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A type of atmospheric electronic music that ranges from calm, soothing, dark, or psychadelic.
Moby, Aphex Twin, and Enigma play ambient.
ambient by Bobby De Niro October 11, 2004
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Usually beatless,sometimes relaxed, sometimes eerie electronic music. Term "ambient music" created by legendary musician/producer Brian Eno. Other notable ambient artists/acts include The Orb, Testu Inoue, Peter Namlook, and Zoviet France
Brian Eno's "Ambiet 1:Music for Airports" pretty much defines ambient music
ambient by Dagon January 12, 2005
"Man, I wish I could be Ambient"
Ambient by one of his followers December 17, 2008
I set my ringtone to ambient
ambient by scubastevey July 8, 2006
Basically any dance music that James Morgan and Josh Mills believe to be fucking clown shoes.

In other words it is all the music that James Wilson likes apart from The Prodigy.
Tiesto can fuck off with his ambient hippy shit.
ambient by morgangills November 15, 2004

Ambient Mexican Noise 

The sounds you hear in any online game by a Latino boy with a mic. This includes Vaccuming, dogs barking, Parents yelling, babies crying, Spanish soap Opera, Mexican music.
George: Let’s leave this game, there’s some kid with ambient Mexican noise.
Fred: yeah I can’t even concentrate let’s leave.

Ambient Gaslighting 

ambient gaslighting - Most people now know gaslighting, put simply, is when someone tries to make someone else question their reality. "Ambient gaslighting" refers to the subtle undercurrents of mistreatment or disrespect that we experience in small doses and may not realize are a form of gaslighting.

Physician psychiatrist Dr. Grant Brenner coin the term.

Are you being gaslit ?
Here are signs you're being gaslit, according to USA TODAY columnist Sara Kuburic:

You are often confused.

You are struggling to trust your memories or feelings.

You find yourself constantly apologizing.

You feel like you can’t do anything right.

You are often nervous, worried or anxious.
You don’t feel confident.
You struggle to trust yourself.
You constantly blame yourself when something goes wrong (even if it’s not your fault).
Ambient Gaslighting In the workplace. Executives may espouse transparency, but employees may experience behavior contrary to to that.

In targeted marketing. "People may be confused as to whether the ad they got is something they really wanted, or whether that desire has been planted in that.

In political news. Polarized politics have led to seemingly alternate realities that have only accelerated during the pandemic. Convincing opinion-like news programs or unverified viral social media posts may make you question your beliefs.
Ambient Gaslighting by Blu_leef March 31, 2023
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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
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