Claiming one has some distant Native American ancestor in order to sound more exotic or interesting when in fact no such Native American ancestor exists.

This practice is also relatively common by some American celebrities and personalities.

Larry: "And my great-great grandmother was part Choctaw and Apache."

Bob: "Larry, that's BS, your paternal grandparents where German immigrants and your maternal grandparents were Irish immigrants. You sound like you have a case of Cherokee Grandmother Syndrome."

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James: "Hey did you hear Elizabeth Warren is 1/32nd Cherokee?"

Dustin: "Pff, yeah sure man"

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Chomokos

1: a word used to describe a high school principal who disrespects teachers and students, makes students and teachers feel like they don’t matter or have no voice, disregards school traditions, uses lies and manipulation in attempt to keep control, appears unbothered by concerns from students, teachers, parents, and the public, and ruins senior year
2: a puppet
3: a person who comes into Chaparral High School, changes everything, treats teachers and students like they are incompetent and ignorant, and is delusional in thinking they can get away with it

4: a word to describe why one mustn’t fuck with Chaparral High School

Chaparral High School was so fed up with being chomokosed that they got chomok-out.

Chomokos by chapstudent June 4, 2018

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Cherokee Princess

"Cherokee Princess" Is a common myth in many white families. To make the family history seem exotic and not just your ordinary American family. When really its a family lie that makes you and your family look like clowns.

Grandma Jenny: "Emily! You know My Great Grandma was a cherokee princess?"
Emily: "WOW! I'm part indian!"
An educated person: "Actually Emily your white, and not related to a cherokee princess because there is no such thing.

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choromatsu

The third eldest brother in the anime “Mr Osomatsu” or just “Osomatsu-san”
Seen as a total weeb, but c’mon he’s still lovable as hell
Also referred to as “fappymatsu” for obvious reasons

Y’know that anime about the sextuplets? The green one? Yeah, that’s Choromatsu!

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kidulting

The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys

Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!

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Boffin

British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.

According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.

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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.

I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.

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Dutty

Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".

"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"

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Ajumma

korean word for madam, older woman

Ajumma wait a moment

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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.

Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade

Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026

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