Verbalslighting

The online and social media equivalent of gaslighting—making someone doubt their own memory, perception, or sanity through carefully crafted verbal manipulation, but without the romantic relationship context. Verbalslighting happens when you clearly remember someone saying something, but they've deleted it and now claim they never said it. It's when you screenshot a tweet, and the person responds that the screenshot must be fake. It's when someone in a group chat rewrites history so confidently that you start questioning whether you're the one misremembering. Verbalslighting thrives in digital spaces where evidence can be deleted, edited, or denied, leaving victims alone with their screenshots and their doubt. The only defense is archiving everything, which is exhausting, but necessary when dealing with someone who treats reality as a suggestion.

Example: "She posted a screenshot of his offensive comment. He immediately verbalslighted her, claiming the screenshot was doctored, that he'd never said that, that she was clearly unstable for fabricating evidence. Twenty other people had seen the original comment, but he'd deleted it and now they were all being gaslit into wondering if they'd imagined it. The screenshot remained. The doubt remained. The verbalslighting worked."

Verbalslighting by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 15, 2026

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility

I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.

sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019

Breadhead 

Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".

A breadhead is like a crackhead, but for money instead of crack.

Breadhead by 🅱️ U S 3 4 8 March 30, 2022

Stink lines

As seen in illustrations or cartoons: Wavy, vertical lines rising above a person, place or thing. Denotes a foul odor.

"You didn't put enough stink lines on your picture of the teacher."

Stink lines by Athene Airheart March 14, 2004

schmegegge 

Yiddish slang word meaning bullshit, baloney, hogwash, nonsense, crock of shit or hot air.

I don't buy the schmegegge about Morty sleeping with Moira.
His version of the story was pure schmegegge.
The whole schmegegge was made up to get Liz a little bit of attention.

schmegegge by budsbabe February 1, 2008

eye bleach 

Looking or experiencing something nice after witnessing something horrid like a disgusting gif or a disturbing video. Typically used as eye bleach are nice images of whatever makes the disturbed person happy.

"Bleach my eyes! Why is that woman's face ripped off!?"
*Looks up images of puppies and kittens.*
"That's good eye bleach."

eye bleach by Rini2012 November 29, 2016

Stroad

Noun. Portmanteau of "street" and "road": it describes a street, er, road, built for high speed, but with multiple access points. Excessive width is a common feature. A common feature in suburbia, especially along commercial strips. Unsafe at any speed, their extreme width and straightness paradoxically induces speeding. Somewhat more neutral than synonymous traffic sewer.

Did you see what the traffic engineers want to do to our street? They're going to turn it into a total stroad!

Stroad by hammersklavier February 21, 2012