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miserybation 

The act of listening to sad music while already sad, thus furthering the self-loathing cycle.
I went on a walk while listening to sad music, it was the first time I had experimented with public miserybation.

miserybaiting 

Miserybaiting is the attempt to turn every conversation into something upsetting or sad, or off topic to discuss something horrible, no matter how neutral or positive the original topic and baiting people into being miserable, Especially if the original topic involved having fun.
A: "We had a great time on the rides at the amusement park last summer!"
"OH! Last Summer was SO HoT! Those poor ride operators must have been sweltering all day!"
"Stop miserybaiting! I refuse to feel bad for enjoying myself!"

B: example of miserybaiting:
Archeology show: Expert 1 discussing possible castle indicated by stones found on a hill: "During the time of "The Anarchy" in Britain, there was panic and castles were thrown up by landowners quickly in an attempt to defend themselves and their property."
Expert 2:"So, lots of forced labor...?"
miserybaiting by HicSuntDracones August 28, 2023

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026