Exaggerated /overly-dramatic court-statements given by one or more somewhat-less-than-honest "witnesses", and which they heavily embellish with lots of whiny wheezes and crocodile-tears-drenched sighs.
Unfortunately, this strategy can actually be surprisingly effective in convincing a judge/jury of a defendant's guilt, especially if the "witness" is female --- last I heard, there are untold multitudes of totally-innocent men in prison right now --- some even on death row --- who are there merely because of the lying testimoany of some attention-seeking/money-hungry b***h and a few of her equally-conscience-impaired hussy-cronies!
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.