Proactive passengers realize that the only way a car will make it to its destination is if they take the bull by the horns. They have strong leadership, delegation and non-verbal communication skills.

The Proactive Passengers know they are in the best position to surveil, assess and provide assignments to the driver. Additionally, they are responsible for navigational tips and secondary hand gestures/menacing looks. The driver, or control twiddler, should focus on basic essentials of threat reduction, navigation and other driver antagonism.

Proactive Passenger traits can often lie dormant for years surfacing only when a spouse and/or loved one takes the wheel.

A buzz word being used to refer to creators and influencers forming or encouraging unhealthy relationships with their fans. Usually used in the context of young audiences feeling they have a relationship with the influencer due to the huge amount of the influencer’s content they consume. The influencer in question, however, is unaware of the fan’s existence other than the general knowledge of having fans. Common examples include Dream and his stans. These relationships are exacerbated by the influencers confirming they have more than a creator-to-viewer relationship.

The word is circulating due to various YouTube essays about the phenomenon using the word, and therefore people who enjoy complaining about influencers repeating what they heard in the video in any comments section they can find.