When a video/pic/blog has gone beyond "viral" and reaches "pandemic" porportions. A combination of "Swine" as in "Swine Flu" and "viral."
Even my parents are sending links to Susan Boyle videos now. She's gone swiral. With any luck, I'll catch Swine Flu and not have to watch another one.
by The Punvert May 4, 2009
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Get the Cleveland Swirlie mug.Wow baby linda, that was super sexy last night when you busted out that coochie swirl. I blew super quick.
by John Juggernaut September 1, 2011
Get the coochie swirl mug.A social ratchet effect within a community. A process of moral outbidding, unchecked, which corrodes the group from within, rewarding those who put themselves at the extremes, and punishing nuance relentlessly.
Not to be confused with 'virtue signalling', 'woke culture', or 'online mobs'.
A purity spiral can contain all of these things, but it is defined by the fact that it takes place in a defined community or society, where being purer-than-thou is always being rewarded, and holding a divergent, 'less pure' opinion is normally punished, a dynamic which leads to an inevitable escalation as only the most extreme can 'win'.
Could be anything, from Mao's Red Guard, to Neo-Nazis, to The Crucible, to Instagram knitting.
Not to be confused with 'virtue signalling', 'woke culture', or 'online mobs'.
A purity spiral can contain all of these things, but it is defined by the fact that it takes place in a defined community or society, where being purer-than-thou is always being rewarded, and holding a divergent, 'less pure' opinion is normally punished, a dynamic which leads to an inevitable escalation as only the most extreme can 'win'.
Could be anything, from Mao's Red Guard, to Neo-Nazis, to The Crucible, to Instagram knitting.
After Louise denounced Nike as bourgeois, the village fell into a purity spiral where first Nikes, then all sneakers, then all shoes, and later, socks, were burnt on a pyre by the villagers.
Foot amputations followed in the Spring.
Foot amputations followed in the Spring.
by pizzleswizzle January 30, 2020
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intends on viewing a single profile
on myspace but views that individuals
intriguing friends,
which forces one to investigate said profiles
until one forgets where they
started in the first place.
~O-O~
intends on viewing a single profile
on myspace but views that individuals
intriguing friends,
which forces one to investigate said profiles
until one forgets where they
started in the first place.
~O-O~
by the marquis February 4, 2007
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Craig: Yo, now watch this shot
*Throws ball*
*balls spins around inside of cup*
*Ball levitates and is ejected from of cup*
Chris: Oh damnn, you just got owned by the Stephen Hawking Swirl!
*Throws ball*
*balls spins around inside of cup*
*Ball levitates and is ejected from of cup*
Chris: Oh damnn, you just got owned by the Stephen Hawking Swirl!
by Missing Waldo September 1, 2012
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