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anthropomorphic vapour 

A substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical point but with distinct human characteristics, such as a face or free will.
Willo the wisp, the protagonist from the hit 80s animation of the same name is a classic example of anthropomorphic vapour.

anthropomorphic wok 

Both a compliment and an insult of the highest calibre. It is either the greatest or the worst thing you can think of
Kane: Are you an anthropomorphic wok?
Euan: wtf no
anthropomorphic wok by wrenk December 20, 2021

Anthropomorphic 

Objects, animals, or gods that have human characteristics in fictional works. It usually refers to animals with the ability to speak.
Many Disney films include an anthropomorphic animal of some sort.

All the characters in The Lion King are anthropomorphic.
Anthropomorphic by Hamez0 July 8, 2012

ROBLOX Anthropomorphic Preportions 

ROBLOX™ Anthro is short for Anthropomorphic, a word most people would appreciate if it wasn't involved in something so unholy. ROBLOX™ Anthro is one of those things that expands your depression list. Anthro was announced on RDC some time during 2017. Anthro breaks away from ROBLOX's ™ Traditional blocky character formation style, instead Anthro chooses creepy adult-like forms. These characters have also been reported for featuring explicit content, such as breasts. Anthro also features more character joints than R6 and R15, therefore the ROBLOX™ Developers have added animations to fit in with the new look, keep in mind it is a fucking hideous look, but a look overall. However, most of the animations are glitchy therefore rendering incompatible with most games, thank fucking god.

Anthro has been receiving large amounts of hate, many claims suggest that adding a more realistic avatar is sending ROBLOX into the Pedophilic Valley. Also, many players have been complaining that it is extremely fucking retarded to add a human-like package to a game called "ROBLOX" because it is designed to be a blocky game. Players also complain about items not being compatible in certain ways, such as, a hat that goes right through your face, or hair that penetrates your forehead. The developers themselves aren't fan of Anthro either, constantly joking about how idiotic of an addition it will be.
A normal conversation about Anthro

Player: It's been a while since I've played ROBLOX, let's see how much it has developed.

notices multiple friends ranting about Anthropomorphic Proportions Absolute fuckin shit

Player: "Why the hell did I even think about rejoining this depressing game? ROBLOX used to be so fun, but now the developers decided to add breasts to their character models, so disappointing."

leaves to prevent any further suffering

.: Studied by multiple human behavior artists :.

.: Anthro is an Nontraditional, Creepy, Over-realistic, disgusting excuse for a good edition to ROBLOX . ROBLOX wasn't meant to include Breasts. ROBLOX Anthropomorphic Preportions is one of those moments that makes you want to die :.

Anthropomorphism 

The root word of anthro.

Anthropomorphism - Ascribing human characteristics to non-human things.
Anthropomorphism by Josh April 24, 2004

anthropomorphosis 

(n.) The attribution of human characteristics to animals or other non-human objects/inanimate objects (eg, trees, birds, buildings, etc.). (Syn.: anthropomorphism; anthropomorphization)

Examples of anthropomorphosis are commonly found in fictional literature, predominantly within metaphors and similes. Descriptive writing also utilizes it.

For example, "the angry waves of the North Sea" is a mild anthropomorphization, since it declares waves of water to have emotional capabilities.

Another example would be: "the tall and menacing trees stared at me from their heavenly heights and tried to grab at me with their gargantuan wooden claws." This is anthropomorphic because:

1) Trees are not menacing.
2) Trees don't have "claws."
3) Trees cannot grab, nor can they "try" to.

Most commonly, however, anthropomorphic qualities are found within eco-friendly humans who sympathize with certain environmental and moral issues. For example, there are many people who oppose the concept of zoos. An anthropomorphic statement could be: "Look at that poor lion. He's just sitting in there. He LOOKS sad. He wants to be free! He wants to roam along the fields! He wants to raise a family! Poor thing!" This statement, albeit heftily used by some of the public, has many fallacies within it, such as:

1) Lions are not poor. They have no money, nor
can they benefit from any hypocritical and
fervent pity thrown towards them by
spectators.
2) Lions may exhibit behavior SIMILAR to humans,
but quintessentially attributing them to
actually BE like humans is another argument,
altogether. The lion MAY look "sad," but it
most likely isn't. If it is, its behavior would
shift and zookeepers would scramble to its aid.
3) How can someone know exactly what a lion wants?
Animal psychics can refute this claim, but
their claims are equally refutable from a
logical standpoint.
4) Lions don't "families." Lion have a matriarch
society (ie, a society run by females). The
mothers, grandmothers, and aunts do the
"raising," while the males only serve two
purposes: reproduction and protection.

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LOGICAL OPINION: People who are so concerned about the lion forget how happy it must be. It either sits around all day, eats to his content, defecates to his content, or fornicates to his content. People forget that the lion no longer has to expend valuable energy having to hunt down a meal. It's being FED to him! I'd be happy... Besides, what what a political anthropomorph do if they saw a lion gobbling up a Thomson Gazelle? Instead of striking against the zoos, would they strike against Mother Nature?
Go to an anthropomorph's house, round up everyone in his/her family, throw them out, and break the doors and windows, while shouting, "You're free! You're free!!"

...Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

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Anthropomorphosis is evidence of humanity, since it consists entirely of bogus and biased claims of emotional attachment and attribution.

Political anthropomorphosis is dangerous and stupid because it is not accepted by both extremes of the anthropomorphic spectrum: literature and science. A political anthropomorph rarely posesses any respect from both communities because he/she doesn't tread lightly on the subject, doesn't describe anything with it, and ignores all firm, natural, and empirical logic that is equally readily-accessible to the individual.
anthropomorphosis by masterdeath01 November 26, 2006
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A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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