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ancestral memories 

Memories of something you did, saw, smelled, tasted, or heard that you Really never experienced before. These memories must have come from your ancestors & somehow passed down thru DNA. Upon researching the family tree, it was evident that my ancestors had indeed experienced what I did!
When at 1 of my favorite lakes for the 1st time, I Knew I'd been there before but in reality had Not! Later I found out it was my long~gone Grandma's favorite lake! When I burned kinnickkinnick, the familiar scent really threw me~I was sure I'd smelled it before but when I asked my Mom, Nobody in the family ever burned it around me! It must have been 1 of my ancestral memories!

9 ancestral tenets 

Sarcastically used to refer to steroids. A reference to a fitness influencer named Liver King, who claimed to have achieved his physique 100% naturally by eating raw liver and following an ancestral lifestyle, when in reality he was taking over $10,000 of steroids per month.
CarnivoreDude37: "PUT THAT OATMEAL DOWN, YOU FUCKING PUSSIES!! YOU WEAKLINGS WILL NEVER BE AS STRONG AS ME, UNLESS YOU EAT ONLY BULL'S BALLS AND TAKE MY OFFICIAL CARNIVORE DUDE SUPPLEMENTS, NOW ONLY $199.99!!"
Bob: "Sounds like a scam! No matter how often you lift, no one can get *that* big, unless they're also following the 9 ancestral tenets."
9 ancestral tenets by UltraFitness January 16, 2023

Ancestral Species 

I had to define this today in science... If you do to, it means a species that is the ancestor of another decsending species.
Wolves are an ancestral species. They created dogs with artificial selection.
Ancestral Species by Griggles October 16, 2020

anecdotalist

Someone who gathers or tells anecdotes
Garzo was a good anecdotalist, he could retell many an entertaining anecdote to lasto down the boozer
anecdotalist by Fray-Z December 17, 2009

Anecdotal Evidence 

Bullshit terminology made up by pseudo-intellectuals to dismiss anything that doesn't match up with their bullshit.
Dad claims my many links to people dying from the vaccine is "anecdotal evidence" which he never even looked at it because he think the feds will tell him the truth, just like how 9/11 was totally not a inside job.

Ancestral population 

Population of ancestors
My ancestral population is 104!
Ancestral population by anonymous September 15, 2020
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Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026
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