Beneather

A beneather is someone who automatically puts themselves beneath others by behaving inappropriately and lowering their social status as a result. Due to their own negligent self-unaware improper behavior, a beneather loses the respect of everyone and becomes a stomping ground for others without people being aware they are stomping on the beneather. A beneather often becomes an inadvertant stepping stone for others during their climb of the ladder of life.

John: Hey, care to give a buck to the poor for Christmas?
Bob: Christmas! Do you really believe in that crap!?! Do you even know what Christmas is really all about!? It's consumerism! I don't give during Christmas. This is just a sham to cheat me out of a good buck!
John (ignoring Bob as just a beneather): Susie! Wanna give a buck to the poor for Christmas?
Susie: Sure! Go ahead! Here are $10 bucks!

Later on, John, Susie, and everyone else at their little company avoids inviting Bob to the Christmas party!

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Edward: Hi, would you mind helping me with this data analysis problem?
George: You need my help? What does that say about your math skills?!
Edwards (realizes George is just a beneather): Jonathan! I heard you're quite crafty with data analysis problems. Mind lending me a hand?!
Jonathan: Sure, why not!

A few weeks later...

George: Hey Edward! I've been trying to use this visualization tool, but my comptuer keeps going bust and I am almost gonna miss the deadline. Can you help me?
Edward: Sure!
George (noticing Edward is slow): Edward! Are you sure you know what you're doing!? You're so slow... I could have solved this problem on my own!
Edward: I'll leave you to it then.

A few days later... George gets fired! Eventually, he is begging on the street and his coworkers pass by him without ever recognizing him. They drop him a buck every now and then, and feel happy they are helping the community, but George is not happy! The end of a beneather!

by OffBeatDrummer December 16, 2021

Beneather

This is just an abbreviation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's saying to Spike: "You're Beneath Me"

A beneather is simply someone who is beneath us.

Derick: So, this recruiter calls me up out of nowhere and starts yapping his sales pitch without even saying hello or asking me how I'm doing.
Sarah: Doesn't sound like a good start.
Derick: Not at all. He then goes on and on about how great his company is. I couldn't get any word out before he started asking me interview questions afterwards. I mean, hello! I'm not even interested!
Sarah: This guy's got no manners whatsoever.
Derick: I know. A total beneather!

by OffBeatDrummer November 2, 2020

cheese-breather

a derogatory term for a vegetarian who doesn't eat meat but still eats other animal products. The term was coined by vegans to criticize vegetarians for not caring enough about animals to abstain from all animal products.

Vegetarian: I would go vegan, but cheese is just SO delicious
Vegan: You disgust me you cheese-breather, you don't actually care about animals

by Choose Compassion Always April 1, 2020

Yard Breather

A "firefighter" who is either seen walking about the exterior of the fire scene, with no exposure to the toxins produced from fire, with full Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) connected and breathing air, or, is seen exiting the fire apparatus while breathing air and has no intention of entering the burning structure. Could also be used in conjunction with "Engine Breather", see definition for Engine Breather.

That Timmy is a Yard Breather. Look at him standing next to the Chief, breathing air.

by Fraternal Brotherhood of Salt October 29, 2010

Love Breather

When you are so in love that you enjoy breathing the other persons air into your own mouth and lungs. It happens at ultra-close proximity with that person, usually when kissing or sleeping.

I’m so happy my new boyfriend is a LOVE BREATHER, when he and I sleep together we sleep with our faces practically touching so we can breath each other’s air, it makes me swoon.

by Wordsluethval July 8, 2018

Breather

Almost the entire opposite to a fuckboy. This specimen lives entirely from the boys, and devotes their life to putting smiles on their friends faces, through particular acts such as shoey’s, rhinos and getting naked. The vocabulary of the breather isn’t extensive, it centralises around phrases such as “don’t dog the boys”, “yeah the boys” and “sup bro” accompanied with a head raise. Their particular way of life focusing on impressing other males, is usually used to mask feelings of inadequacy towards woman, this usually stems from a high school relationship that went sour because the breather decided to make themselves emotionally vulnerable (it won’t happen again, fuck you Stacey). Well the breather feels most comfortable sinking wets in an apartment in New Zealand funded through an extensive student loan, they are actually in Wellington, Dunedin ect…to go to University. They struggle to sit in a lecture theatre for more than 30 minutes, without retreating to the toilets to rail a line of pingers (which is most likely laundry powder), and due to this have already cost their upper middle class family over $2000 dollars in failed commerce papers. They will most likely be found wearing Huffer attire, and a Rodd & Gunn hat roaming the streets of a New Zealand city hungover on a Monday.

Girl 1 - "Did you finally talk to big Jock last night? He was looking pretty cute !"
Girl 2 - "No he was to busy doing a rhino, and stealing darts of Catelyn"
Girl 1 - "Oh, that sucks, I didn't know he was such a breather"

by Breathersaurus September 13, 2018

Yard Breather

Name given to firefighters who mask up and breath air from their air packs before they are even out of the truck or close to the actual structure fire. Common to see new firefighters going "on air" before it is necessary.

Did you see him getting off the truck already on air? What a yard breather.

by rcovfd September 17, 2010