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Humaning 

To act in a way that can only be described as human.
My friend got mad at me for making up this word so I told her I'm just humaning and she should get over it.
Humaning by Tori222@comcast.net June 16, 2014

Humaning 

Humaning is not being a little bitch about accomplishing basic human functions in a first world country.
Emily: “I don’t want to go talk to an actual person because the self-checkout is down.”
Natalie: “God damnit Emily, why do you suck at humaning?!?”
Humaning by thatcuntbitch January 18, 2018

Humaning 

1) More or less the exact opposite of trolling, humaning involves not being a complete and total asshat in every way imaginable, by doing things like not swearing all the time, being genuinely helpful, or being polite despite having no reason to be.

2) Trolling, but doing it very, very poorly. There is no way that anyone, ever, will be upset in any way by an attempt at humaning. At the very worst, they may find it slightly uncomfortable.
1) John: Did you see that rich kid going to the homeless shelter last night?
Dave: Yeah, turns out he was doing a ridiculous amount of humaning.

2) "That idiot spent about an hour trying to troll me, but he was really just humaning. I almost cried from laughing so hard."
Humaning by Insufferable Prick February 11, 2012

Humanising Data 

The premise that charts, tables and graphs are inhumane and the proposition that visualisation systems immerse you in the data in such a way that you can process charts, tables and graphs subconsciously.
Marketing Manager walking to a WIP (work-in-progress) meeting "Oh no, not another meeting pouring over slabs of paper filled with Excel tables and pie charts". Data scientist walking alongside: "Don't worry, we've moved all the reporting into a Humanising Data visualisation system, I think you'll find it very easy to find the data points you're looking for. Manager as they both walk in the meeting room door, looking at the three newly installed large format touch-screens: "Oooh, this is nice".
Humanising Data by CompSciFutures January 12, 2023

humanning 

The act of interacting with other human beings.
Teema: Humanning is definitely a word

David: Sure it is!
humanning by canv.as December 10, 2017

Humaning 

A word that an alien would most likely come up with to describe or explain the actions of a human crewmate.
Alien 1: What is Human Kate doing? She has been screaming at her personal data device for over an hour!
Alien 2: Just ignore her when she's humaning.
Humaning by partyofnone March 5, 2021
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026

Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
Word of the Day on October 22, 2026

Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
Larpenomics by Rbois09 October 21, 2026
Word of the Day on October 21, 2026

Palmela Handerson 

Your hand that you masturbate with.
Girlfriend: What are you going to do for the next week while I'm on holiday?

Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
Word of the Day on October 20, 2026
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