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pseudolocalism 

The fake belonging of a person or group to a defined location. A mental state often exhibited by new residents in cities throughout the world.
‘The students exhibit pseudolocalism by using colloquial words from an area to which they have only just moved .’
pseudolocalism by Corbusier June 3, 2018

pseudosocialism

A fake form of socialism which benefits only the capitalist elite and keeps the masses deluded and poor.
Venezuela is in the news this week with pseudosocialism looking to collapse the country. Guess who really owns El Petro?
pseudosocialism by prik kee noo August 20, 2018

Pseudolocalization 

Pseudolocalization is a software testing method used for testing international aspects of software. e.g Instead of translation the text into a different language, the elements of the text are replaced by a bunch of foreign character.

Sometimes, it might come in brackets and three exclamation marks, some counter effects is that it might be harder to read, example shown below;
Jack: "Hello Windows"
Windows: "!!! Hèℓℓô Jáçƙ! !!!"
Jack: "...was that Pseudolocalization? It's way harder to read."
Windows: "!!! Ýèáλ ƨôřř¥, ωè'řè ïñ βèƭá ƭèƨƭïñϱ. !!!"
Jack"...okaaayyyy"
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28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
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square grouper

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"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
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