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The utter lack of interest that ensues shortly after downloading numerous, mind-numbingly worthless apps for an iPhone or similar "smart phone" device. Appathy may also apply, in a broader sense, to the same feelings that arise from the proliferation of numerous "app" stores as greedy corporations try to profit jumping on the app store bandwagon.
His appathy started shortly after downloading that light-saber for his iPhone or was it that completely inane app to calculate tips for restaurant bills.
appathy by AricMokh April 3, 2009
Word of the Day on January 25, 2013
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ace apathy 

The opposite of bi panic. When you're surrounded by attractive people but you're too focused on eating your garlic bread to give a shit.
"Hey, isn't Charlie kinda hot?"
"I don't care."

Asexual people frequently experience ace apathy.
ace apathy by heudh3uidh April 22, 2022

apathy kun

reference to the very sad and tragic fan fiction of Bokuto Koutarou and Akaashi Keiji, In Another Life, by LittleLuxray on AO3. Bokuto does not know Akaashi's name at the start, so he calls him "Apathy Kun" instead.

in other words, if you mention this to someone who's read the fic, please do expect to be hit with a shovel.
A: hey, who is Apathy Kun?

B, trying not to cry: Oh, it's Bokuto

Urban Dictionary Editor Apathy Syndrome (UDEAS) 

This occurs while someone has been editing urban dictionary posts for a couple of hours and starts to get annoyed about how many idiotic people post redundant uncreative unoriginal definitions.
i've got a case of urban dictionary editor apathy syndrome (UDEAS) and i think i need to take a break.

Selective Apathy 

Selectively choosing things to be Apathetic towards.
In other terms this can be interpreted as choosing selectively things to care about.

Through Selective Apathy, you do not feel Apathy towards everything but only at certain things so that you can say fuck it to some things and don't care about them but still care about others.

To employ empathy or care only when needed.

This can be to dismiss negative things and care or be empathetic about positive ones or dismiss negative things and care about personal things or similar combinations.
"Dude, you've lost your job, have no education and you smell."

"Selective Apathy man, who cares about that shit. I'm gutted that my team lost the league though. That's something to care about."

or

"Dude you just lost your leg".

"Don't care about that, it enabled me to eventually find a cure for that flesh eating disease and help others - Selective Apathy."

Radio Apathy 

The point at which you accept total defeat in the quest to find a decent radio station. You started on some overplayed pop track, then skipped opera, classical, country, some fake thug tripping over his beats now you’re back to that shitty pop channel. You settle on some sub par 90's song. You don’t even turn the radio off; just sit there in utter indifference.
You: I was real worried when you rolled in here bumpin the Macarena.
Your Friend: I was trying to find something good for so long, but then I gave in to radio apathy.
Radio Apathy by Toxic Glacier April 16, 2009

apathy beard 

When a person develops facial hair not because of a concious decision to change their look, but simply because they are lazy and/or don't care how they look.
"Hey man, are you growing a beard?"

"Nah, I just kinda stopped shaving for a few days. It's an apathy beard."
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Concrete cowboy 

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.
Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
Word of the Day on September 20, 2026
any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear
hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh
hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026
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God Shot 

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."
God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011
Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken 

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.
Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?
city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006
Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake
Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”
Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026
Word of the Day on September 16, 2026

just fokin missing her

native american reservation origin... to miss an ex so badly that everyone can see it.. can be used for either sex eg. just fokin missing her/him
friend : *noticably sad*
me : look at you all sad & shit
friend : shut up!
me : just fokin missing her huh?
Word of the Day on September 15, 2026
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