Empty Signalling

A term used when you want to virtue signal that somebody's else's virtue signalling isn't as good as your virtue signalling for unspecific reasons.

A way for low level influencers to attempt to move up the food chain by trying to discredit influencers more popular than themselves.

Instagram Wannabe Influencer: Posting a black square on #BlackOutTuesday is empty signalling. Let me now make 3 posts about why drawing attention to this issue I pretend to care about is bad because you did it in a way different from me, allowing me to be the number one virtue signaller and attention whore when really we should focusing on ways to stop police brutality against minorities.

by Signaller June 2, 2020

Empty pleasure

You get no true fulfillment from what you just did.

I keep fucking this bitch, but it doesn't make me happy and am just filled with empty pleasure

by spartantotal January 12, 2023

Empty watermelon

When you thought you were getting something

Guy 1 : Man I thought she was gonna let me fuck.
Guy 2 : nah she was just an empty watermelon cuh.

by The wise skunk January 28, 2020

Empty humor

A type of humor where the punchline is the lack of

"He enjoys empty humor"

by Isaaccapa January 28, 2024

Empty Scene

Referring to someone who is utterly useless and his words do not contribute anything meaningful to society, in a particular scenario. (used as a verb or noun).

"Bro, he's such an empty scene in this rave party. Look at him playing with his pant buttons when we're all dancing."
> This example is an empty scene. Coz it makes no sense.

by Cheena1990 January 2, 2021

empty semantics

An insult derived from an irrelevant but pithy-sounding technical term. Combining the perjorative and jargon terms feigns a deep, smart reason for refusing to shed ignorance.

James felt fearful and unaccustomed to using his own mind and habitually ceased his thinking at the perimeter of his peer group's established belief system. When someone posted an article with ideas threatening its gossamer bonds, his instinct for conservation drove him to cry, "Empty semantics!"

by facebook_is_the_best November 6, 2017

Big Empty

A song by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots that first appeared in 1994 on the soundtrack of the film The Crow.

AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "'Big Empty' is a perfect encapsulation of mainstream alienation"4 and praised it as a highlight on Purple.

by SPrice1980 May 7, 2023