Cancellighting

The cancel‑culture variant of digitallighting, where the goal is to destroy a person’s public reputation and social standing through coordinated discrediting. Cancellighting involves fabricating or amplifying minor past statements, using them to paint the target as a bigot or abuser, and then rallying a mob to demand their removal from platforms, jobs, or communities. It combines the techniques of gaslighting with the architecture of public shaming, making the target feel both isolated and responsible for their own destruction.

Example: “They took a decade‑old joke she’d apologized for, presented it as recent proof of her ‘true nature,’ and mass‑reported her to her employer—cancellighting, using digital distortion to orchestrate a professional lynching.”

Cancellighting by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 25, 2026

Cancellighting

A form of Digitallighting where the goal is to make a target believe they are genuinely toxic, that their cancellation is their own fault, and that any defense is further evidence of their unfitness. Perpetrators use tactics like isolating the target, publicly dissecting their words, and gaslighting them into doubting their own memory and intentions. Cancellighting often escalates across platforms, with the target being told that the mob’s reaction is “just consequences” and that their pain is proof of their guilt. It transforms social punishment into psychological warfare.

Example: “They told her she was being cancelled because she was a ‘dangerous person,’ and when she expressed distress, they said ‘see, you can’t even handle accountability.’ Cancellighting: making the victim believe their own destruction is justice.”

Cancellighting by Abzugal April 1, 2026

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility

I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.

sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019

Breadhead 

Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".

A breadhead is like a crackhead, but for money instead of crack.

Breadhead by 🅱️ U S 3 4 8 March 30, 2022

Stink lines

As seen in illustrations or cartoons: Wavy, vertical lines rising above a person, place or thing. Denotes a foul odor.

"You didn't put enough stink lines on your picture of the teacher."

Stink lines by Athene Airheart March 14, 2004

schmegegge 

Yiddish slang word meaning bullshit, baloney, hogwash, nonsense, crock of shit or hot air.

I don't buy the schmegegge about Morty sleeping with Moira.
His version of the story was pure schmegegge.
The whole schmegegge was made up to get Liz a little bit of attention.

schmegegge by budsbabe February 1, 2008

eye bleach 

Looking or experiencing something nice after witnessing something horrid like a disgusting gif or a disturbing video. Typically used as eye bleach are nice images of whatever makes the disturbed person happy.

"Bleach my eyes! Why is that woman's face ripped off!?"
*Looks up images of puppies and kittens.*
"That's good eye bleach."

eye bleach by Rini2012 November 29, 2016