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Poverty Porn 

A type of movie that claims to be Deep and Real when in reality it just a movie that exploits poverish people for cheap drama.
Larry Clark makes poverty porn.
Poverty Porn by Weirdo Sheep January 14, 2018

poverty porn 

Maury, Jerry Springer, and any show that purposefully uses the extremely poor and/or desperate uneducated people to exploit them for the purpose of entertainment.
"Every time I see a show that involves poor people fighting, it just gives me the worst poverty porn vibe."
poverty porn by Nenona571 October 20, 2013
Word of the Day on October 24, 2013

poverty porn 

Porn that is made by people who wouldn't ordinarily do porn, but seriously need the money. This explains why some people who appear in porn but obviously have no idea what they are doing.
Dave: That chick Taylor is so hot. She made the whole DVD worth buying.

Sean: I heard she was doing poverty porn to get her transmission fixed.
poverty porn by james savik November 5, 2023
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026
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