n. People who fearfully hide from the dangers of the world, often by taking sensible precautions.
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Hey! You shielders can come out now. We facers have faced down the plague and the sickened remnants of our brave band are ready for your well-reasoned care.
A state where there is nothing left to shed—no more layers, burdens, fears, or masks. It symbolizes deep inner clarity, transformation, and freedom. The term was coined by HIAKEMDESHO in 2024, and is used in poetic, spiritual, or philosophical contexts.
“He felt shedless, no more layers, no more fear, just pure clarity and freedom.”
churchhurt 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 churchhurt 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.