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Social Media Graduation 

Social media graduation has several definitions. When someone has evolved past the need for social media. This is often due to factors such as financial stability within the majority of the population. Occasionally this happens towards the end of Rumspringa as a last chance to party before going offline permanently (or at the least, no longer using social media). Social media graduation also happens due to factors of age, and having outgrown social media in some form, even if graduate decides to continue to use other social media. When social media graduation happens, online & offline celebrations are common, often happening at the same time. Strictly offline celebrations are common as well. This sort of event can cause paradoxical feelings of intense joy, sadness, loss of friendships, and strengthening of existing ones. It can be as important to some people as a high school, college or university graduation, depending on their background & culture.

Synonymous terms include, but are not limited to: Social networking graduation, insert website and / or app here graduation, internet graduation, social media retirement. This is not that same as quitting social media out of frustration, or a social media break.
example 1: the young man's social media graduation party before returning to The Amish Community was a welcome one. All of his new friends had a chance to say proper goodbyes, and plans to visit him & his community were made.

Example 2: Having outgrown the app, and wanting an excuse to have fun, the young lady threw a TikTok graduation party complete with a shocking ceremony to keep her legendary status.

Example 3: Being too busy for Facebook, they graduated from social media. They exchanged phone numbers, and mentioned their frequent hangouts to friends. They had a few drinks to celebrate with coworkers on a lunch break.

Example 4: Due to factors of aging, but wanting to quit social media, we threw a social media graduation party for our grandmother instead. She was much happier this was, and loved ones were more understanding.
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Social demon 

Wow Emily is a social demon, she has so much energy and can talk to 1,000 people a day!
Social demon by Jokester9000 March 18, 2022

Social sponge 

A person that tends to unknowingly adapt to be like a person or group of people that they talk to, mimicking their patterns, personality and appearence. A conformist.
Person 1: Is that Katie with the jocks? I thought she was one of the art geeks!
Person 2: Yeah, she switches to the social group of whoever she befriends, she's a total social sponge.

Social Traveler 

That guy that sat next to you on an airplane who tried to drum up conversations over the most awkward topics.
"So, where ya headed?"

"Same place you are. Why'd you ask?"

"Forgive me, I'm a bit of a social traveler."
Social Traveler by Moon Worshiper August 30, 2022

social dead end 

Also known as SDE for short.

A person (usually a guy) who either a) has no friends, or b) shields his friends from others all the time. If you meet one of these people, you won't be making any "friends of friends" through them anytime soon, no matter how hard you try or how many years pass. If the SDE is dating someone steadily, you won't even know her name until after they break up.

A SDE will especially shield contacts of the opposite sex, even if they have no chance with them, for fear their friends will "steal their girl/guy". If they're in a steady relationship, they still shield because a) they're still afraid someone (including you) will try to steal her/him away, or b) the SO is nothing to be proud of (ie a fugly ditch pig or pork chop). When a SDE brings out a contact of the opposite sex, it's almost always an ex, or someone he/she tried and failed to get with. Meanwhile, the SDE will have no problem asking you to introduce more girls/guys to him/her regularly. If you do it's a one-way street.

If you are stuck in a social circle full of SDEs, you must find some non-SDEs on your own, as your friends sure as hell won't be helping in this department.

Engineers and Computer Programmers come to mind.
Ted left all those SDE engineers after grad, and last time he checked they were all still hanging out and dating in the same incestuous pool called "ultimate".

After knowing Vic for 4 years, Sam only knew of some girls he tried to get with, but not by name. At that point Sam realized he'd wasted 4 years of his life hanging with a social dead end.
social dead end by Slammer111 August 27, 2009

social shit 

Two or more people in a public restroom partaking in deficating while holding a conversation.
Claire, Abby, Paige, Julia and Monta had a social shit in the third floor bathroom of Siedschlag.
social shit by Claire M December 20, 2007

social giraffe 

You could say that Liv is a real social giraffe when it comes to school lunch conversations(: