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Rumination

In psychology, rumination is when you can't take your mind off of something, often a bitter or negative experience you had in the past, and it still continues to bother you. You try to combat these intrusive thoughts, but they keep coming back no matter how hard you try to push them out. Rumination can be anywhere from a few minutes to an entire hour.

This is often due to a lack of resolution/rectification towards the bitter experience, especially if you failed to take control of the situation.

Rumination can also be about future events or goals, especially a harmful, unhealthy and unrealistic goal that you want to pursue.

The more you ruminate, the deeper the hole you're digging for yourself. It is better to stop ruminating early, or else you might end up in a very unhealthy state, both mentally and physically.
Peter had plans to assemble his Ikea furniture today, but during the assembly his mind wandered off and he started to ruminate about his ex and how she "borrowed" his money but never returned it back, and afterwards broke up with him. He had all these malicious thoughts inside his head and wanted to execute them all, but couldn't get himself to for the sake of his sanity. Peter's rumination costed him an hour's worth of time.
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian February 28, 2021
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Serial Holiday-Ruiner

someone who can be counted on to ruin a holiday, often caused by the inability to deal with stress and to deflect it onto others - be it family, or otherwise - leading everyone to be stressed out and annoyed with each other.
"Despite our plans to embark on our road-trip in 8 o'clock in the morning, we didn't manage to leave until 1pm, as my mother threw a fit and made us clean the entire house first. Everyone was in a foul mood thanks to my mother - the serial holiday-ruiner".
by IanR December 26, 2009
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The Ruiner

To be that guy who shows up in the background of photos usually being an idiot. Also so known as The Onifer
1) The Ruiner showed up in a tree in the back of our wedding photo!
by Jeighsunne January 29, 2009
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ruiner

A Ruiner is a person who habitually exhibits a desire to spoil or ruin things, often focused on a particular theme. Different from a hater in that a ruiner tends to hold deep, genuine, and long-lasting animosity toward their target which can reach obsessive and psychologically unsound levels. Ruiners have a tendency to latch on to specific people, whether they are famous or not, and perform stalking-like behavior. Ruiners who are members of a subculture such as a fandom, may paradoxially focus their hatred on their own topic of interest and attempt to throw wrenches in it or spoil the enjoyment for other people.
"Gary just tries to spoil everything whenever people talk about that new band, he can't stand its existence. What a ruiner."
by Mr. Murphy October 1, 2005
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seven boys who ruined my life

The disrespectful members of BTS (KPOP group)
you know BTS, the seven boys who ruined my life, yeah they're awesome aren't they?
by allbimyself22 January 15, 2018
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Ruinedmylifescape

The word used to describe the online game Runescape, after beating Runescape, realizing years have passed, and for what? Level 99 skills with nothing to show in the real world except proof that you're a loser.
"Wow who's that pale kid?" "It's me, Eugene, don't you remember me? I just quit Ruinedmylifescape."

"Ruinedmylifescape left me with an expensive treatment for carpal tunnel."
by medate December 29, 2009
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rumina

rumina is an amazing friend, beautiful girl, stunning asf,a baddie and everybody wants to be like her. shes blessed with amazing tits and an extremely nice body. Shes so hot everybody wants to fuck her . I will eat her pussy dry.
Rumina can sit on this dick
by your1andonlybaddie October 28, 2021
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