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the addition of a new slang word/phrase within a community's vernacular that results in everybody using it after a short period of time
A: "I started saying 'ya dig' a few weeks ago and now everybody Is saying it!"

B: "it's a herdie now ya dig"
Herdie by leonides11 March 25, 2020
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The reason behind our need to adopt herd behavior. The hereditary trait of people to act as a flock of sheep.
The strange and sad thing with the public is that they can be very easily manipulated or/and misguided. They can follow any charlatan-politician-leader-celebrity as long as he/she seems powerful or eloquent enough. I guess it is our own inert "herdity" to blame for this.
Herdity by JPSergeant August 6, 2012

herediterritorial 

Being very defensive/offensive about what you have inherited.
I know you wounded the deer, but we can't follow it onto his property. That herediterritorial git would prosecute us for trespassing.
herediterritorial by jebande December 24, 2007

herdster 

A generic hipster who mindlessly follows trends, whose supposedly cutting edge fashion sense leaves them looking just like everyone else.
At that Grizzly Bear and Band of Horses show in Williamsburg, all the girls were wearing short dresses with wide belts. They aren't hipsters, they are herdsters.
herdster by AArtaud June 25, 2010

hermitery 

The act of living in solitude willingly; the act of purposely habitating in remote locations lightly populated if at all with the sole purpose of avoidng engagements with annoying humans and man made disturbances e.g. traffic, noise, bad smells, stupidity, etc.
I'd choose hermitery over city life anyday!

Hermitery keeps me out of jail, because Lisa with the dusty weave could get smacked.
hermitery by blaxxxxx August 30, 2017

herediterry 

Refers to your ancestors' traditionally preferring cotton-fleece garments, and so dat is why you yourself have such a strong liking for said warm 'n' comfy lounge-wear.
If your forebears loved to stroll around town in their fluffy white bathrobes, then they might have passed down a "herediterry" trait in TWO ways, in dat not only did they enjoy wearing said soft and absorbent fabric whenever possible, but they likely also had to endure frequent brief investigatory detainments from da local cops --- i.e., "Terry stops" --- due to their choosing said unusual-to-be-clad-in-when-occupying-a-public-place clothing, and so both da townspeople and any observing law-enforcement members would naturally wonder if said individuals were behaving themselves, in need of medical care, or even sane!
herediterry by QuacksO February 27, 2024