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Chronocentric

Having the outlook of the times you were born and raised in.
Back in the sixties it was okay to be sexist and racist.
It was largely the Chronocentric point of view of most Americans.
It's impossible for anyone to escape their Chronocentric viewpoint.
Even Abraham Lincoln saw life from his Chronocentric perspective.
Chronocentric by SJ@24 July 11, 2009
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chronocentrism 

Chronocentrism is the belief that, of all the billions of years of history, the times you live in are the culmination of the workings of the Universe.
(i) On March 26 1997 39 members of the Heaven's Gate religious group committed mass suicide in order to live on a spaceship which was following comet Hale-Bopp, and escape the Earth before it was recycled.

Showing Chronocentrism can have tragic consequences

(ii) "The End of History" by Francis Fukuyama

Showing Chronocentric ideas, barely credibly, are taken very seriously by mainstream politics and economics.
chronocentrism by Ann Kittenplan September 13, 2011

carnocentric 

Based mainly on meat, in reference to cuisines.
Colombian food is very carnocentric.
carnocentric by pentozali August 20, 2013

chromocentric 

1. describes conversations/essays/podcasts/etc. that seem to use color (race) as the primary reference point
Some newscasters, too often, take a chromocentric view of their stories.
chromocentric by uncle marty December 1, 2020
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
Word of the Day on August 4, 2026

Walky-Talky 

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
Word of the Day on August 3, 2026

Scrapnel 

(N) :
All pieces left over after an art project or home improvement.
"After we made the decorations for the party, there was 'scrapnel' all over the floor"
Scrapnel by IceSniper February 22, 2025
Word of the Day on August 2, 2026