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A person who appears normal on the outside—sometimes even charming—but beneath the surface is emotionally decayed, morally bankrupt, and entirely hollow. Often manipulative, selfish, and abusive, they wear the appearance of humanity but lack all the qualities that make someone truly human: empathy, accountability, and emotional depth.

Used to describe:

Narcissists

Emotional abusers

Pathological liars

People who destroy others while playing the victim
“He’ll smile in your face, cry on command, and then destroy your life while blaming you for bleeding. Classic rotting core in a human costume.”

“She acted like a supportive friend until the moment I crumbled—then used every secret I ever shared against me. That’s not a person. That’s a rotting core in a human costume.”

“He says all the right words about mental health and healing, but he doesn’t believe in either—he just wants control. He’s nothing but a rotting core in a human costume.”

"He volunteers at a soup kitchen, cheats on his wife, lies to his kids, and hasn’t worked in years—but still walks around like he’s the second coming. He’s not a man. He’s a rotting core in a human costume."
by Roxx Farron June 9, 2025
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rotting...organs

Person: rotting...organs on tiktok is so amazing

Person 2: ikr I'm gonna marry him
by Sk8rchick242 April 29, 2021
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digital rot

Digital Rot is the feeling of malaise and ennui which results from hours spent in a decadent, ceaseless activity, be it watching TV, listening to music, playing video games, watching porn, scrolling on social media, but is usually a combination of all of these things. This does not *have to* result from screens and digital activity, but it typically does.

While similar to mind rot, digital rot seems to be an exacerbated form, in that digital media is far more accessible, and allows a person to sequester themselves in a dungeon of their own creation for years at a time.
>A few students show up to class, John, Jack, and Jacob.

>John stares at the board aimlessly for the whole class, not writing anything, and blankly staring and glancing around the entire room.

>Jack, whispering to Jacob: "Is John okay?"

>Jacob, whispering to Jack: "He has digital rot. His girlfriend left him, so he stayed up all night doom scrolling, watching porn, and playing video games while messaging me about how sad he was."

>Jacob pokes John in the shoulder

>John has no reaction

>Jacob, whispering: "See?"

>Jack: "wow. He needs to go to church."

>Jacob: "Yeah."
by perhapsedly April 5, 2024
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Rot

(Verb) You know when it's 5 p.m on a Sunday? You've got nothing planned out (because let's be real, if you didn't start doing something from the very beginning of your Sunday, the rest is probably gonna be the same) and you're just stuck there, either on your phone doom-scrolling or just wasting away in bed? Then you were rotting.
A.k.a An introvert's wet dream
Marshall: Hey man, how was your weekend?
Dennis: It was really boring! I stayed home rotting and eating some grapes my mom bought.
by GloomyAfternoon June 20, 2024
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Mangey dick rot

When your balls scrpe up on the side of your leg and you get a rash
Timmy has a bad case of mangey dick rot
by 45dfjkl February 12, 2023
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Rot Job

say a female is grinding on a male, but the she smells like actual shit and did not wash her pussy, thus the rot job is created
Emma gave Cody a rot job
by rotjob November 15, 2025
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scarlet rot

Scarlet Rot is a Status Effect in Elden Ring. Status Effects are various buffs or ailments that apply either a beneficial or detrimental effect to the target. Status Effects can be applied on both enemies and players alike. Status Effects are triggered after a buildup meter is filled by repeated application of attacks that cause the effect. Both players and enemies can have varying resistances to a given Status Effect.

Bonus: Despite popular belief, Malenia does not actually inflict THAT much rot. Fite me
Guy 1: *gets inflicted with scarlet rot while fighting Malenia* DUDE I thought you said she didn't inflict too much rot?!!
Guy 2 (asshole): She doesn't. *Watches friend die of scarlet rot*
by NitroFluids March 6, 2025
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