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auditing america

A Youtuber with approximately 100K subscribers who films various, seemingly random locations on the grounds of the 1st Amendment. Despite claiming a thorough understanding of United States law, he frequently states misinformation, deletes comments contradicting him, and blocks users who expose him. Furthermore, he lacks any press credentials or any other qualification to back his claim of being a member of the press.

Auditing 

Auditing is a form of public scrutiny where individuals openly film locations, typically places of work, using their legal right to film in public spaces. Auditors aim to test the adherence of security personnel, law enforcement officers, and company employees to the law and regulations governing the right to film in public. By documenting and sharing their experiences, auditors can draw attention to potential abuses of power, promote transparency, and hold authorities accountable for their actions.
"Yo, what's up guys, it's AB (Auditing Britain). We are outside Lewisham Police Station and going to audit them."

"Are you auditing sir?"

energy auditing 

using rule of thumb methods, as opposed to detailed engineering, to estimate unmeasurable savings
"Hey Gus, what's energy Auditing?"

"We had energy auditers come round yesterday. They're gunna save us millions."

"But your electricity bill is only 200 bucks a year"
energy auditing by Mat Moore August 30, 2008

FK-Abuduing

To Fk-Abudu is to utter a loud, piercing scream, especially of sarcasm, hilarious, surprise, or excitement: to scream with laughter.
I am fk-abuduing to that guy's ridiculous point of view.
FK-Abuduing by SpontaneousX March 8, 2021

AI Auditing 

The act of habitually scrutinizing online posts for evidence of AI-generated content, often in a disparaging manner that undermines genuine engagement and distracts from the substance of conversations. Practiced by individuals who prioritize the detection of AI usage over contributing to or fostering meaningful discourse, AI auditing is criticized for its presumptive nature and the unwarranted skepticism it casts on participants' authenticity.
"Despite the insightful discussion on climate change, the thread quickly devolved into AI auditing, with several members accusing others of not crafting their responses personally."
AI Auditing by Vrykolakas February 21, 2024

Narrative Auditing

A communication dynamic in which one person repeatedly scrutinizes, reframes, or challenges another person's account of their own experiences in ways that diminish that person's agency over their own story. Narrative auditing can become harmful when it prioritizes external interpretation over a person's lived experience and is used to pressure them into adopting someone else's version of events.

Unlike healthy questioning—which seeks understanding through curiosity and mutual respect—harmful narrative auditing attempts to redefine another person's identity, memories, motives, emotions, or reality without their consent or meaningful participation.

Characteristics:

Repeatedly insisting someone else's interpretation is more valid than the person's own account.
Dismissing or minimizing lived experience without genuine inquiry.
Framing disagreement as evidence that the other person cannot accurately understand themselves.
Using authority, status, or social pressure to shape another person's self-narrative.
Replacing dialogue with correction or coercive reinterpretation.

Healthy Alternative: Narrative Witnessing
Listening with curiosity, asking clarifying questions, acknowledging uncertainty, and recognizing that people are generally the primary interpreters of their own lived experiences while remaining open to respectful dialogue and new information.
Narrative Auditing is a tactic often used by patriarchal power structures, including patriarchal agents, to attemt to have others self-abandon their own truth. It is an abuse tactic used to wield power over the valitidity and truth of the experience of abuse through coercion.
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
Word of the Day on November 10, 2026
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
Word of the Day on November 9, 2026

No Surprises Wedding

A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.

This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.

Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
Word of the Day on November 8, 2026
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