Parathetical

Of, or relating to, near death.
Para- near
Theta- death
ical- of or relating to

It was a parathetical type of mourning, they hadn’t died, yet she was still sad.

by NyxxedEmotions January 15, 2024

paraaha

a quiet and dangerous girl who will make others melt with their presence (because they are just so fucking hot).

"Hey paraaha, what're you doing tonight?"
"eating the kids in my basement, wanna join me cutie?"

by riceboxgirl November 19, 2023

parake

A parake is when you kidnap a random person from a Taco Bell then you lock them in your trunk take them to a carnival and fuck them in the ring toss game in front of children scaring them for life

Hey lets Parake that guy over there

by c0k3 April 4, 2024

Paraphilia Parry

subverting expectations by acting like you're sexually into something another person has done.

Dan: I'm gonna stab you
Josh: Ahn! yes please!
Dan: What the fuck???
Josh: The Paraphilia Parry; works every time.

by no good names work May 24, 2024

Parakaphobia

The fear to ask something. In greek, "parakaló" means ask. So just add "phobia" and the end and it's simple, you get parakaphobia.

"Parakaphobia? Oh the TikToker's are gonna love this."

by HotDogsmixedwithcrem January 15, 2025

Paraphysicalism

The view that there are phenomena that run parallel to the physical—alongside it, interacting with it, but not reducible to physical explanation. Paraphysicalism suggests that consciousness, for example, may be paraphysical: correlated with brain activity but not identical to it, interacting with the physical without being physical. Similarly, information, meaning, and perhaps even some paranormal phenomena may be paraphysical: real, causal, and parallel to the physical world without being part of it. It's the position that the physical is not the whole story, but what lies beyond may be parallel rather than superior—another layer, another dimension, another order of reality entirely.

"You think consciousness is just brain activity? Paraphysicalism says: maybe it's parallel—correlated with the brain, interacting with it, but not reducible to it. Like two gears meshing: the brain turns, consciousness turns, but they're not the same gear. Paraphysical doesn't mean unreal—it means real in a different way."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026

Paraphysics

A field of inquiry exploring phenomena and principles that lie beyond current physical understanding—not necessarily supernatural, but beyond the reach of contemporary physics. Paraphysics studies the boundaries of physics: what lies just beyond the known, what might be discovered, what could exist if our theories are incomplete. It's the physics of the frontier—respectful of science but open to possibilities that current physics cannot address. Paraphysics doesn't reject physics; it extends it, asking what comes next.

"Physics explains matter and energy; Paraphysics asks about consciousness, about psi, about dimensions beyond the four we know. Not anti-physics, but post-physics—what comes after we've mastered matter? Paraphysics is the study of the beyond, by the methods of the here."

by Dumu The Void March 5, 2026