eat the bugs 

To mindlessly comply and obey government policies and suggestions (particularly regarding ecology) without critically thinking first.

It originates from the phrase 'You will eat the bugs' which is used in memes and shitposts to make fun of politicians and ecologists who suggest ridiculous things like eating insects instead of meat to save the planet. Practicing this a prime example of 'eating the bugs'.

It is important to note that complying with certain measures such as recycling or wearing masks during pandemics are not 'eating the bugs'. Those policies, unlike eating bugs, are actually helpful and considerate.

People who 'eat the bugs' often don't realise (or don't care) that it limits their personal liberty. Such mindless compliance is perfect undergrowth for totalitarian regimes when widespread.

A: Hey, I heard that we should now use palm leaves for plates instead of the ceramic ones.
B: Absolutely not. I will not eat the bugs!

eat the bugs by unterwegs February 20, 2024

You will eat the bugs 

A phrase used to reference or mock the increasing obsession of politicians and activists generally associated with the World Economic Forum to replace meat-eating and cattle farming with "insect protein" from cockroaches, crickets, and other disgusting land-bugs.

Mostly used in 4chan as well as in conservative or anti-New World Order circles, with several conspiracy theories associated as to WHY they would want everyone to eat bugs instead of cows.
Some of those theories include...

- "Non-sea bugs are full of chitin in their exoskeleton, which unlike sea-bugs, cannot be removed or cooked away. Chitin is indigestible to human bodies and causes several illnesses including forms of cancer if overconsumed, therefore the elite want their human cattle to eat bugs to make them weak, dull, mentally deficient and sick."
- "Humilliation ritual from the Jews in power to make non-Jews eat disgusting cockroaches while Jews continue to enjoy beef because bugs aren't Kosher and therefore Jews would be the only ones exempted from eating bugs. Making them eat bugs would be anti-semitic."
- "It's a way of breaking the people's will to make them submit to absolutely anything the elite wants, no matter how disgusting or otherwise unacceptable."

>You WILL live in the pod
>You WILL marry the transwoman
>You WILL eat the bugs
>You WILL own nothing
>And you WILL be happy.

You will eat the bugs by Dusknoir September 21, 2022

Grindset

The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.

“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”

Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026

jerb 

well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!

Them future folk took ouare jerbs!

jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005

Cheeks 

An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)

"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."

Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020

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