Cancelsplaining

A Digitallighting technique used in cancel‑culture campaigns: the perpetrator “explains” to the target why they deserve to be canceled, often in public threads, framing the explanation as a teachable moment. Cancelsplaining serves multiple purposes: it humiliates the target publicly, it reinforces the mob’s righteousness, and it positions the explainer as a benevolent educator rather than a participant in a pile‑on. It often involves lengthy threads dissecting old comments while ignoring context or growth.

Example: “They resurrected a tweet from six years ago and spent a week ‘educating’ her on why she should lose her job—cancelsplaining, dressing mob harassment as pedagogy.”

Cancelsplaining by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 25, 2026

Cancelsplaining

A form of Digitalsplaining where a person—or often an entire online mob, Discord server, or social media platform—explains to a target why they deserve to be canceled, framing the explanation as a benevolent lesson in accountability. The cancelsplainer adopts a pedagogical tone, detailing the target’s alleged transgressions, often mining years-old posts, while ignoring context, growth, or the disproportionate nature of the response. The goal is to humiliate the target into silence while positioning the mob as righteous educators. Cancelsplaining weaponizes the language of “learning” and “accountability” to disguise collective harassment as moral instruction.

Example: “The server dedicated a channel to ‘educating’ her, with pinned posts dissecting every comment she’d ever made. Cancelsplaining: a hundred people explaining to one person why she should be grateful she wasn’t banned yet.”

Cancelsplaining 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