🤙🏾🤙🏾 When you’re chill no matter what the outcome is you do the Flip hand signal. Derives from cowanbunga surfer attitude. Use both hands only one if it’s not that chill.
by Flip finds October 15, 2019
When you take a drag of a cigarette and blow the smoke into his/her butthole. He/She then bends over, putting both hands and both feet flat on the floor, with butt straight up in the air, the smoke is tooted out, creating a beautiful North Dakota Smoke Signal.
Zach was being annoying so I bent him over and forced him to do a North Dakota smoke signal yesterday.
by jandro22 February 12, 2017
by Spootin1 December 03, 2010
by q359 June 28, 2023
The dance performed when attempting to obtain or improve cell phone signal, a.k.a tha Cell Phone Samba
by Lestat II November 07, 2010
The act of signalling exclusivity or secrecy, even when there’s no substantial reason. It mimics in-group dynamics to create a heightened sense of importance, often leaving outsiders feeling excluded, even when the content is trivial.
Super-signalling can be thought of as a kind of unintentional gaslighting. The term comes from the 1938 play Gas Light, where a man drives his wife to the brink of insanity by gradually dimming the lights in their apartment while pretending that nothing has changed.
Super-signalling operates similarly, although more subtly. There’s really nothing there, yet our very human Fear Of Missing Out is triggered. While gaslighting is deliberate, super-signalling is often unconscious—those engaging in it are likely unaware of the (super) signals they’re transmitting.
The behaviour is rampant on social media. Vague status updates, cryptic tweets, or ‘stories’ that hint at something significant without revealing any details are the digital equivalent of those whispered huddles. They tap into our instinct to belong, leaving us wondering what we’ve missed.
The same is true for airy corporate slides with conspicuous stamps of saying “CONFIDENTIAL,” when it’s apparent that they contain little of substance.
Or scientific presentations where heavy smoke screens of technical jargon obscure the fact that the subject being studied is actually quite inconsequential.
As Gertrude Stein once quipped: “There’s no there there.”
Super-signalling operates similarly, although more subtly. There’s really nothing there, yet our very human Fear Of Missing Out is triggered. While gaslighting is deliberate, super-signalling is often unconscious—those engaging in it are likely unaware of the (super) signals they’re transmitting.
The behaviour is rampant on social media. Vague status updates, cryptic tweets, or ‘stories’ that hint at something significant without revealing any details are the digital equivalent of those whispered huddles. They tap into our instinct to belong, leaving us wondering what we’ve missed.
The same is true for airy corporate slides with conspicuous stamps of saying “CONFIDENTIAL,” when it’s apparent that they contain little of substance.
Or scientific presentations where heavy smoke screens of technical jargon obscure the fact that the subject being studied is actually quite inconsequential.
As Gertrude Stein once quipped: “There’s no there there.”
by SlowThinker October 26, 2024