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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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Brain rot

Brain rot, sometimes written as "Brain rot", when used in Internet, means a type of content that doesn't carry any new knowledge and only has a target of consuming time of the viewer. In most cases, used when describing certain content, such as most Videos on TikTok and YouTube videos made by channels that have Kids as their target audience, which are made only to support attention and shortening children's attention span.
"Brainrot", as a word, became popular in fall 2023 to present day, with introduction of Skibidi Toilet.
"Remember Karen's daughter? She can't get her off the Ipad when she watches whatever Brain rot it is."
by Average_Catnap4 January 17, 2025
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Junky rot

Junky rot is where your body rots away because of all the drugs you do
That junkie b**** that I miss so many f****** shots she don't set up junky rot plus pockets for titties
by Connelly road junky May 15, 2021
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rots

An abbreviation for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. It is typically typed or read, not said.
Look at this guy, he's not even a rots fan!
by escapecake May 4, 2021
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Rot head

A deadly disease that started in northern Minnesota. A person who experiences rot diesase with experience episodes of utter rottenness in the head,
Jake stop being a rot head and do something productive for once or I’ll beat the rot out of you
by Skinnycuck June 14, 2018
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giney rot

(n.) The consequences of not washing the vagina is a terrible smell (Think fish farm) and hardening of the skin around the cervix. While not actually a rot, so to speak, it is disgusting.
Elitist is in the final stages of giney rot.
by Gumba Gumba May 12, 2004
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Fandom Rot

When the reputation of a piece of media (such as a TV show or a video game) on the internet is soured thanks to the unsavory nature of some of its fans who have nothing to do with the media itself, usually amplified by its detractors who compile this unsavory content on sites such as YouTube, in which Fandom Rot can also be called Hatedom Rot. This can in turn prevent newcomers from wanting to check out the media for themselves, usually out of fear of being associated with those fans.

Fandom Rot can "heal" as a piece of media decreases in popularity and/or if its fans and detractors mature and either have a change of heart or move onto different things.

However, some pieces of media may be doomed to suffer from Fandom Rot forever as its fanbase becomes synonymous with it. The people who own the piece of media may also feel it's a good idea to acknowledge or insert a joke or reference about their unsavory fans within the media itself, but this usually just immortalizes the Fandom Rot as a part of the franchise.
P1: Hey, have you heard of Otto's Quest?
P2: Otto's Quest? That show sucks! The fandom is so cringe! Haven't you seen the cringe compilations?
P1: What does any of that have to do with the show itself?
P2: ...I never really thought of that. I still don't want to watch it, though.
P3: Hey guys, have you seen the newest episode where Otto meets one of his weird fans? They got the behavior down to a T!
P1: Why would they want to associate with that? The Fandom Rot has really gotten to the writers' heads.
P2: Does anyone else suddenly feel like watching Otto's Quest?
by yeetyoteyacht July 13, 2023
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