Paranoid Android

The Good Definition - The Greatest Alt Song Ever Made

The Boring Definition - That thing from hitchhiker's guide.

Devious Individual: Do you know about paranoid android?

Me (also a devious individual): Radiohead or Nah?

by This is the man February 18, 2024

Parani

a man who is not liked by anyone, particularly females. Typically a vibe-killer and has predatorial tendencies.

Damn the hangout really sucked once the Parani arrived.

by jimmyjohn3412 February 28, 2024

paranies

The older version of chillies and they are very cool (like chillies).

Chillie: wow that's a parany! I love paranies~

by anonymous April 17, 2024

paranickel

One-half of a paradidgem.

It takes twenty paranickels --- or ten paradimes --- to make a paradollar. Da concept --- and da math --- is very simple, so don't make a bleepin' PARADOX about it, or you might need a "pair o' docs" --- or at least a pair o' MEDICS in a milder-case scenario --- to handle said meltdown.

by QuacksO February 1, 2025

Paranight

A paranight is when an abnormality occurs during the night, typically hearing things, seeing things, or abnormal events occurring during the night.

Last night was a total paranight, I kept hearing whispers in the hallway, and my bedroom lights flickered on and off by themselves!

by Plas-sucks-at-the-dictionary February 9, 2025

Paranormal Mechanics Theory

A speculative framework that attempts to propose specific, testable mechanisms for how paranormal phenomena (telepathy, precognition, psychokinesis) might operate within or alongside known physics. It goes beyond merely asserting "psi exists" to ask how: Could it be a quantum entanglement effect in neural microtubules? A subtle, unknown energy field? It's an attempt to build a bridge between anomalous reports and mechanistic science, often borrowing concepts from frontier physics.

Example: "His Paranormal Mechanics Theory proposed that telepathy works via ultra-low-frequency electromagnetic waves generated by coherent neural firing, a 'brain radio' others can subconsciously tune into. It was wrong, probably, but it was a mechanistic guess—a hypothesis about the nuts and bolts of the weird, which is more than most ghost hunters ever offer."

by AbzuInExile February 1, 2026

Paranormal Theory

The broader, more general umbrella category of ideas that seek to explain, categorize, or validate experiences that fall outside conventional scientific explanation. This includes classifications of hauntings, models of ESP, or frameworks for UFO encounters. It's less concerned with the specific "how" of mechanics and more with building a coherent narrative or taxonomy for the anomalous, often relying on patterns in anecdotal data.

Example: "The researcher's Paranormal Theory didn't specify a mechanism. Instead, it proposed that poltergeist activity correlates with adolescent emotional stress in a household, categorizing it as 'recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis' (RSPK). It was a pattern-based framework that organized mysteries, not a physics-based explanation of them."

by AbzuInExile February 1, 2026