In english "being of bad faith" or "insincere" or "dishonest" or "not genuine" or "not straight up" or in slang "you're frontin'".
Bad faith (from French, mauvaise foi) is a philosophical concept first coined by existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre to describe the phenomenon wherein one denies one's total freedom, instead choosing to behave as an inert object. ...

Nicolas F states: "the players of Bayern that played in UEFA are under18" then denies when facts are shown...and changes his statement into "they were not the basis players" then again when seeing the facts he states "they are not the ones playing in the championship" even if the majority of them do. He could be defined as being of (extreme) mauvaise foi...

Mauvaise foi by Mike P from Brussels March 14, 2008

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mauvism

Phenomenological paradigm in which the human body perceives space in 3 dimensions but color in two dimensions.

The phenomenon that underpins hypermodernism.

Mauvism opens up the possibility that three-dimensional space is a function of two-dimensional color--in contrast to emergent Vedism which states that color is the function of space-ratios..

Mauvism is the true inverse of fauvism--the idea that transitional colors make up an uncountable number of corners with respect to hypercolors on the surface of a hyperpoint.

It is the phenomenological inverse of meta-frequentism.

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trucker's tan

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.

I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.

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kidulting

The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys

Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!

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Boffin

British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.

According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.

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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.

I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.

Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026

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