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Evidentially

A word that bosses typically use to make them sound more important than they actually are.
How's the job evidentially going
It evidentially can't be done
Evidentially by Dick john's May 22, 2020

Evidentually 

Meaning there is evidence that at some point in the future one will get around to completing a pre-planned task
Evidentually speaking, the house will be cleaned
Evidentually by Rocka Con July 30, 2011

evidentialist

Someone who requires every claim to be justified by any shred of reasonable evidence.
An evidentialist would not usually be led to believe in the existence of any deity.
evidentialist by TwilightSparkle November 30, 2011

Evidentialist Fallacy

A fallacy where one insists that only claims supported by scientific evidence (as narrowly defined) can be considered real, true, or worthy of belief—dismissing all other forms of knowledge, experience, and understanding as illusory or meaningless. The Evidentialist Fallacy mistakes one mode of knowing for the only mode of knowing, treating empirical evidence as the sole legitimate path to truth while ignoring that evidence itself rests on philosophical assumptions (like the reliability of perception, the uniformity of nature) that cannot be empirically proven. It's the fallacy behind "if you can't prove it in a lab, it doesn't exist"—a position that would dismiss love, justice, beauty, meaning, and most of what makes life worth living.
Example: "He claimed his friend's depression wasn't 'real' because you couldn't measure it with a blood test—pure Evidentialist Fallacy, mistaking the absence of one kind of evidence for the absence of reality itself."

Evidentialist Panopticon

A surveillance system within skeptic and scientific communities where every claim is subjected to a never‑ending demand for “evidence,” with the goalposts constantly moved. The Evidentialist Panopticon operates through a network of debunking blogs, fact‑checking Twitter accounts, and Reddit threads where ordinary users play the role of evidence‑police. The effect is that anyone making a non‑mainstream claim (about health, history, or spirituality) is perpetually watched, forced to produce endless documentation, and then dismissed when the evidence doesn’t meet impossible standards. It weaponizes the principle of “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” into a tool of harassment.
Example: “She shared a personal experience of healing; within hours, the Evidentialist Panopticon had produced a thread demanding RCTs, meta‑analyses, and a confession that she was lying.”

Scientific Evidentialist Religion

A comprehensive worldview combining the dogmas of scientific evidence, falsifiability, and empiricism into a single, self‑certifying system. Scientific evidentialist religion holds that only claims that can be empirically tested, potentially falsified, and supported by peer‑reviewed evidence are worthy of belief. It condemns all other forms of knowing (intuition, revelation, dialectics, tradition) as irrational. It is a religion because it demands faith in its own epistemic foundations—which cannot be justified by its own standards without circularity. It is the most complete contemporary expression of scientism as a faith.
Example: “He declared that any claim not backed by RCTs and falsifiable hypotheses was ‘meaningless noise’—scientific evidentialist religion, a faith disguised as a method.”
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fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
Word of the Day on October 15, 2026

pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
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funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
Word of the Day on October 13, 2026
A US deep south term for an alligator. Usually used in the Cajun dialect.
Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
Throat Sweats by TacoFings420 April 23, 2024
Word of the Day on October 11, 2026
Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.
Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
Word of the Day on October 10, 2026
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