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The abbreviation of the phrase Mental Shift.

An M-Shift, or mental shift, is a therianthrope-related occurence wherein a therian feels their mindset, or current mentality, becomes that of their phenotype, or animal.

An M-Shift may be brought upon by many environmental and/or sensory factors, such as weather, certain people, smell, sound, taste, etc.

How intensely an m-shift is felt, and how long they last, vary from therian to therian.

See also: P-Shift, Astral Shift, Suntherian Shift, and Phantom Limbs.
I had an M-Shift about a week back; my first in quite some time.
M-Shift by Winter Paws January 20, 2007
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Short for "mental shift." This is a term therianthropes and otherkin who wish to make excuses for their sometimes bizarre and animalistic behavior use to avoid taking responsibility for their actions; they believe that by claiming that they've "mentally shifted" into their spirit's supposed true form that they should receive pity no matter what they do.
I didn't mean to go on a murderous rampage on the full moon. Please excuse me: I m-shifted into a werewolf mentality and I couldn't help myself!
M-Shift by Puffing Tom July 14, 2010

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This is the peak of bordom, you decide that qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm wasen't enough, and poiuytrewqlkjhgfdsamnbvcxz, and also qazsedcftgbhujmkol, and awsxdrfvgyhnjiklp, etc etc,
Person 1: bro im so boreddddddddddddddddddddd,
Person 2: have you tried esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 insert delete ` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = tab q w e r t y u i o p \ capslock a s d f g h j k l shift z x c v b n m , . / shift ctrl fn alt space alt ctrl?
Person 1: OMFG DID YOU NOT READ THE PATCH NOTES??
person 2: wdym?
person 1: IF YOU SAY SOME WORDS THAT ARE TOO LONG YOU-
*person 2 explodes

ankle biter

Someone or something that bites your ankles.
To a postman, an ankle biter is often known as a dog.
To an adult, an ankle biter may be a toddler.
To hikers, an ankle biter is sometimes a tick.
And so on.
"Dang ankle biter took off my whole leg!!"
ankle biter by the sane maniac February 2, 2004
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Male Pattern Blindness 

When a man will search for hours to find something that is laying out in the open on a table. Items are often easily found by a women.
Man: "I have been searching for hours for keys."
Woman: "You mean the ones sitting there on the coffee table?"
Man: "Where?"
Woman: "Right there in the middle of that table."
Man: "oh, must have been Male Pattern Blindness"
Male Pattern Blindness by diablo581 February 10, 2008
Word of the Day on June 18, 2026

Pretty Privilege

A person who has more opportunities, and becomes more successful in life because of how attractive they are.
"Pretty privilege isn't a thing." "Yes it is have you seen GeorgeNotFound"

"GeorgeNotFound has so much pretty privilege its not fair!!!"
Word of the Day on June 17, 2026
Jenny got in more trouble after being arrested because she had priors.
priors by Jermaine Young. October 14, 2008
Word of the Day on June 16, 2026