A tongue-in-cheek “religion” followed by proud natives of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire (a.k.a. Salop), built on sacred hills, strong tea, Charles Darwin , Shrewsbury town FC and unwavering county loyalty.
Practitioners worship the rolling countryside, make pilgrimages to Shrewsbury, and regard the Montgomerys Tower as a holy summit.
Core beliefs include defending Shropshire against slander from neighbouring counties, revering market towns as spiritual hubs, and insisting that life is simply better “back home.”
Callum: “I never knew you were a fan of christiantiy?
George: “I’m not mate, I’m a firm believer in Salopianism”
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.