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A critical term for a supposed ultranationalist, revisionist, imperialist ideology of Japan, analogous to “Ruscism.” Nihonism would be characterised by: historical revisionism (denial or minimisation of war crimes in Nanking, comfort women, Unit 731), the cult of the emperor and bushido as spiritual purity, progressive remilitarisation under the name of “active defence,” unconditional military alliance with the US in the context of an Asian NATO, and hostility toward neighbours (China, South Korea, North Korea). Critics argue that Nihonism would be a techno‑capitalist version of fascism: combining keiretsu companies, veiled nationalism, and US military bases under the banner of “peaceful Japan.” The term is used in Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Global South progressive circles.
Example: “At a protest in Seoul, a sign read: ‘Nihonism is Ruscism with cherry blossoms: the same falsified textbooks, the same visits to war criminal shrines – only the emperor is not called tsar.’”
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A critical term for a supposed ultranationalist, revisionist, imperialist ideology of Japan, analogous to “Ruscism.” Nihonism is characterised by: historical revisionism (denial or minimisation of war crimes in Nanking, “comfort women”, Unit 731), the cult of the emperor and bushido as spiritual purity, progressive remilitarisation under the name of “active defence,” unconditional military alliance with the US in the context of an Asian NATO, and hostility toward neighbours (China, South Korea, North Korea). Critics argue that Nihonism is a techno‑capitalist version of fascism: it combines keiretsu companies, veiled nationalism, and US military bases under the banner of “peaceful Japan,” while erasing wartime atrocities and promoting ethnic superiority. The term is used in progressive Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Global South circles to expose the continuity of imperial ideology.
Example: “At a protest in Seoul, a sign read: ‘Nihonism is Ruscism with cherry blossoms: the same falsified textbooks, the same visits to war criminal shrines – only the emperor is not called tsar.’”

Three Nationism 

A conceptual framework describing society divided into three hierarchical strata. The first, the Destitute, encompasses those living in chronic poverty and extreme social marginalisation, whose life prospects are severely constrained by systemic barriers. The second comprises the working and middle classes, who sustain the economy and civic life yet face limited opportunities for upward social mobility due to structural and institutional constraints. The third, the Ascendant Nation, represents the wealthy and powerful, who consolidate resources, influence, and control over societal institutions, shaping economic, political, and cultural systems to perpetuate and expand their dominance.
The stark contrast in economic fortunes highlights Three Nationism: between 2010 and 2021, within the UK, the wealthiest 1% of households increased their wealth thirty-onefold, while the rest of the population experienced Real Wage growth of merely 1–2%. This pronounced disparity underscores how the Ascendant Nation accumulates wealth and opportunity, leaving the working and middle classes, alongside the Destitute, enduring chronic poverty, confined within severely restricted channels of social and economic mobility.
Three Nationism by DemocracySold September 3, 2025
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
Word of the Day on July 16, 2026