Distailed

To explain something in great detail because, the entity doesn’t have a word

He distailed the situation.

by wordsmithies November 9, 2023

distance screeching

A feeling when conditions from the past are haunting us and still make noises in our heads, although they seem to be distant. Can apply to historical conditions. Past events influence today’s minds and actions. E.g. our own past, as well as societal, institutional pasts inevitably shape theories and how we look at them. What we teach and learn today is intertwined with our past. Echoes reproduce power structures and reach into the present. The original sound can deform, how it is heard from a distance changes (e.g. become shriller). Although today many look on colonialism more critically, it still shapes institutions, worldviews, actions. It is visible in the books resting in our libraries, in the accessibility of institutions (Decolonising Knowledge: What Is Decolonisation? | Rolando Vázquez Melken 5:24), how history is told by western museums. We must recognize and draw attention to this screeching (e.g. as one can see in the actions Mwazulu Diyabanza does in Museums (Gimlet)). We need to question who owns, who tells stories, defines, has power, whose voices are being heard? To decolonize we must recognize that power structures are still active. We must question the sounds from the past without denying they exist, but by reshaping how we perceive them and making sure they are not repeated, by making sure they are not echoes.

Sources:
Decolonising Knowledge: What Is Decolonisation? Rolando Vázquez Melken. 2021.
Gimlet. I Want To Report A Theft.

“I still have a distance screeching.”

“I think you got distance screeching.”

“These theories are distance screeched. *”

*However, colonial power structures should be labeled as such as clear as possible. The proposed term should be seen more as an additional visualization.

by l;;;; December 10, 2023

distant-relative-in-law

1- Distant-relative's spouse.
2- Spouse's distant-relative.

Distant-relative-in-law.

by Folqa July 24, 2024

distant-relative

1- Cousin's descendant.
2- Ascendant of second degree for up's sibling's descendant.

Distant-relative.

by Folqa July 24, 2024

Distalgia

Distalgia
Noun
The sensation of revisiting a work of media, place, or other nostalgic object, and realizing now that you like it much less than you remembered.

Man, I've got such distalgia for the sitcom FRIENDS. I loved it as a kid, but it's complete garbage if you watch it today.

by YuuDed March 23, 2024

distance docking

When you’re having a threesome with a girl and your boy, you take the back end and your boy takes the front end. You are both distance docking. Park that boat.

Dude, are we distance docking tonight or what?

by SL1NK June 29, 2024

Distaint

(n.) disdain, but in actuality the person using the word is the real disdainful one

"I feel nothing but distaint for you, you disgusting pig!"

by swiffy101 March 4, 2026