1. The act of taking something relatively simple and making it longer, more deeply confusing more complicated and difficult to execute.
2. The opposite of streamlining
We could have elected to keep the process streamlined but took a riverlining approach adding 3 layers of complexity and 2 additional remote locations to the process in an effort to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.