legitermately

portmanteau of legitimate and literally

1: "at least i've got the double wallrun kick achievement"
2: "nuh uh"
1: "yeah huh i legitermately do"

by oniion March 10, 2024

Legiterally

Legitimately and literally.

Person 1: Have you ever lost your phone and find out it’s been in your pocket the whole time?

Person 2: Not gonna lie, that legiterally happens to me every week lol

by KaliforniaKingBedMatress April 13, 2024

legit shocked

what you see is not actually what you see

Samantha Zhang, 36, a San Diego social-media manager who owns a pair. “Everyone is legit shocked they’re actually sweatpants.”

by Spectacular1 May 26, 2024

Legitess

True, Not False, The Realest, The Coolest, The Best There Is.

Nothing stands above.

Completely as intended.

Legitess Is The Coolest

That was the Legitess thing I’ve ever seen.

by Lancelegit June 8, 2024

Legit Critical Theory

A framework arguing for the legitimacy of critical theory approaches in specific domains—particularly in analyzing how power operates through culture, ideology, and social institutions. Legit critical theory holds that understanding society requires more than empirical description; it requires critique—asking not just how things work but who benefits, what's hidden, what could be otherwise. It acknowledges that all knowledge is situated, that claims to neutrality often mask power, and that genuine understanding requires attention to domination. Legit critical theory is critical theory as necessary supplement to empirical inquiry—not replacement for facts but framework for understanding what facts mean and whose interests they serve.

Example: "He used critical theory to analyze how media frames political debate—not to deny facts, but to ask why certain facts are highlighted and others ignored. Legit Critical Theory: critique as complement to inquiry, not substitute."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Legit Decolonial Theory

A framework arguing for the legitimacy of decolonial approaches in specific domains—particularly in understanding how colonial power structures persist after formal independence and how they might be dismantled. Legit decolonial theory holds that colonialism didn't end; it transformed, and understanding this transformation requires tools that mainstream Western thought doesn't provide. It draws on the intellectual traditions of the colonized not as ethnographic curiosities but as serious theoretical resources—ways of knowing that reveal what colonial power has hidden. Legit decolonial theory is decolonial thought as necessary supplement to Western critical traditions, not replacement for them but corrective to their blind spots. It asks not just "what is true?" but "whose truth has been suppressed, and what does recovering it reveal?"

Example: "He used decolonial theory to analyze how development policies continue colonial patterns—not to reject all development, but to ask why it always serves the same interests. Legit Decolonial Theory: critique as clarification, not condemnation."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Legiterally

When something is literally legit.

I am “Legiterally” the happiest person on the planet!

by Steven James Jewel November 22, 2024