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Catalystism 

Catalystism is when somebody worships Fortnite Catalyst as a goddess and loves Catalyst
CoriHiws: Bro Catalyst is the best skin

gregry26: You follow Catalystism bro
Catalystism by CoriHiws July 30, 2025
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Catalystism

A moderate form of accelerationism focused on provoking a single, specific reaction in order to accelerate a particular process—rather than the classical accelerationist goal of collapsing entire systems. Where classical accelerationism seeks total societal breakdown as a path to rebirth, catalystism is surgical: identify a process, find its bottleneck, and provoke the reaction that breaks the logjam. It's the difference between burning down the factory to rebuild it (classical) and pouring a chemical into a stuck valve to make it open (catalystism). Catalystism is especially common among online political groups, both pro-Western and anti-Western, who seek to hasten electoral outcomes, policy changes, or social shifts through targeted provocations. The catalystist doesn't want the whole system to fall; they just want this particular thing to happen faster. They're playing with fire, but carefully—they hope.
Example: "He didn't want the whole political system to collapse; he just wanted his party's candidate to win the primary. So he engaged in catalystism: spreading just enough controversy about the frontrunner to provoke a backlash that would consolidate support around his candidate. The process worked—the frontrunner stumbled, his candidate surged. Catalystism had accelerated the outcome without burning everything down. He felt clever, and he was—for now. Catalystism is safe until it isn't."
Catalystism by Abzugal February 19, 2026
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catalystic 

A kind of personality that speeds up the process of whatever is happening around him/her
his presents is catalystic; everything just happens so much faster when his around.
catalystic by cuda24 August 18, 2016

catalystic 

Someone/something that brings about change easily through quatities of themselves.
Stephany's speech was so catalystic. It really got me thinking.
catalystic by Slate.scl July 29, 2016

Dick Catalysts 

A Dick Catalyst is when friends turn up to your date to increase your chances of 'getting in', they are catalyzing your chances.
'Yeah, we'll come down on Sunday, we'll be you dick catalysts.'

Catalysts 

An individual that is considered a game changer in a group fight. A Catalyst can speed up the process of a fight by decreasing the number of the opposite group in a short period of time.
The Carnage Clan were known for one of their former super soldier that once destroyed an entire group of Heavy Unit single-handedly. People call him "The Catalysts"
Catalysts by Garrick Pancake January 18, 2023

Catalystic

Describing a person, action, or style that sparks meaningful change by activating others and accelerating momentum, often without direct control.
“That meeting wasn’t even planned, but it ended up being catalystic for the whole project.”
“She’s not the loudest leader, but she’s catalystic. Things just start happening around her.”
“We didn’t need another manager. We needed someone catalystic to shake things up.”
Catalystic by IStartThings May 1, 2026
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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
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026

Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026

board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026
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