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London Syndrome

The complete resistance of hostages to comply willingly with the demands and requests of their captors.

A phenomenon which is the opposite of the Stockholm syndrome (wherein hostages form bonds of empathy and sympathy with their captors to an extreme degree and may even defend their captors' actions.)
LONDON SYNDROME: "After a hostage situation in London, the London syndrome was born which described hostages refusal to comply with the demands of their captors."
London Syndrome by avarocava May 15, 2018
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London Syndrome

-14 o'clock! Time for my tea break.
-Tea? Again? Are you having the London syndrome or something?
-Hey, my green tea won't drink itself, you know!

-I woke up in the middle of the night from strange noises in the living room. I looked to my right, but my husband wasn't in bed. So I got up, and very quietly sneaked out, and into the living room.
There, in the candle light, he was sitting. All alone. Drinking his damn Earl Gray! Boohoohoo...
-Enough, don't worry, honey, your husband is in good hands now.
London Syndrome by Urban_Fellow December 6, 2006

South London Syndrome 

A syndrome which develops when a South Londoner is out of South London for too long.
It causes them to go on a rampage of tendencies associated with South London stereotypes.
They may begin to stab people, steal, threaten people and many other things (unprovoked)
Common among people from Croydon and Brixton especially.
"Did you hear what happened to Abdi the other day? He got sent back to Kennington cos of his South London Syndrome."
South London Syndrome by London07 August 12, 2018

Landon Syndrome 

Dating someone who for sure acts like an opp and try to hook up with the afflicted persons opps. Most people would be able to be recognized as a C.H.U.D.
Would you look at that Jeffrey Gunter is dating Maryssa Coatney. He must have Landon syndrome, what a C.H.U.D.
Landon Syndrome by Nefwey November 26, 2022

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
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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
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