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Emotional Hand-Me-Down

A trait or behaviour someone inherits from their family, for better or worse.
Craig: My bro was really difficult to deal with these holidays, he could not stop nagging my kids and noticing how dirty my bathroom was.

Leanne: Ya, he gets being critical from his mom, it is his Emotional Hand-Me-Down. Also, your bathroom is ALWAYS incredibly clean.

Craig: Preach
by Mike109999 April 27, 2025
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Emotional Combat

The unyielding struggle and endurance of inner battles and hardships.
Shoutout to everyone quietly winning their emotional combat while the world thinks they're just 'quiet'.
by cndrellaman January 26, 2026
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Emotional Terrorist

A person who deliberately causes emotional distress on someone close to them, like a childhood friend, coworker or sibling.

Like actual terrorism, there are varying degrees and frequencies of tactics, ranging from seemingly small to large outbursts and picking fights during momentous life moments.
BS: *in baby voice* I don't think you should move away, there was a bear attack there once, and long drives are unhealthy, and...and... could we talk about this later, I have so many things to tell you why this is a terrible decision.

Brian: *with 15 open notebooks next to him* I am simply trying to move across State, I have a million things going, I really don't have time for your Emotional Colonic.

BS: Ok, I will set aside 9 hours to tell you why this is bad for me.

Brian: *mutters* Ugh, you are such an emotional terrorist. I need like a 10 hour White Collar Ginger.
by Mike109999 February 11, 2026
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Emotional Taliban

“Every time we disagree, he threatens to cut me off and tells me I don’t care about him, it feels like he’s being an emotional taliban”
by KankerDefiniton February 18, 2026
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Emotional

by Lordbillington May 23, 2025
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emotionally decayed

Describes a person whose emotional integrity has eroded to the point of collapse. They no longer process empathy, growth, or accountability — instead, they rot inside their own denial, blame, and self-importance. Often masked by charm, anger, or false vulnerability.

Related terms:

Rotting core in a human costume

Empathy-dead

Personality husk

Trauma parasite
Raw Sentence Examples with “Emotionally Decayed”
“He’s not just immature — he’s emotionally decayed. There’s nothing left in him but ego, excuses, and manipulation.”

“She’s not broken. She’s not wounded. She’s emotionally decayed — rotting from the inside out and infecting everyone who gets close.”

“You can’t fix someone who’s emotionally decayed. They don’t want healing — they want control.”
by Roxx Farron June 9, 2025
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emotional support guy

A guy who likes you but you don’t like him. He’s usually a shoulder to lean on when one is feeling weak and needs a bit of an ego boost.
He said that once she got a boyfriend, she stopped speaking to him. I didn’t have to the heart to tell him he is her emotional support guy
by anonymous June 18, 2025
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