What begins as something akin to a romance, but takes many dramatic, sometimes tragic, turns, leaving one or more participants feeling traumatized, but also a little bit in love. Soon to be a recognized genre in film and literature.

Though the traumance had left her disabled in many ways, she returned to the world of dating with therapist and meds in hand.

Traumance by AssAnne September 26, 2023

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traumacide

Death caused by a collective body of unbearable traumatic experiences.

We think that inescapable posttraumatic intrapsychic suffering led to his traumacide.

traumacide by Dr Bunnygirl January 9, 2019

traumacore

traumacore is anvent aesthetic used by people struggling with trauma to cope and express their pain.

"I like to vent using traumacore. It makes me feel much better."

traumacore by abysses January 3, 2021

transancestral

A person who embraces another culture or country other than they're parental heritage as they're own. They adopt the music, lifestyle , culture and language as they're own, and identify with that particular culture or country.

As a transancestral , I don't identify with my parents heritage to me I feel that I belong to a different culture.

transancestral by Snake Master July 12, 2016

Fraumance

Just like a bromance, yo.

Describes the complicated love and affection shared by two women. The women in question do not have to be straight, but they must not be in physical relationship.

Meg: Have a bicycle. I knitted a cozy for it.

Serina: That is some full-on fraumance. You rock.

Fraumance by sopirate July 14, 2010

Traumagender

If you had any type of trauma while living your life you are a certified traumagender

Person A: my parents are divorced

Person B: oh so you're traumagender?
Person A:yea

Traumagender by All-Knowing September 1, 2022

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.

Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life by Sus Chad September 21, 2026

Word of the Day on September 25, 2026

crunchy

Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.

"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"

crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007

Word of the Day on September 24, 2026

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026