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screen time inflation

The phenomenon where you want to be able to have more and more screen time whilst still having screen time limits imposed by parents remain equally strict. This is mainly caused by constantly subscribing to new YouTube channels, which does not show maturity in limiting your own screen time. Rather, it tells the YouTube algorithm that you're willing to have more hours of YouTube per day even though you may "only" do this as a mere digital form of "tipping". It's akin to the akcual inflation, where prices and cost of living increases significantly whilst your wage remains equally low.
Ever since Jamie started subscribing to all those YouTube channels, his screen time inflation has skyrocketed; he wants to watch more videos but still has to stick to the equally strict limits set by his parents.
by Emotional Cruiser August 4, 2025
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push screen

when a touch screen phone/ iPod/ paper copiator/ ATM doesn't responde anymore at a slight touch, instead you have to put quite a finger effort for it to responde
- Hey, Jim, wanna go downtown? I really gotta change my push screen phone
by jackard87 January 13, 2009
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excessive screen time

The primary culprit behind a pupil's declining vision during distance learning, often resulting from excessive hours spent staring at screens for classes, online games, and social media.
After months of online classes, my doctor said excessive screen time is the main reason my eyesight has gone downhill.
by Emotional Cruiser August 5, 2025
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Screen and device era

The historical era in which people born post- Bill Clinton currently live and date
it's scary. In the screen and device era, regular dating era pickup lines- cheesy pickup lines among them-are dead.
by Sexydimma November 1, 2025
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screen cigarette

The habitual act of scrolling on a phone—often through social media, news, or notifications—as a way to briefly pass time, calm oneself, or relieve boredom, similar in function to the ritual of smoking a cigarette.

A short, often mindless session of phone use undertaken for comfort rather than necessity.
The kids were restless in the waiting room, so I slipped them a screen cigarette to keep them occupied.

I had five minutes before my train, so I lit up a quick screen cigarette.

She doesn’t smoke anymore, but she still needs her screen cigarette after stressful meetings.

Nothing like a screen cigarette on the toilet.
by ciggyD September 19, 2025
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screen time rebel

A person who grows up with screen time limits for YouTube imposed by parents, but the same person doesn't want to impose the same screen time limits on their own future children. Persons like this are usually born from the first generation to grow up with YouTube, i.e. Generation Z (born 1997~2012).
As a screen time rebel, I remember how strict my parents were about YouTube, but I want my kids to explore and enjoy content freely, just like I wish I could have.
by Emotional Cruiser August 25, 2025
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Screen-face

The unintentional facial expression a person makes while staring at a screen, usually a frown.
Guy 1: “Jessica is always on her phone all the time
Guy 2: “She’s a pretty girl, too bad she has an ugly screen-face”
by munnandonly June 19, 2019
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