slasher purist

A slasher fan who hates remakes and reboots. None of them are good except maybe one in their eyes. Slasher purists will either reject the notion that anything made after 2010 is even remotely okay, or just not like remakes or reboots. Series and TV shows made about slashers will also get severe distain from them.

My boyfriend is a slasher purist. He won't even dignify the idea of watching Halloween 2!

by yngve.yggdrassiiill June 16, 2023

Social Puritism

An economic type in which all necessities are provided by the government for free while luxuries must be purchased by the individual. Social puritism resembles social capitalism in some ways but the market and companies are much more regulated to ensure they cannot exploit workers or consumers. On the left-right economic spectrum, social puritism falls under center-left to left depending on the implementation whereas social capitalism is center.

Origin: Created by Zenno Shugunou due to him not being in favor of any economic types at the time. The "Social" part comes from "Socialism" and "Social Capitalism" while the "Puritism" part refers to the system resembling a version of social capitalism that has been purged of its evils.

Under social puritism, no one ever went hungry.

by Shugunou June 24, 2023

air purifier

A device designed to improve indoor air quality by removing contaminants in the air.

Person 1: Dude, you broke your air purifier.
Jack: I thought I had to purify it.

by Overall1728 September 22, 2023

art purist

someone who cant handle seeing titties in art and feels the need to fix it or reprimand the person. Unable to scroll past art they dont like.

Charlie: Did you see those art purists on Julias post?
Hailey: Yeah, they got mad over her drawing her OC with titties and ass.

by kendrick lamars left ass cheek September 8, 2024

Queer Puritanist

A phenomenon wherein self-described leftwing, queer, and LGBT "allies" condemn and demonize heterosexual fan service for normal people while maintaining explicit double standards for homosexual, trans, and female-oriented fanservice. Such individuals will often engage in gaslighting tactics, equating physically attractive female characters to pornography or maintain that ugly female characters are better because of "realism", even in otherwise fantastical settings and despite the fact that much of fiction is meant to be a form of escapism. This is a bizarro mirror image of conservative Christian puritanism that such groups often found themselves opposed to in previous decades when they campaigned for sexual liberation.

"OMG, what do you care what Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man 2 looks like? Shut up, you're a porn-brained incel."
"You have pronouns and pride flags in your twitter bio and your likes are full of futa, why are you such a queer puritanist?"

by JD_543975834 December 27, 2023

Literary Puritan

Someone who detests the alteration of authored works, regardless of the reasoning. An individual with an inherent belief that the author's original intent should always be respected and preserved.

Amazon recently released a new Lord of the Ring series, which they heavily altered from Tolkein's work to make it representative of 'modern' audiences, as a literary puritan, Tolkein would be turning in his grave.

by Muttemor March 5, 2024

Legal Purity

The obsessive enforcement of a singular, "uncorrupted" vision of legal process or principle, often at the expense of practical justice or mercy. It manifests as a refusal to accept plea bargains ("a pure trial or nothing"), dismissing valid cases over minor procedural technicalities, or attacking colleagues for "impure" reasoning that deviates from ideological orthodoxy. The legally pure prioritize the sanctity of their ideal system over the system's function in resolving real-world conflicts, creating a sterile, perfect, and often cruel bureaucracy.

Example: "The prosecutor's legal purity was infamous. He'd rather lose a case than offer a deal, calling plea bargains 'a contaminant of true justice.' He once had a key murder weapon suppressed because the warrant used the wrong shade of blue ink, declaring 'procedural purity is more important than a verdict.' The victims' families called him a monster with a law degree."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026