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The momentary heart-stop you get when you're looking at pornography and think there's a picture of you up there, and you mentally catalogue whether any ex's may have secretly taken a picture of you without you knowing it and then posted it on the internet.
I was browsing a porn blog when I was struck with an acute case of pronanoia! But I quickly realized I didn't have a twin sister, or a bathtub full of Jell-O.
Pronanoia by brat#3 January 6, 2009
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pronunciation chickenshit 

worried whether to use what you know to be the proper pronunciation of a name and seem pretentious to some, or to use the name’s more common mispronunciation and seem a dunce to others
I’m always a pronunciation chickenshit when it comes to “Vincent van Gogh”.

pornanoia 

Noun: a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational fear that one has left pornography open on their computer's desktop; that one has left their pornographic magazines out in plain view; that one has left a pornographic DVD in the family room DVD player.
Matt would have had his computer repaired at Best Buy, but pornanoia kept from handing it over lest they stumble across his collection of lesbian videos.
pornanoia by Tokens Only October 27, 2007
Pronoia is a mental condition we should all have.

Pronoia is neologism that is defined as the opposite state of mind to paranoia: having a sense that there is a conspiracy that exists to help the person.
It is also used to describe a philosophy that the world is set up to secretly benefit people.

-AH Simkins
My pronoia kicked in when I realized that it only takes a few months to learn a new language, and not several years.

Now I feel more courageous to learn yet another language.
Pronoia by IgorA203 January 21, 2017
Word of the Day on February 4, 2026

pronanoid 

Pronanoid; The paranoia parents have of their children watching porn, even if its a one minute sex scene in an hour long movie.
Son (watching movie)
Dad (comes by during a sex scene)
Dad; SON, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING???
Son; Omg dad, stop being so pronanoid!
pronanoid by pronanoidd February 11, 2009

Pornanoid 

Like 'Paranoid'

The feeling of fear of being caught watching pornography

Circumstance:

One is trying to masturbate - however cannot fully indulge themselves in the atmosphere for fear of someone walking in and catching them.
What The Fuck Man! I'm So Pornanoid Its Ruining My Wank!
Pornanoid by OrangePeelTV February 17, 2009

professor pronunciation 

The unusual pronunciation of common words by university professors.
My history professor says "Po-land" instead of "Poland." Is it really the land of the Po?

I thought "God" rhymed with "odd" but my professor says "Gah-haw-d" as if it had three syllables.

Dude, that's professor pronunciation; get used to it.
professor pronunciation by chingaleta December 31, 2008
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
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A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
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No Surprises Wedding

A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.

This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.

Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
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