Etymology: A portmanteau of Wayang (performative acting) and Psychologists.
1. Self-appointed workplace "experts" who believe their ability to spot performative behavior (wayang) gives them the authority to diagnose colleagues with actual clinical psychiatric disorders.
2. Office workers, students or gossiping housewives/husbands who suffer from "Canteen Diagnosis Syndrome," weaponizing psychological terminology to label anyone they dislike or anyone they perceive as being "on-the-ball."
1. Self-appointed workplace "experts" who believe their ability to spot performative behavior (wayang) gives them the authority to diagnose colleagues with actual clinical psychiatric disorders.
2. Office workers, students or gossiping housewives/husbands who suffer from "Canteen Diagnosis Syndrome," weaponizing psychological terminology to label anyone they dislike or anyone they perceive as being "on-the-ball."
1. "Ignore Janice. She’s one of those Wayangchologists; she watched two TikToks on 'dark empathy' and now she thinks the intern is a clinical psychopath just because he didn't say hi to her."
2. "The pantry is full of Wayangchologists today, all busy 'diagnosing' the boss instead of doing their actual jobs."
2. "The pantry is full of Wayangchologists today, all busy 'diagnosing' the boss instead of doing their actual jobs."
by jb_c_b March 12, 2026
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