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Paranime 

Animation created outside Japan that deliberately adopts the visual style, storytelling methods, or production sensibilities of anime, but has no direct roots in Japanese studios, creators, or source material.
Examples: Canon Busters, Castlevania, Devil may cry (Netflix series), Lord of Mysteries

In short:
Anime’s twin that grew up outside Japan.

Personal note:
Coined as a universal term to clearly separate anime (Japanese animation) from anime-inspired works made in other countries. “Paranime” comes from para- (parallel) + anime, meaning it runs alongside anime without being the same.
Friend: “Bro, Castlevania is the best anime ever.”
Me: “It can’t, because it’s not even an anime—it’s paranime.”
Paranime by UmbrellaReviewer37 September 5, 2025
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paradimethylameinobenzaldehyde 

A REALLY FUCKING long word that describes a chemical. Also it is fun to learn how to spell. ;)
paradimethylameinobenzaldehyde has the word meth, lame, dime, rad, ameino and fuck you in it. Bitch.

paranies 

The older version of chillies and they are very cool (like chillies).
Chillie: wow that's a parany! I love paranies~
paranies by anonymous April 17, 2024
noun /ˈpærəˌnoʊm/

Etymology:

From para- (“beside, beyond”) + -nome (evoking metronome, gnome, and norm)

A principle, condition, or agent in which each individual acknowledges a shared rule but claims personal exemption from it. The rule persists, but its authority dissolves through universal exceptionality. The paranome is the norm that no one fully obeys; each participant bends it inward, ticking to their own logic while still orbiting its presence.
You can't truly reason with anybody, because they never see themselves as wrong, clearly their own exception to the rule. Society is one tangled chaotic mess of a silent paranome.
Paranome by Starcode November 1, 2025

abandonware 

n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the game alive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because id still sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.
abandonware by Spoom October 24, 2003
Word of the Day on July 11, 2026

Foot prisons 

Socks. Annoying, sweat-causing, non-barefoot enducing, everyday socks.
The first thing I do when I take off my shoes, is rip off the foot prisons I had to wear inside them. That's why I prefer flip flops, even in winter!
Foot prisons by Jackalope Hunter December 13, 2022
Word of the Day on July 10, 2026

cornholio 

Ruler of Lake Titicaca. Rumored to have a bunghole that gets very angry if it does not receive toilet paper. Cornholio the Great is often seen walking around with his shirt over his head and his hands in the air, chanting songs about his power, and his bunghole.
"I am Cornholio! You do not want to face the wrath of my bunghole, for I need TP!"
Butthead: Shut up, Beavis! (uh huh huh huh)
Beavis: Um, okay. (heh heh heh heh).
cornholio by AYB July 20, 2003
Word of the Day on July 9, 2026